Sympathy Advocates Mugs

"So Teddy's peaked too soon again" "Cut him some slack Chet, he's got a headache!"

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

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

"Just don’t tell the other vultures. I’ll never hear the end of it."

Prejudice/Empathy

'I get the feeling you're wagging your tale on the outside and crying on the inside.'

Protect Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

"Now that I've swung back to depression, I'm truly sorry for what I did when I was manic."

Can't even hold signs well.

"I feel your pain level."

The Female Brain and The Other One

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'

"I know. I miss him, too."

Tangled Earphones Support Group.

Spoiler alert: most of my presentation is actually a series of trigger warnings.

"We're not laughing at you, sweetie. We're laughing at something you don't understand."

'Adam seems depressed - He needs camaraderie or something.'

Refugee Crisis

"I'm not asking for a raise. All I'm asking for is a little warmth and human understanding."

'Do you want to reschedule? Normally he has a magnetic personality, but today he seems to have reversed polarity.'

"Don't judge me until you've walked a mile on my medication."

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"

"Cops don't get me. Sure, they got me – but they'll ever get me."

Please Give

"...Everyone you meet on the way up, you'll meet again on the way down."

Milton wonders if it would be possible to substitute scotch and sex for tea and sympathy.

"Matt, you look like you just saw a ghost who fired you!"

'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.'

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

"We'll soon have you sorted out, Mr. Fenton."

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'

"Whose turn is it to be happy?"

"Your free-floating anxiety is floating over to me."