This leads me to believe that what's actually being measured here is neuroticism[1] and not empathy. It's pretty easy to see how the two could be confused, sinc

This leads me to believe that what's actually being measured here is neuroticism[1] and not empathy. It's pretty easy to see how the two could be confused, since the former is sensitivity to one's own emotions and the latter is sensitivity to the emotions of others. Obviously people with neurotic tendencies are particularly prone to ego-preserving fictions like believing that they are empathetic and not neurotic. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroticism