How much empathy do you believe you have? Anonymous POLL

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  • None
  • A Little
  • Average
  • A lot
  • Too Much

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Too muchā€¦ 151515

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This Sz affliction humbles you and makes you appreciate the predicament of others more so than if you were normal I believe.

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Average i would say.

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You said too much.
Does it sometime become a burden and like if you cant help but absorb others bad pain or bad feelings?

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As a nurse iā€™d have to say that i have a lot. However, iā€™m able to separate my empathy and getting too close to someone.

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Yes I would say the same.

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@Sezbot241 @dougRN as nurses or soon to be NP. You will see a lot of people in pain. I donā€™t think I can handle that.

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That is true but there are alot of happy stories and thats what makes it worth it

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I have worked primarily in aged care. Obviously in that area i definitely saw people in pain. You learn to separate it from your life. And obviously in aged care you see a lot of people die. Iā€™ve lost count how many people iā€™ve pronounced dead. However, i can say with confidence that when people started to fall into the palliative care category, we were able to ensure that they were comfortable and pain free.

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Id say average. Sometimes ive been told im being unempathetic

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I over do it, which is not real to them as well.

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I think very little. I am so absorbed by my negative thoughts that I canā€™t feel for others. Itā€™s getting better but I think this illness, medication and the fact that my voices bully me makes it hard.

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I voted a lot. I care too much sometimes.

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Actually I have no idea. My impression is that my levels of empathy, or at least of ā€˜crystalled empathyā€™, fluctuate a lot, but even the fact it could fluctuate so wildly speaks poorly of my moral performance. I feel a lot for children, but thatā€™s an easy one. Would it possible to have an additional option for people like me who simply donā€™t know?

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Makes a lot of sense.

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Yeah a ā€œdonā€™t knowā€ should have been an option.

But because its not an empathy assessment, its just a poll of what level you ā€œBELIEVEā€ you have.

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I think I have a lot, but the meds are holding me back from showing it very well, so I voted average.

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I voted none because Iā€™m self protective to an extreme. The closest I come to being empathetic is having sympathy pains for a friend.

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Yes it sometimes becomes painful emotionally.