Empathy Enthusiast Pillows

"Until now, I never understood why you got so excited when someone walked past the house."

"It's a full-blown empathy attack!. . . help me sneak him out of here before this thing spreads through the entire company!"

'He's not finished his 'communicating with empathy' training.'

'We value emotional intelligence over regular old intelligence, so there's still some hope for you.'

"You're a good listener. You hear my feelings."

'Can we swap glasses? It might help me see your point of view!'

'Before you continue on your emotional tirade, let me know if you're picking up on my non evaluative and empathetic listening.'

'How about this slogan: If you are unhappy for any reason we will feel really bad.'

I thought we'd look at reducing your medication and replacing it with eight hugs a day before and after meals.

"You've got a lousy bedside manner"

Chemotherapy.

Spectacular View and Opposing View

'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'

"Here I was, all this time, worrying that maybe I'm a selfish person, and now it turns out I've been suffering from compassion fatigue."

"Of course I care about how you imagined I thought you perceived I wanted you to feel."

"Anyhoo, it's malignant."

How to be Vulnerable

Sadly, Barbara was the only one to show up at the support group for those with abandonment issues.

"I feel your pain level."

'Well, Mr. Harris, I'm afraid you simply care too much. You have compassion fatigue.'

Passing Emotions

Hungry / A bit peckish.

"Dr Wilkins woudl ge to any lengths to develop a rapport with his younger patients.."

"In a perfect world, you wouldn't suffer from depression and I wouldn't profit from it. But we don't live in a perfect world. OK, well, maybe I do."

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

'I get very depressed when I'm alone.'

"Wilcox is showing signs of compassion fatigue."

Undervalued,underpaid,worried about my future, still enough of my problems...what can I do for you?

Boxers: 'It looks like someone could use a hug.'

'Samaritans, mission control'

"Hey, you have got great empathy!"

A therapist joins his patient on the couch.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will stay with me forever as they sit inside me,getting turned over and over, being blown completely out of proportion."

Compassion fatigue

"If you think this is bad, you should see what they do to themselves"