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Researchers found that cancer patients on the receiving end of sympathy describe it as an unwanted, superficial, pity-based response that, although well intended, is focused on the observer’s discomfort rather than on alleviating the
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Maybe I have a different understanding of sympathy? More similar to affective empathy? What about "Please accept our deepest sympathy"?
According to Merriam-Webster, sympathy is mutual susceptibility, an inclination to intellectual or emotional accord, or sharing the feelings of another. (Brown's affective empathy)
*Sympathy is a feeling of sincere concern for someone who is experiencing something difficult or painful.
*Compassion adds to the emotional experience of sympathy an urgent desire to alleviate the person’s distress.
*Pity implies contemptuous sorrow for the person who is in misery or distress—that is, a sense of disapproval and strong dislike.
*Empathy is when you understand the feelings of another but do not necessarily share them. (Brown's cognitive empathy)
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― The First Witch of Boston
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