| No. |
Sympathy |
Empathy |
Compassion |
1 |
Commiserate |
Console |
Carry |
| 2 |
"Feeling-with" |
"I've been there" |
"Feeling on behalf" |
| 3 |
Literally feels the same emotion |
Remembers feeling the same emotion |
Feels aspect of self that is others' suffering |
| 4 |
Understands because caught in same trap |
Understands because once felt the same |
Feeling aspect of others' pain that is one's own |
| 5 |
Shares others' feelings |
Considers others' feelings |
Feels what others may not be able to feel for themselves |
| 6 |
Dependent |
Independent |
Interdependent |
