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To: SoldierDad
I got what Webster's didn't;

LOL!

4,980 posted on 12/30/2006 3:55:15 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
Contrasting empathy to other phenomena

One must be careful not to confuse empathy with either sympathy, emotional contagion or telepathy. Sympathy is the feeling of compassion for another, the wish to see them better or happier, often described as "feeling sorry" for someone. Emotional contagion is when a person (especially a child or a person in a mob) identifies with strong emotions others are showing and becomes subject to the same emotions themselves. Telepathy is a controversial paranormal phenomenon, which differs in that empathy is based not upon the paranormal but upon sophisticated processing of what is seen and heard in the usual way.

Sympathy is, "I'm sorry for your pain." Emotional Contagion is, "I have lost my self in your pain." Empathy is, "I feel your pain." Apathy is, " I ignore your feeling. " Telepathy is, "I know how you feel because I'm reading your mind."

Try reading very slowly this time.

4,982 posted on 12/30/2006 4:01:26 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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