Episode 14 of the Highly Sensitive Person Podcast is about empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another being. I talk about wondering if Muay Thai fighters are lonely or sad, and crying about the tragedies of people I don't think I have a right to be that sad about.

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Mentioned on this episode: Dr. Elaine Aron's empathy brain study

Further reading:

• On this blog: Fearing other people's death
• On this blog: Feeling the physical pain of others
• The Condolence Note Coach website - a wonderful resource helping people deal with and write condolence notes
• A Few Suggestions for "Regulating" Fear, Grief, Anger, and Joy by Elaine Aron
• Being empathic versus being empath - crucial differences

Podcast music attribution: By the Coast (2004) (Antony Raijekov) / CC BY-NC 2.5