Empathy Confusion (Deep Dive, Chapter 4)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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00:00 Empathy thread on Reddit 08:08 What definition of empathy is being used?
22:54 Do sadists have empathy?
25:13 Is empathy identification?
26:57 Dissecting Reddit's definitions of empathy
46:18 What does it mean to put yourself in someone else's shoes?
52:06 Why is understanding empathy important?
54:31 Misunderstanding empathy
59:01 Conclusion
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January 8, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Desirming listeners. So recently I've been posting some episodes on empathy. And since it's in my mind, |
| 0:09.2 | as I'm living my life, I will note the way in which people, including clinicians and psychology |
| 0:17.7 | students, are using the word. What definition are they operating from? And I came across |
| 0:25.0 | this Reddit thread that really exemplifies how many different usages there are and how people don't |
| 0:32.6 | define their use. They just say the word empathy as if everyone understands what they mean by it, but |
| 0:38.4 | everyone doesn't understand what they mean by it. And in this thread, I thought it really exemplified |
| 0:43.6 | it and also points to the problems that can happen when we don't define these things. There can |
| 0:49.0 | be misunderstanding or miscommunication or hurt feelings or upsetness. So let's get into it. |
| 0:55.2 | My name is Dr. Kirk Honda. |
| 0:56.9 | I'm a therapist and a professor, |
| 0:58.7 | and this is the Psychology in Seattle podcast and YouTube channel. |
| 1:03.8 | So let's get into it. |
| 1:06.2 | Okay, so before going into it, I should mention that I am recovering from a cold |
| 1:10.8 | and my head is all stuffed up. |
| 1:13.7 | So if I sound a little funny or if I have trouble talking sometimes, it's because of that. |
| 1:20.6 | So this was a post on Reddit and it was on the psychology students subreddit, which I will look at occasionally. |
| 1:29.0 | A lot of smart, interesting people on that subreddit psychology students. |
| 1:33.9 | And the person who originally posted this has deleted it, which I'll get into why I think |
| 1:40.4 | they deleted it. |
| 1:41.0 | I think it was because there was a backlash. |
| 1:43.5 | I can't know that, of course. |
| 1:45.6 | Also, before moving forward, I should say that I never know how to credit people on Reddit, |
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