Bring Out Your Best-- The Sequel

[Dhara]

Why so defensive? And no, I don't need to pity someone to make me feel better about my life.

Pity and compassion are completely different.

 

[Dhara]

Compassion is when you wish another persons suffering could be eased. Pity is when you cannot relate to the other persons suffering and you have a put down attitude about it. Just my opinion.

 

[Carla_Danger]

Compassion is when you wish another persons suffering could be eased. Pity is when you cannot relate to the other persons suffering and you have a put down attitude about it. Just my opinion.

I think it's just your wording.

Conversely, I've noticed one or twice when I was sad about something and thinking I was depressed to come across a really depressed and unhappy person, say a cashier in a store, that it made me feel better.

The way you make it sound, it's as if you feel better when you run across someone you feel has a pathetic life, more so than your own.

And I think a more appropriate word would be empathy. I empathize with people a lot, but that in no way makes me feel better about my life. I already know how lucky I am.