Sympathy

What is Sympathy?


1.

Sympathy differs from empathy in the following ways:

With sympathy, the helper:

Helps within his/her comfort zone

Makes a cursory judgment of the person's needs

Often will get upset when it is explicitly revealed that their help is misguided or unwelcome (after a long buildup)

May feel as if he or she is the 'mentor', or the 'superior'

With empathy, the helper:

Relates to the person on a personal basis

Forms a deep emotional bond with the person on many levels

Learns to see the situation from the person's perspective

Sees the person more as an equal, and 'walks in their shoes'.

The two should not be confused. More often than not, sympathy is the form of 'caring' that is given to those in need, and can be quite misguided, especially in dire situations that most are not used to dealing with. Most therapists, teachers, and unfortunately parents will often give this kind of 'help' to a troubled or very upset person. However, if they were willing to step outside their comfort zones, they could learn how to relate effectively.

Despite these huge differences, many indeed DO confuse the two.

I don't want your sympathy, I've had just about enough of it.

See empathy, pity, therapist, parent, intention

2.

A word in the dictionary which falls alphabetically between the words shit and syphillis.

You want sympathy? It's in the dictionary between shit and syphillis!

See compassion, care, rue, sorry, poor

3.

a word between shit and syphilis

her eye was burning when i blasted it with jizm, now she wants some sympathy.

4.

Someone who has a mental age of 2 and sticks his teeth out permanently to show he needs sympathy

someone i used to know

5.

to like somebody


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