Define "Empathy". What does it mean to you?

[xJeremyx]

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In case anyone is confused, I am asking you, what is your definition of empathy?

[SoftCliff]

Empathy does literally mean feeling some level of emotion as a response to the other person's experience.

Empathy = having emotional or physiological arousal as a result of someone else's emotional experience. You will not feel the emotion to the extent that they do and it will vary based on the nature of the relationship (In relationship psychology it's called a communal relationship when you have an implicit agreement that you care for the other's emotions) and your own personal orientation (different personality characteristics affect empathy).

[xJeremyx]

Thats an interesting answer! Have you studied this before?

[petitedollbabee]

I consider empathy to be the ability to understand how someone else is feeling, without having to imagine or put yourself in their shoes. Some people who say they’re empathetic actually mean that they can empathise if they imagine themselves in that persons position and situation, which i don’t think is true empathy, but I could be wrong.

[xJeremyx]

Its the ability to think and consider how the persona would feel, think and want to act based on the situation.

[Anonymous]

In simple terms, empathy is the ability to understand things from another person's perspective. It's the ability to share someone else's feelings and emotions and understand why they're having those feelings.

[Guy13]

It would be better if you define what you think it means under question please. What’s the point to this

[xJeremyx]

I am asking, how would you define empathy.

[Lkid23]

Empathy simply means the ability to feel something that another person is feeling or going through. Ability to put yourself in their shoes and see it from their perspective.