The Eight Exploitations of Empathy

  You are an empathic individual. This is why we chose you. This is why we want people like you because you have certain traits which appeal considerably to us. You have traits which are ripe to be exploited by us and only someone like you can provide such an opportunity to our kind. You […]

The Three Strands of Empathy

      The concept of empathy can be divided into three types. It has three identifiable strands. First of all, there is the idea of cognitive empathy, where I want to understand the point of view of another person, recognize and understand what the emotions of another person mean and what the acceptable response […]

Knowing the Narcissist : Empathy and Irony

    Many people state that my kind and me lack empathy. I don’t like that attitude. First of all it amounts to a criticism and I am not to be criticised. Secondly, empathy is regarded by some as the ability of blurring the line between self and other. The handy dose of empathy pictured […]

Knowing the Narcissist : Empathy and Irony

    Many people state that my kind and me lack empathy. I don’t like that attitude. First of all it amounts to a criticism and I am not to be criticised. Secondly, empathy is regarded by some as the ability of blurring the line between self and other. The handy dose of empathy pictured […]

Knowing the Narcissist : Cold Comfort

  It is a well-recognised trait of ours that we do not feel empathy. We know how to show empathy. You and others have exhibited this on many occasions so we understand the facial expression to adopt, the tilt of the head, the appropriate body language such as a hand on the arm or an arm around […]