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Edit: first example was incorrect and biased. A lustful serial killer is not feeling a victim's fear or pain, they are experiencing lust. Serial killers are not very empathic, if at all. See definition of psycopath.
Empathy (as used on this page as in the "but not" comments = Jungian extroverted feeling Sympathy = Jungian introverted feeling 24.22.227.53 07:01, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
This is not correct: "...It thus implies concern, or care or a wish to alleviate negative feelings others are experiencing."
the wish to alleviate negative feelings relates to 'Compassion' and maybe even 'Empathy', but not 'Sympathy'. Refer to most common dictionaries for the correct definition of Sympathy, there is NO implied 'wish to alleviate negative feelings others are experiencing' with Sympathy.
Sympathy relates to harmony and agreement of feelings, there are no inclinations or any implication towards alleviating the feelings others are experiencing. If this was the case, this would be showing or indicating a slight disharmony to them, and thus are incorrectly labled as sympathetic.
In some circles a lack of sympathy has adopted the slang expression of "pulling a Theresa". This is in no way referential to Mother Theresa.
sympathy- feeling after hearing or listening or observing what others do. empathy- feeling by pure perception.
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[edit] 'Crazy' Sympathy
(Warning: incredibly unscientific language ahead) In tv shows/movies/etc. sometimes you see one mentally ill person freak out in a mental hospital who will then set the other patients 'off' with their actions - in my mind, similar to a babys' sympathy crying. Is there a proper term for that, or will I have to use that complex description for the rest of my life? :) --Anoma lee 13:15, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
That's why it's it's on Television. Sorry to sound trollish but I'm really not sure what sort of response you could have expected from this. You really shouldn't base your conception of unknown aspects on the fiction you're bombarded with on a regular basis. I'm sure this is something everyone does, including myself, very routinely. In any case, as far as I can tell the behavior you described may be true - this is based on some antecdotal evidence (another horrifically unscientific aspect, but maybe that's the appropriate response to an unscientific question) and what little I understand about the environments that exist in mental health facilities. In any case, I don't think that one schizophrenic may drive another any crazier than the "normal" population they interact with, not any more than that extent to which they'd be driven by the conversations with normal people that they may interpret as hostile alien entities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.253.36.46 (talk) 04:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Do we need this article
What we have is a dictionary definition, not an entry in an encyclopedia. I propose we move the content to Wiktionary and replace the article with a link. WLior 17:04, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] what about the philosophy of sympathy?
That is what I clicked on the page to find out more about. There is the person who observes someone else's problems from a distance, someone who does not care, the person who helps but only to feel better about themselves. Even the Buddhists have opinions about sympathy. I think Susan Sontag, Foucault, and numerous others come at this from a philosophical perspective. This article could be amazing if someone took the time to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Awesomeblossom420 (talk • contribs) 16:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Not worldwide view?
I don't see why that should be tag up there. Remove? Aurora sword (talk) 14:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
