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suicidal empathy
suicidal empathy on Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:28 pm
lilhawk2892 Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 150	if you used empathy on someone who was about to or looks like they could commit suicide might this influence your feeling to commit suicide?
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Posted on Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:03 am
Tankdown Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 688	The problem with that is that some people who do want to kill themselfs don't even look sad. But infact happy and such till they get home to do the job.
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Posted on Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:09 am
TheMar Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 67	If you did use empathy, you'd probably feel really sad/depressed and the thought of killing yourself might come to your head, but I highly doubt that you'd actually consider killing yourself, unless you were suicidal anyway.
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Posted on Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:57 pm
fieldmouse Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 30	I've experienced the urge to cut myself empathically, but it's easier to control emotions when you understand that they're not really your own.
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