Stages of Empathy

1 - Their Stage

The person reacting at this stage doesn't think about the problem the person is telling her and doesn't care about her feelings and thoughts. The feedback given by the person listening to the problem expresses the views of the society that isn't present in that environment. The person reacting makes some generalizations and uses proverbs.

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2 - My Stage

The person who reacts at this stage is self-centered. Instead of paying attention to the feelings and thoughts of the person who tells her about her problem. She criticizes the person who has the problem. She gives her wisdom.

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3 - Your Stage

The person at this stage enters the role of the person with the problem. Then looks at those problems from that person's perspective. Finally she directly tries to understand how that person feels.

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So what stage are you at?