Relationships

What's Your Empathy Profile?

Understanding feelings, feeling them, and doing something about them are three separate skills.

16 questions · about 6 minutes

16 items across four empathy components on an agreement scale. Original educational wording, not a clinical measure.

1. I can usually work out why someone acted the way they did.

2. In an argument I can state the other person's case fairly.

3. I notice when someone's words and mood do not match.

4. I can imagine my way into a life very different from mine.

5. Other people's moods change mine without me deciding to.

6. Films or news stories can affect me for hours.

7. I feel physically uncomfortable when someone near me is upset.

8. A friend's bad week sits with me during my own day.

9. When someone is struggling I do something practical about it.

10. I follow up days later to check how something turned out.

11. I will go out of my way for someone who cannot return the favour.

12. I say the awkward supportive thing rather than staying quiet.

13. I can care about someone's problem without carrying it home.

14. I can say no to someone in distress when I have nothing left.

15. I know the difference between supporting someone and rescuing them.

16. I can sit with someone's pain without needing to fix it immediately.

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These tests are for education and self-reflection. They are not diagnostic instruments and should not be used to diagnose or treat a mental-health condition. Anyone feeling unsafe, overwhelmed, or at risk should contact local emergency services or a qualified mental-health professional.