Empathic Understanding

Japanese: 感情移入的了解 - かんじょういにゅうてきりょうかい
Empathic Understanding

...We are moved by the experiences of others and sympathize with them because we empathize with them, and this is because we empathize with the experiences of similar people from the past. Psychiatric therapists are required to empathetically understand the mental phenomena of patients based on the patient's facial expressions, attitudes, and comments, that is, to have empathic understanding. It is possible to empathize with the anxiety of neurosis and the depressed and exhilarated moods of manic-depressive illness, but it is not possible to empathize with the experiences of schizophrenia, which are different from normal psychology, and are therefore considered incomprehensible. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "empathic understanding" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…われわれが他人の体験に感動したり,同情したりするのは,相手に共感するからであり,それは自己の過去の同種の感情的体験を相手に感情移入するからである。精神科の治療者には,患者の表情,態度,発言内容などから,患者の精神現象を共感的に理解すること,つまり感情移入的了解einfühlendes Verstehenが要求される。神経症の不安,躁鬱(そううつ)病の抑鬱気分や爽快気分は感情移入が可能であるが,正常心理とは異質な精神分裂病の体験は感情移入できず,了解不能とされる。…

※「感情移入的了解」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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