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Friday, March 14, 2008

Pity VS Empathy

Main Entry: pity
Pronunciation: \ˈpi-tē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural pit·ies
Etymology:Middle English pite, from Anglo-French pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, pity, from pius pious
Date: 13th century

1 a: sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy b: capacity to feel pity
2: something to be regretted

Main Entry: em·pa·thy
Pronunciation: \ˈem-pə-thē\
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathos
Date: 1850

1: the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
2: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this

The difference between pity and empathy. I thought it was pity, and I got disgusted with the idea. And then I went to check the dictionary and found that it was empathy. Empathy because it's a human experience. Because it's not mere "sympathetic sorrow" but it feels as though I'm experiencing it all over again. AGAIN, just without the full extent of pain (as before).

I picked up the vibe last year. Maybe that's why my desire to know him is so strong. Because I can identify with him?

Anyway, my problem is not simply a mild case of inferiority complex, or pessimism..but it may have stemmed from my lack of ability to communicate my thoughts, ideas and feelings. Maybe that's the reason for my envy of good writers, artists and the like.

Labels: friends, life, musing

10:54 PM

THE PRINCESS

name; melissa chan meiyi
age; 18
bdae; 210490
location; singapore

hates; hypocrites, betrayers and traitors
loves;

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~~adp~~ ~~rgs~~ ~~rjc~~

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~~purple house~~ buckle ~~buckle-buckley~~

adp: ~~it club~~ ~~library~~ ~~eng drama~~ ~~chinese dance~~ ~~swimming~~

rg: ~~handbells~~ ~~library~~ rjc: ~~film society~~ ~~chinese orchestra~~ japanese cultural club (once in jcc always in jcc!)

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I'm a girl, who's normal most of the time, but weird otherwise. My nickname in primary school was blurqueen, which was upgraded to BBQ Bizzarely Blurqueen in Secondary 2 during Primary 6 class reunion. I have a huge variety of interests, so I end up being very poor in time management.

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