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> Try empathy. Empathy sucks, I am pretty sure I would be a lot nicer and outgoing if I were less empathetic. You see people struggle with things all the time
by username90 7y ago
> Try empathy.
Empathy sucks, I am pretty sure I would be a lot nicer and outgoing if I were less empathetic. You see people struggle with things all the time but you can't do anything about it. All empathy leads to in those situations is suffering because you feel their emotions.
In my opinion people who are outgoing and friendly often have low empathy, they ignore basically everything and just put on their default happy face. It can feel nice, but then you realize that they are super shallow so nothing they say really matters.
- pimmen 7y agoBeing very empathetic doesn’t mean that you have to be overly sympathetic. You can understand without feeling someone else’s emotions.
- InvaderFizz 7y agoI'm not religious, but I find the following an incredibly useful quote that becomes easier to accept with age: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference."