Plenty of clients have vehemently insisted they have a deep capacity for empathy. This is untrue of anyone with narcissistic traits, but it’s mostly because they’ve confused feelings of SYMPATHY with EMPATHY. Sympathy is the ability to feel sorry for a human or animal that we perceive to be suffering. Empathy on the other hand, involves a far broader set of internal emotional responses.
How Narcissism Inhibits Empathy
How Narcissism Inhibits Empathy
How Narcissism Inhibits Empathy
Plenty of clients have vehemently insisted they have a deep capacity for empathy. This is untrue of anyone with narcissistic traits, but it’s mostly because they’ve confused feelings of SYMPATHY with EMPATHY. Sympathy is the ability to feel sorry for a human or animal that we perceive to be suffering. Empathy on the other hand, involves a far broader set of internal emotional responses.