I find it hard to show empathy sometimes so this was a good read. The problem I have is that sometimes those close to me don't show me any empathy. They want me to just get over it. It is something I find difficult to understand. In return, I end up showing them empathy and channeling my situation some other way.

I get accused of being too smart a lot. I think they give me too much credit. I don't think they've seen one of @arbitrarykitten's articles :)