• bruhduh@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Tell a related story is best choice because it shows that you really feel what that person is coming through since you’ve came through similar situation yourself

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      4 hours ago

      that’s what neurodivergent people do to show sympathy - very often unknowingly. folks sometimes think we do that to get the attention for ourselves, but it’s just a long winded way of saying “i understand what you feel, you’re not alone in your pain”

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      6 hours ago

      But then you are making this about yourself. Stealing the show. Reaping all the sympathy.

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        5 hours ago

        When is only you and your friend in evening near the grill, then i don’t know which sympathy i stole, i mean men truly open up very rarely and often in very small circle or even only to one person, so you have to show some compassion in these moments