• Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    19 days ago

    Just not true.

    Its not that the arm is missing. Its how they feel. Loss, have you felt loss? Pain, have you felt pain? Despair?

    Sympathy means you feel bad that they feel despair. Empathy is you feel despair as if it were your despair.