# # Empathy vs. Sympathy

[Brené Brown on Empathy vs. Sympathy/Psychology Today](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/partnering-in-mental-health/201408/bren-brown-empathy-vs-sympathy-0)

The little cartoon movie in the article puts it in a very very nice and understandable manner.

> _empathy_ fuels connection
> _sympathy_ drives disconnection

> empathy:
> 1. perspective taking
> 2. staying out of judgement
> 3. recognising emotion in other people, and
> 4. communicating it