How do you become more empathetic?

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yea if two people were fighting i would not seperate them either. that is not lack of empathy, it is common sense.

i don’t want to get hurt.

I think it takes effort to build empathy.

actively thinking about being in the others shoes when communicating when possible, things like that.

I honestly think empathy is a very important quality to develop

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Well everyone irl told me I should have separated them even my brothers. Its my friend who was being beaten after all, not a stranger. If it was a stranger yes I agree with you that I have the choice to not separate them.

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Even my third friend told me I should have separated them and told me to be a strong men.

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But what if you get hurt?

there is a chance of that.

I would mind my own business tbh.

do you think you would have seperated them if you could go back in time, if not, why not?

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Why would they attack me? I just yell at them to stop.

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maybe the one beating up your friend would be pissed that you got involved and punch you to the ground?

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I know him well, he’s my friend, he wouldnt do that. He would have stopped. Besides the one who was beating the other was my best friend, more than the others

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I feel weak bcz I didnt stop the fight between my friends

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what stoppped you from asking them to stop fighting?

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I felt too stressed and didnt know what to do so I called a third friend who came fast in his car. I have problems with emotions, empathy, etc and its not only during fights. I never hug someone not even my mother, I hate it. I hate saying happy mother’s day to my mother, etc All this since I was a kid. I think its called hypersensitivity, maybe its the apathy from sz negative symptoms. I read that hypersensitivity is caused by low dopamine but things that boost dopamine give me psychosis so it sucks.

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Actually one of my Drs said I am hypersensitive.

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when we panic, sometimes it makes us mentally freeze and not think straight. But at least you called a third friend who came in his car that’s nice

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