They can. Cognitive empathy is understanding how they feel, but affective empathy is that understanding effecting you emotionally. They understand that someone is hurt and how they feel just as well as other people do, they just don’t care because it doesn’t make them feel concern about it.
Is it normal that I want to hurt people even those I don't dislike?
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I doubt I am a socio/psychopath as I can understand how other people feel.
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They can. Cognitive empathy is understanding how they feel, but affective empathy is that understanding effecting you emotionally. They understand that someone is hurt and how they feel just as well as other people do, they just don’t care because it doesn’t make them feel concern about it.
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Yeah, that sounds alot like me.
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Oh no 🤭
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Lol still probably not because I can controll my impulses. I heard socio / psychopaths have issues doing that.
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Dr Hare noted they have issues but in a “controlled sense”
So for instance they will steal something, but if someone is watching they will control the impulse and not do it.
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Hmmm... Sounds like me expecially as I often steal. I still don't believe that I am.