I think it’s a talent to empathize with others. It’s easy to empathize with others in certain situations…such as a doctor in a professional setting toward his/her patients; or a social worker; etc. It is also easy to emathize with others when you are close to them emotionally, such as your family members. Sometimes it is done to be civil, etc. However, there are times when no empathy is better than any. For instance, some guppies have been giving me a rough time…and no wonder as I have been giving them a rough time as well…so no empathy needed. Can you think of some other circumstance when you feeling bad is actually a degrading thing to people?