29/04/2023
EMPATHY VS. SYMPATHY VS. APATHY - What's the difference?
☑️ Empathy is having the ability to understand what another person experiences from their point of view.
☑️ Sympathy is when someone shares feelings of sadness for another person's misfortune. While someone with empathy may feel sympathy for a friend, it's not necessary for these feelings to overlap. For instance, a person can have sympathy for a friend who lost a loved one but have no idea what that
experience is like, but they do know their friend is sad.
☑️ Apathy is a complete lack of feeling or concern for something or someone. It's not malicious or angry; rather, it's complete indifference. Perhaps, a numbness to a situation. As such, apathy and sympathy cannot co-exist. However, empathy and apathy could, because a person could understand another person's experiences and not care.