The Role of Empathy

Detail an encounter where empathy was lacking in a significant relationship.

Considering this topic allows one to introspect about how a lack of understanding or empathy from significant others can contribute to depressive symptoms. Reflect on when and why you’ve yearned for more empathy and how its absence affects you emotionally and psychologically. This might also lead to contemplating on if you could have displayed more empathy instead or ways to foster a more empathetic environment within the relationship.