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No - Empathy is a positive feeling/emotion that means to be able to identify within yourself with someone else's feelings/emotions - being able to walk in someone else's shoes so to speak. It is usually hard for one to differentiate between sympathy and empathy but when they do this is a positive thing within one self.
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Name some disorders with lack of empathy?
The classic disorder is antisocial disorder. They have no value system so do not "feel" empathy. Narcissistic personality disorder also has no empathy for others.
Which personality disorder is a pattern of an exaggerated need for admiration and complete lack of empathy?
narcissistic
Why do psychopaths kill?
Most psychopaths do not kill people. Psychopathy is antisocial personality disorder, characterized by a lack of empathy, guilt and inhibition.
Is there any scientific proof that those with narcissistic personality disorder have no emotions or no empathy?
MRIs have shown differences in activity in portions of the brain associated with empathy, as compared with non-narcissistic individuals. Narcissists have a fairly broad range of other emotions, but they are often shallow.
Do adults with Asperger's Syndrome truly NOT have empathy or are they just unable to show empathy?
Subjects with Asperger's most certainly have empathy, and express it too. I refer you to Dr. Temple Grandin, who is probably the highest functioning Asperger's subject to date, and her extremely empathetic treatment of animals as expressed in her book, "Animals in Translation". That said, Asperger's -- an autism spectrum type disorder -- interferes with social communications more than the internal process of empathy itself (as would be more likely found in what we used to call sociopathy and now call ASD or Anti-Social Disorder). The empathy exists; the communications process is impaired. Comment: It was once believed that people with Asperger's Syndrome did not have empathy. It is now known that they do, although they are not necessarily able to express it. They seem better able to express it in writing, where real-time interaction (and trying to interpret nonverbal language) is not necessary.
What are the symptoms of conduct disorder?
There are different symptoms of conduct disorder. These symptoms include but are not limited to: aggression to people and animals, destruction of property, and deceitfulness or theft. People with conduct disorder are often believed to be superficially charming and glib. It is believed that they cognitively understand people's feelings but do not actually feel them---i.e., they lack empathy.
Would you say USE empathy or HAVE empathy?
Have or Show empathy would be more correct than Use empathy.
What is the suffix for empathy?
NO empathy is not it is a noun.
What is the ability to understand and share another persons feelings?
Empathy E... M... P... A... T... H... Y...
What is dispositional empathy?
There is a distinction made in empathy. Empathy may be viewed as a relatively stable disposition (dispositional empathy), but also as a transient affective reaction elicited in concrete situations (situational empathy).
What is self-centeredness?
Extreme self centeredness means lacking in empathy and only caring about yourself and your needs and sometimes being narcissistic. Self-centeredness in the extreme is called narcissistic personality disorder.
Are you empathy and compassionate?
Empathy and compassion are one and the same. People who display empathy are often compassionate.
