Do you feel empathy?

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A No voter.

What is another person thinking or feeling? I doubt if they know.

My usual is to expect the worst, +10%, and remain wary.

Thinking and feeling is giving too much credit.

What are they up to, that I can figure. No good.

Empathy is how subject are you to the emotional manipulation of others.

Emotional Blackmail Index.

Party A is going through emotional turmoil, I am supposed to suffer from radient turmoil, and then show sympathy for her plight.

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Suddenly she turns logical, but by then I am walking down the path.

Varients are, The Flag, and, The Sweet Baby Jesus.

When emotion is invoked, it shows lack of a logical explanation.

I fit the Mr. Spock profile.

Why is there 2 yeses and 2 nos? Why not a middle option, or an "extreme" option?

My problem-

When I feel "pressured" into "feeling" something, I cannot feel anything. Funerals, celebrations, even jokes (even ones I find funny!), anything, I just heard someone close to my closest adult friend had just died-nothing. I feel I should feel, but I don't. Laughter is automatic, and caluculated. I feel just fine not showing anything, but I know it's expected of me...

Now, thinking about situations, for example a homeless person and the way that person got there-will bring tears to my eyes. Thinking back to good times, and bad times, with people I've known, will bring tears to to my eyes. Watching a movie, with a certain scene (Homeward Bound I believe it's called, the scene where all the animals are running toward the camera), will bring tears to my eyes. I will sit alone, at night and often "obsess" (not sure if that's the correct word, but it's close enough) about an event to a point that tears will well up in my eyes.

When I'm alone, in my thoughts, without thinking about what is expected of me, I feel things very deeply. This for me is the reason I checked up on autism, because I heard that emotions and empathy are a major problem, or are expressed very differently.

Pardon me, I've mixed in some of my thoughts on emotion in this here post.

I think with empathy, it either has to do with the "pressure" to feel for someone. Being "expected" to feel something takes it right out of me.