Something that a lot of people lack these days. The ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes, and feel what others feel. You’d typically be very caring and for sure an overthinker.
by ~thatonegirl~ December 3, 2020
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Jacob gave his only winter coat to his friend who didn’t have one. Now Jacob no longer has a coat himself. Jacob struggles with chronic empathy
by jacbarc October 2, 2022
Get the chronic empathy mug.The ability for a person to simultaneously consider their own position, feelings, motivations, etc. as well as those of another person (or group of people).
The reason he was such an effective communicator was because of his meta empathy, people with whom he was speaking always felt like he understood them intuitively.
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Get the Empathy mug."Weaponized empathy" refers to the use of empathy as a manipulative tool for personal gain or to control others, rather than for genuine understanding or support. It is commonly used in faking or exaggerating emotional understanding to manipulate someone into doing what you want, often by guilting them or by implying what they're doing is unfair.
Person A: "I really need you to cover my shift tomorrow."
Person B: "I can’t, I’ve got plans already."
Person A: "Oh, I see. I just thought you’d understand how stressed I’ve been lately. It must because I'm black, right? Don't you care about stopping racism?"
Person B: "That's.. That's not how that works?"
Person A: "Shut up, Nazi."
Person B: "Enough with the weaponized empathy already!"
Person B: "I can’t, I’ve got plans already."
Person A: "Oh, I see. I just thought you’d understand how stressed I’ve been lately. It must because I'm black, right? Don't you care about stopping racism?"
Person B: "That's.. That's not how that works?"
Person A: "Shut up, Nazi."
Person B: "Enough with the weaponized empathy already!"
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Get the Weaponized Empathy mug.When a welfare state or political party is empathic to others in need, even though it's actively working against its own population
Allowing the government to house migrants who've crossed the border illegal is a gesture of suicidal empathy.
by no thot September 2, 2025
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She kept forgiving her abusive partner out of suicidal empathy, until she had nothing left of herself.
by Aternias September 6, 2025
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