Empathy - can it ever be a bad thing
StartFragment The term “empathy” is used to describe a wide range of experiences. Emotion researchers generally define empathy as the ability to sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/empathy/definition Empathy is a fascinating concept, and like most things in life comes in a spectrum of flavours. We use phrases like 'i know how you feel', and 'i feel for you' and