People have tried explaining it to me before and I never really understood the difference. I’m hoping a simple explanation will help.
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Sympathy is understanding someone because you’ve been in that situation before. “I sympathize with you being exhausted after working 12 hours because I have also been exhausted from working 12 hours .” (**S** = **S**ympathy = **S**elf)
Empathy is understanding someone (or trying to) by putting yourself in their shoes. “I am not a parent but I can empathize with you on how tiring it must be because you have more people to care for and more work to do to care for them.” (**E** = **E**mpathy = someone **E**lse)
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