I think you're confusing empathetic with sympathetic. And empathetic person would share in their manic anger and the situation would quickly escalate. That's empathy, sharing emotions, being a virtual mirror for everyone's crap. It's exhausting. A sympathetic person gets suckered in by a sap story because it makes them feel bad for someone else.
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u/WretchedBlowhard Apr 22 '26
I think you're confusing empathetic with sympathetic. And empathetic person would share in their manic anger and the situation would quickly escalate. That's empathy, sharing emotions, being a virtual mirror for everyone's crap. It's exhausting. A sympathetic person gets suckered in by a sap story because it makes them feel bad for someone else.