"Downsides of Empathy"

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Across
  1. 2. The feeling of failing others even when you've done your best
  2. 7. Necessary limits to protect your mental health from others' emotions
  3. 9. A defense mechanism where a person stops caring due to over-empathy
  4. 10. The author of the book Against Empathy who critiques its flaws
  5. 12. Feeling personal pain while witnessing someone else's suffering
  6. 13. When someone exploits an empath's kindness for their own gain
  7. 14. An effect where empathy focuses on one person but ignores the crowd
Down
  1. 1. Mental and emotional exhaustion caused by absorbing others' stress
  2. 3. Helping others without becoming overwhelmed by their pain
  3. 4. A slang term for a person who drains an empath's energy
  4. 5. Making biased decisions based on feelings rather than facts
  5. 6. Someone who can understand emotions cognitively but uses them to harm
  6. 7. Favoring people who are similar to us while ignoring outsiders
  7. 8. When the lines between your emotions and someone else's become blurred
  8. 11. The type of compassion that uses logic instead of just feelings