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A woman

That'd be empath, OP.

Saint, Bodhisattva.
Empath is taken by science fiction for a person who has a paranormal ability to know others' emotions.

>>4234434
>a woman
>actual empathy
lel

>>4234440
there were some pretty bloodthirsty saints

>>4234461
Did yo mama not love u, anon? :(

Altruist?

>>4234430
Hippie?

I think empath is actually someone who reads minds and such, empathic is a different term than empathetic...in which case empath would be incorrect

Would it be still empathy even if it's a mental disorder of extreme empathy

>>4234430
Flautist

Empathy is the result of mirror-neurons (neurons in the brain that mimic what they see in others, including emotions), while a sociopath has significantly less activity of mirror-neurons, and possibly less of them altogether.

>>4234570
This sounds like bullshit.

>>4234571
It's science fact.

>>4234571
They exist but it isn't their sole function nor the sole cause of empathy.

>>4234570
Could that also mean that people with extremely high empathy would copy people? For example repeat what they say or mirror there body language?

>>4234581
they copy people in their heads, like when someone winces when they see someone else in pain. that's mirror-neurons firing and making the observer actually experience it as if it happened to them

hsp highly sensitive person

>>4234430
guru

>>4234430
Emotional cripple.

Faggot

>>4234430
codependent, but extreme empathy is a form of narcissism.

>>4234589
I too took intro to psychology. You are wildly distorting what we know about mirror neurons with your cocktail-party knowledge.

>>4235288
>extreme empathy is a form of narcissism

defend this claim

>>4235346
codependents cling on to other's problem to take on the role of a martyr, saviour, hero, etc. they are using self-sacrifice as a method of masturbation: the person they've attached to is only tangential to the whole enterprise, they only understand their needs insofar as it relates to their need to act out the sacrifice.

>>4235348
But haven't you made a false equivalence? You assume having a large amount of empathy results in "taking on the role of a martyr, savior, hero etc" but then go on to say "they only understand their needs insofar as it relates to their need to act out the sacrifice." Seeing people within the larger context and not being able to understand their intimacies is indicative of a deficiency of empathy, not a surplus. I think you've confused people who pretend to have empathy (narcissists) with people who actually have empathy.

>>4235357
no, i'm talking about codependent people, which is the only term I can think that encapsulates extreme empathy.

>Seeing people within the larger context and not being able to understand their intimacies is indicative of a deficiency of empathy

these people are measurably better at being empathic, their own bias prevents them from using it at its full potential, but it's there.

>I think you've confused people who pretend to have empathy (narcissists) with people who actually have empathy.

i haven't.

>>4235360
How do you define empathy then? I define it as the ability to share and understand others' inner lives, ie feelings and introspections. The "codependent" you're describing doesn't actually share or understand others' feelings, they just recognize them and feed off them. There's a major difference.

>>4235368
okay, i thought you were mildly familiar with the topic, but it seems you aren't. in academia we don't use personal dictionaries.

>>4234430
I would just describe them as altruist

>>4235346
This argument is argued by people who only see the world within the boundaries of thier own self interest.
They cannot understand how people would sacrifice for others except within a self serving martyr complex framework. It makes no sense to you unless self interest is at the heart of it. Therefore you feel better about yourself being a heartless fucker.
There are plenty of drama martyrs out there. But plenty more who toil out of many motivations.
Fuck! just saw @EXTREME EMPATHY@. ignore all that you may be right.

>>4234430
An empath.

That is legitimately the word, you already had it.

>>4235375
Ah, I didn't realize I was talking to the freshman psych major.

>>4234430
Empath

>>4235348
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy#Narcissistic_personality_disorder

it's called being a fag dude

>>4235433
wiki war? wiki war!

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy#Narcissistic_personality_disorder

>>4235433
>>4235457
oops i meant

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependent#Inverted_narcissists

>>4235460
>a self-help author

>>4234434
ya lol
>the most selfish being on earth
>empathy

So does someone with hyper empathy enjoy media more than a person with average empathy?

borderline personality disorder. they're just as cray cray and dangerous when armed.