Virgo Men...Wha'ts with the hard stares? (Page 2)

Posted by sorti-fantastic poney
The fictional character in psycho? The dude is not real brah hahaha!

Posted by sorti-fantastic poney

Posted by virgoking

I think we are getting our definitions of intuitive mixed up because what you are describing is someone who is not sympathetic.

Intuition = direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
(connotation)-understanding a situation without effort; prodigy or mystic.

Sympathetic = to understand that person's feelings
(connotation)-putting yourself in their shows

Empathetic = to listen and feel sorry for them.
(connotation)-care for the needs of others

...yeah, these three are often confussing...

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You have Empathy and Sympathy mixed up.

Actually, Empathy is when you can "feel" for the person because you have been there, done that. It's more than sympathy. It's actually putting yourself in someone else's scenario and understanding it. IE: I work in healthcare and help patients recover after knee injuries etc. I often tell them I "empathize" with them because I've also experienced knee injuries and pain.

Sympathy is when you feel bad for someone, like if someone's loved one dies. You give them your sympathy. However, it's not the same as empathy where you actually "understand" how they feel because you've been through the same thing. It's simply saying, "I'm sorry for your loss." So back to my example of sustaining a knee injury/pain, in this case, sympathy would be, "I feel bad for you because you have so much pain to deal with", despite never having had knee pain or injury. You can not "empathize" with them as to the amount of pain they are enduring because you have never experienced it first hand.