Four Core Reasons Why Your Empathy May Be Missing

You tear up when you see commercials for abused and neglected animals. Obviously it is more complicated with those who are in your inner circle, but there are four core reasons why your empathy is lacking. The second reason that you don't feel empathy for those closest to you is because you are too busy PROTECTING yourself. Unconsciously, you feel her pain is a kind of virus: You fear getting "close" to her feelings/virus because you imagine you will "catch" the same thing. If you recognize that you feel empathy for what seems like everyone in the natural world except for those closest to you, there is simply a disconnect or a WALL.