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Hey, it's Sam.
Welcome back to Radio Headspace and to Thursday.
Over the last few months, I've been working on my thesis for my second master's in emotion science,
and I've realized that compassion and empathy often get confused.
There's also some misunderstanding about what compassion fatigue actually is and how we can preserve our well-being
while showing compassion to those around us.
So today, let's break down these terms.
What is empathy exactly?
Empathy describes our ability to understand and experience the internal states of others.
To a certain extent, emotions are contagious,
and experiencing empathy tends to make us more cooperative and act in ways that can help the people around us.
Researchers have split empathy into two distinct categories, cognitive and affective empathy.