Suicidal empathy

When someone has so much empathy towards the wrong people that it ends up putting them in danger.

"We should let this group of terrorists into our country"

"Another moron with suicidal empathy"

by Sograt October 23, 2025

Selective Empathy

That counts as a citation.

Hym "Ultra-Omega Psychology Genius! That entire segment about selective empathy is downstream from my thing! How am I THIS GOOD at everything!? I have to have like 1 million citations at this point. Wait, is it 937 kills or is it 937 PhDs? Assists? No, that would suck. 937 isn't a lot of assists...So, it's gotta be PhDs. 937 PhDs! The single greatest psychologizer in the history of humanity!"

by Hym Iam May 23, 2024

Orgasmic Empathy

Medical terminology used when referring to the term “blue balls”

“I got blue balls”
“I’m experiencing orgasmic empathy currently”

by Atherosclerosis September 17, 2025

suicidal empathy

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

Transfinite-Empathy

A condition of empathy that is above hyper-empathy in some regards but not in others. A person with transfinite-empathy is able to feel any emotion, even if there is seemingly no connection between them and someone feeling that emotion. In this regard, it is above hyper-empathy. However, due to it not necessarily implying the ability to be high alert for negative emotions, it is not above it in all aspects. Depending on the cause, it may or may not still imply the ability to be fully connected and in tune with a person's emotions. A transfinite-empathic person does not need external stimuli to feel emotions and can feel emotions that the situation would not usually be able to evoke.

Origin: "Transfinite" (chosen due to it not being above "Hyper" in all regards but still above it in some) + Empathy.

As someone with transfinite-empathy, I can feel whatever emotion my character would and be the best actor possible.

by Shugunou February 19, 2023

Empathy

No. No. That’s not what it was.

Hym “No. It was self pity. Not because of the insult but because I am right. And he knows it. It was not empathy. And no. I don’t lose if I shoot your kids in the face. That’s how I can win. Damn... I was right about EVERYTHING. Every single utterance. That is wild. I’m the rightest man who has ever lived.”

by Hym Iam September 30, 2022

Post-Written Empathy

When a writer publishes a book/series and actually interprets the book like a reader while they were proof-reading and ends up empathizing with their own characters. Getting invested in their own story.

Person 1: I just finished proof reading my novel
Person 2: Ooh cool! Found any errors?
Person 1: I was too distracted, I ended up skipping over the errors because I got invested in the plot.
Person 2: But wait, didn’t you write the plot?
Person 1: exactly!!
Person 2: wow, so you got Post-Written Empathy the whole time?
Person 1: YES, WHY AM I INVESTED?? ITS MY OWN STORY

by bxndaid November 3, 2023