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Empathy is not being obsessive with the feelings of others. Others are as real people as you are. If you go that way, thinking of what others feel instead of empathizing with what they're experiencing, this immediately becomes an abstraction and you fail to realize the humanity, or lack of, in this.

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It's not a binary. Becoming more indifferent to other people is necessary for the kind of people who go through this sort of therapy.

To open your mouth and speak to another person is to risk offending them. There are people who are so afraid of that possibility that they never speak. In that case, less empathy/more indifference is good.

First of all, thanks for engaging. It's nice to think this through with the help of others.

That being said, I have an issue with this being called 'therapy'. It may as well be, if we just think about the person receiving the benefit. However, it's a bit predatory through the lense of the other person.

But it's like you said. It's not binary. Yes, it bothers me a little. Nonetheless, as with everything, it may have its uses.

Again, thanks for your comments.

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