Empathy and Emotional Intelligence …

Empathy is an important aspect of emotional intelligence … Empathy is the ability to share and understand the feelings of another person ….

Empathy involves putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and see things from their perspective ….

It allows us to connect with others on a deeper level, to feel their pain or joy and respond in a way which is appropriate and helpful …

How empathetic are you??

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SW-User

I'm empathetic.

But there is a dark side to untethered empathy that allows you to feel into other peoples pain. It is a distortion of a boundary between oneself and the other. And it can deplete a person to the point of making them ill.
There is no intelligence in having this empathy. Mostly it is a trauma response which keeps you alert to other peoples changes.
The intelligence is complete when one is able to hold space for another without depletion of self.

I've learned to do that.

Soossie

@SW-User

Very well said…. Emotional intelligence, very well, helps us create balance between our and their emotions, and set boundary to limit and avoid any pain that our empathy might create …

RubySoo · 56-60, F

@SW-User well said.
I too learned the hard way to think more about ny own boundries to protect myself.