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Can you tell me docs, is empathy a natural human emotion or a learned emotion?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Empathy: Interesting question. Empathy is not an emotion, as it's possible to feel many emotions through empathy. It's a quality that develops naturally when a child is cared for and responded to lovingly by empathetic parents. There can be mismatches between children and parents, though. Connection is necessary and healing in empathy. To learn more about empathy, see: http://tinyurl.Com/kjvgnlz.

Answered 12/13/2013

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