They have none of the symptoms but they can imagine what it feels like when I tell them & how frustrating the disablement must be.
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Because we share human experiences. We know headaches & dizziness are not nice & how much we rely on being able to see straight.
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Its even easier to imagine what fear, anger, pain, alienation, isolation feel like because we have all felt this to some degree at some time
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This does not mean we should think we're all on a level playing field with those things & I don't think we need to to empathise with them.
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The assumption seems to be that if we do empathise with others whilst being more fortunate than them, we deny that we are more fortunate. No
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It is not privileged & entitled for me to empathise with a gay boy who is being bullied whilst not being gay, a boy or bullied.
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He can describe feelings I share because I am a human & I can imagine what it must be like to feel that intensely every day.
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I won't be having his experience but I will be empathising with it. It's not even in my control. I couldn't *not* empathise with it.
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As Iona said, anyone who has sobbed over a book or film set in a different time or place has experienced empathy.pic.twitter.com/zXaAix0OvL
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Yes, but I would caution against sentimentality becoming a stand in for empathy. Too complicated an idea for twitter, though.....
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