> [!meta]+ Metadata > source:: https://www.tiktok.com/@yuvaltheterrible/video/7233095868751088939?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc > channel:: @yuvaltheterrible > released:: 2023-05-14 > watched:: 2023-06-07 > thumbnail:: --- ![[Empathy is not an emotion it is a skill.mp4]] - Empathy is not about a reaction of emotion, it is about understanding emotion - 2 types of empathy - Emotional - When you understand how someone else is feeling because you feel the exact same way. - Seeing a character in a movie experience sadness and grief over a death and then also feeling those emotions yourself - Cognitive - When you fundamentally understand why a person is feeling the way they are - This is based in logic, but not the traditional logic people are used to. It forces you to think logically about why someone else might not be thinking logically (kinda meta) - What people usually refer to when they talk about "having empathy" - If you are in an emotional argument and are unable to exhibit any empathy then you are not thinking logically because they means that you fundamentally do not understand why they are feeling the way they are - This could also be why [[Z/Autism|Autistic]] people present they way they do. They do not often understand the emotions and cues of others. - Potentially related to [[The Double Empathy Problem]]