how to be more empathetic? Anonymous 123077
i won't say i struggle with empathy, because i can recognize when people are sad and need to be comforted. however, whenever people vent to me, i'm not really sure what to say. if someone told me their grandma died, i would be able to recognize that is bad, and give them a "sorry for your loss", and that's about it. i can't relate to them either, because i didn't really care about any of my grandparents who died.
usually i wouldn't really care, but my girlfriend vents to me, and it makes me feel bad when i can't think of anything appropriate to say.
Anonymous 123078
https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/wiki/talking_tips/this is from a suicide sub, but I think there's good general advice here (with examples)
