You can be compassionate without being empathetic. You can recognize, intellectually that someone is in distress and still help. I cannot even imagine the pain

You can be compassionate without being empathetic. You can recognize, intellectually that someone is in distress and still help. I cannot even imagine the pain someone is in, actually, I think its healthier to be compassionate without being empathetic. else you would be emotionally exhausted if you felt as others in distress do. Reading the news would be an act of torture.