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Empathy Feels Strange if You Did Not Receive it as a Child

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If empathy wasn't something you received in your attachment relationships growing up, it feels strange and awkward as an adult. Sometimes you might even confuse it with pity.

But you can't heal without empathy. Because what is broken in relationship needs to be fixed in the context of a relationship.

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