three different types of empathy

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three types of empathy

I think they boil down to imaginative empathy; intellectual empathy; and emotional empathy.

Oops! It's so cute and teeny, i missed it. Thanks!

Edit: Okay. Found it, took it:

Fantasy:11
Perspective-taking: 18
Empathetic Concern: 21
Personal Distress: 9

I also have to wonder what bearing personality has on this, especially after reading and contributing on the "Whats Your personality Type?" thread. Honestly, though, i have to believe based on experience that empathy can be taught and cultivated. I was certainly Aspie in this area as a child, but had a mother who taught me to learn to see things from others' points of view and why and when i needed to care. Ironically (or possibly not for an Aspie), i had no problem crying my eyes out for animals.

Fantasy: 4
Perspective taking: 19
Empathetic concern: 20
Personal distress: 16

It is my personal belief that we don't lack empathy so much so as we just don't display it in "correct" and "acceptable" ways. As for me, I scored the mean almost the entire way through. Except on fantasy (higher).

Yeah, I just have problem responding in the proper manner and sometimes it doesn't hit me until later. Is that common?

Now that makes incredible sense. I do really recall times from childhood, though, when empathy was so obviously called for but i had no clue. They became significant emotional events and stuck in my memory because of the horrible reactions i got. Thankfully my mom just patiently explained things to me.



Totally common for me; i'm with you. If the person is very emotional, and i have not experienced whatever they are going through, i also sort of shut down because i have no idea what to do or say.

Eons old post, but I just found it. I've been thinking a lot about empathy lately and my lack of it. I'm having a hard time putting into words how I feel about people and situations, except to say that many times I find other people caring about things a great deal... and I have no emotions about the situation. Even situations I've been in myself at one point. I'm very aware of when I'm "faking it." and trying to pretend I care when in reality I don't at all. I don't do this faking thing well so I tend not to do it unless I absolutely have to.

If I can help fix a situation, or there is a solution, or I'm being asked for help in some way... then I can act like I care a lot, because I'm DOING something. But if the situation requires nothing from me, and I can't fix it... then I really have no emotions about it and find it hard to even muster up something polite to say.

I guess maybe I'm just an uncaring a$$h*l&

Fantasy: 28
Perspective-taking: 16
Empathic Concern: 1
Personal Distress: 1

Your scores: Fantasy: 25
Perspective-taking: 20
Empathic Concern: 10
Personal Distress: 16

Fantasy: 23
Perspective taking: 12
Empathetic concern: 18
Personal distress: 20

Not bad, I knew I wasn't lacking that much in empathy anyway I am at the normal man's level even though I am a girl. I knew my fantasy score would be the highest.

Fantasy: 22
Perspective-taking: 11
Empathic Concern: 14
Personal Distress: 16

Fantasy-19
Perspective-taking-16
Empathic concern-9
Personal distress-10

I think my empathy varies day by day. I'm normal I suppose.

Fantasy - 19
Perspective taking - 22
Empathic concern - 21
Personal distress - 12

Although I couldn't understand some of the questions, since I've never been in the situations described for the question. Anyway, if my scores are reasonably accurate...

Fantasy: 24
Perspective-taking: 2
Empathic Concern: 6
Personal Distress: 17

14, 18, 11, 10

ruveyn

Fantasy: 21
Perspective-taking: 9
Empathic Concern: 13
Personal Distress: 18

Your scores:
Fantasy: 16
Perspective-taking: 18
Empathic Concern: 17
Personal Distress: 11