I think Crow put it best calling me "disarming". That's literally what it is meant to do. It does make life easier and nonethewiser.
Buttered Toast stated: source post
btw, I don't want to threadjack. :)
Naw, you're cool. I wanted to head off the impending 10 man attack launch that happens when someone thinks an argument is about to start.
Buttered Toast stated: source post
Acting more empathic and sociable than I really am, while effectively provoking little curiosity or interest in me than I am comfortable with but still coming across personable and mostly harmless.
Oddly enough, it seems like those who are intelligent yet empathetically lacking tend to be the ones that hone in closer to how people function. They tend to be less distracted, and see it from a more textbook understanding. It makes for better actors.
Empathy, from it directing the emotions towards themselves, can make it harder to see that it isn't their own feelings.
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Buttered Toast stated: source post
Acting more empathic and sociable than I really am, while effectively provoking little curiosity or interest in me than I am comfortable with but still coming across personable and mostly harmless.
Oddly enough, it seems like those who are intelligent yet empathetically lacking tend to be the ones that hone in closer to how people function. They tend to be less distracted, and see it from a more textbook understanding. It makes for better actors.
Empathy, from it directing the emotions towards themselves, can make it harder to see that it isn't their own feelings.
Disparities in forms of empathy are thought to be partially responsible for a variety of disorders. ASD and BPD tend to have disproportionately high levels of affective empathy to cognitive empathy, while psychopathy and NPD tend to display the exact opposite. It's easier to compensate for a lack of affective empathy as emotional states can outwardly be mimicked. Lack of cognitive empathy, the ability to logically determine the feelings and intentions of others or differentiate between the feelings of the observed and observer, tends to show greater dysfunction in social situations.