How Empathy Becomes a Self-Imposed Burden

“Recognizing your suffering puts a burden on me. Just the act of recognizing you are ill makes a claim on me, doesn’t it? I have to respond. I have to empathize. And that takes a toll on me. And the more people I have to empathize with the harder it is.” A Slate review ofContinue reading “How Empathy Becomes a Self-Imposed Burden”