My empathy
My primary objective for 2026 is to learn how to better control my empathy. I don't want to stop caring but I also don't want to burn out from constantly carrying everything. An excessive amount of empathy can make you feel as though you must control other people's emotions before they have a chance to respond or it can make you accept responsibility for emotions that are not your own. Your own mind will crash if empathy isn't designed sustainably.
I can really relate to someone's emotions because of my own experiences. Although I was merely identifying with the person, I believed I was empathizing. I was unaware that the differences existed. Reading comments online makes me wonder if real world empathy is declining because digital interactions prioritize response over real introspection.
When you can kill someone from a screen instead of having to do it in person empathy is significantly reduced. We are supposed to be separated by walls. In real life most people aren't any less friendly, the platforms only highlight everyone's worst most reactive tendencies. Everybody reacts when they are understood. Empathy then becomes an actual business skill.
We are experiencing a lack of empathy so the true question is, can you extend empathy when it doesn't come naturally? Radical empathy needs to be fierce, unyielding, imaginative and tenacious. Being open minded may be the opposite of selective empathy. It is never acceptable to use empathy as a cover for bigotry. Detached from justice empathy becomes cruel.
If something goes wrong even if they anticipated it, a good spouse should be sympathetic. You don't have to act as though his feelings don't matter if you think it was a poor choice. Empathy is not about making everything better. Try to be present even when you are powerless.
That’s an interesting question. Can empathy be learnt or practised? If I draw up a mental checklist to feign empathy in social situations, it isn’t genuine. So – can I learn genuine empathy? The more I think about it, the more I believe it’s a natural ability that can certainly be nurtured, but not artificially created...
I think empathy is like a muscle that gets stronger when you try to imagine being in someone else's shoes. I see it as just actually caring how your friends feel. Do some people naturally have more of that than others, obviously yes. But like you said, it can be nurtured but not artificially created
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