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Christina Chung for NPR
Is There A Problem With Feeling Too Much Empathy?
Empathy allows us to experience the perspective of others — to put ourselves in their shoes. Only good things can come from that, right?
Not necessarily, according to author Fritz Breithaupt, author of a forthcoming book The Dark Sides of Empathy. He observes that some negative things —including helicopter parenting, and even terrorism — can come from identifying too strongly with others.
Read more for his advice on and how we can learn to cultivate the positive aspects of empathy.
yes
Christina Chung for NPR
Is There A Problem With Feeling Too Much Empathy?
Empathy allows us to experience the perspective of others — to put ourselves in their shoes. Only good things can come from that, right?
Not necessarily, according to author Fritz Breithaupt, author of a forthcoming book The Dark Sides of Empathy. He observes that some negative things —including helicopter parenting, and even terrorism — can come from identifying too strongly with others.
Read more for his advice on and how we can learn to cultivate the positive aspects of empathy.