How can i fake compassion/sympathy?

listen to the way other people talk and imitate it lol it isn't that hard

Faking it isn't good. If you want to care and be better liked, then be straight forward. Tell them that you don't think you can help them, but also try to help point them to who can. There's a lot of people out there who don't know how to help others, so don't stress being an outsider.

Practice.

Understand that a majority of people are selfish and want to feel important or understood without caring how others feel. Which means you have the upperhand, because you rather not share your feelings at all, meaning you can make the other person feel super important that someone listens to their rambling without interruptions.

All you need to do is practice facial expressions and learn a few catch phrases that can blend in well with any mindless conversation.

In short, you can’t.

But everyone has different ways of expressing their feelings. Perhaps when your friend is feeling sad, maybe they just want someone to listen. So do that, or offer to by them food. or whatever

Say things like "Oh cry me a river" or if someone is struggling, point out what they should or should not have done that landed them in that mess. Mock people's stupidity and ignorance.

Well, those are the ways people taught ME about compassion.

I'd either straight up tell people you're not extremely emotional, or in order to fake it, you have to listen to people really well. You'll notice that a lot of the time, people just want a listening ear. Occasionally, repeat what they've said but change the sentence structure. Say 'mm' and 'mmmhm' a lot. Idk man that's the best I can do.

Imitate their body language but not to much where it’s glaringly obvious

Don't try to fake it. Its ok to not be sensitive. Its actually a good thing.

Learn to act, watch a lot of movies.

Oh it’s easy, just try to match the tone.

Imagine whatever is upsetting them is happening to you. or pretend ya pet lizard died.

sociopath alert