UM-Bot Posted August 12, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 12, 2014 A woman who underwent a brain operation is now believed to possess a heightened sense of empathy. The woman, who has been referred to only as 'Susan', had been suffering from epileptic seizures for most of her life and doctors had taken the decision to remove part of her temporal lobe in an effort to alleviate her symptoms. Read More: http://www.unexplain...h-after-surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted August 12, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2014 So she feels more after having part of her brain removed? That seems like something you could to people who were, say, killers. If you make them feel more, then there's a good chance they would stop said behavior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_dreamer Posted August 12, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 12, 2014 "Hyper empath" - that's got to be difficult. I have enough issues with the amount of empathy I already have. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted August 12, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 12, 2014 "Hyper empath" - that's got to be difficult. I have enough issues with the amount of empathy I already have. Yes, this seems it would be much more of a curse than a "gift" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 12, 2014 #5 Share Posted August 12, 2014 "Her case was investigated by a French research team lead by Aurélie Richard-Mornas who conducted a series of tests and experiments to determine her empathic awareness." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted August 12, 2014 #6 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Make it so, Counseler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socio Posted August 12, 2014 #7 Share Posted August 12, 2014 So she feels more after having part of her brain removed? That seems like something you could to people who were, say, killers. If you make them feel more, then there's a good chance they would stop said behavior. I believe it is called a lobotomy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 13, 2014 #8 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well, good. One less potential serial killer on the streets. Though I do wish her well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted August 13, 2014 #9 Share Posted August 13, 2014 To treat saver epileptic seizures The Corpus Callosum is cut to stop the brain from shorting out . The patient then has to learn new way's to identify every thing . ( A friend had this done ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted August 13, 2014 #10 Share Posted August 13, 2014 That's quite the trade off. Siezures for hightened empathy. I wonder which is the best to live with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1976 Posted August 13, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 13, 2014 So she'll probably burst into tears from merely seeing someone stub their toe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeycat Posted August 14, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Reminds me of that Star Trek episode 'the Empath' :- [media=] [/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 14, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) If I act poor, will she give me her money? (Nothing against the truly poor, of course... I would help out) Edited August 14, 2014 by pallidin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherguy Posted August 20, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If I act poor, will she give me her money? (Nothing against the truly poor, of course... I would help out) She would probably be able to tell that you're not poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jugoso Posted September 12, 2014 #15 Share Posted September 12, 2014 What the world needs now is Empathy, sweet Empathy! Caring about others more is a step in the right direction IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyBlo0d Posted November 26, 2014 #16 Share Posted November 26, 2014 What the world needs now is Empathy, sweet Empathy! Caring about others more is a step in the right direction IMO. Everyone needs to remove part of their temporal lobe too! HAHA. Problems to this apathetic world are answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrunchkruckets Posted December 17, 2014 #17 Share Posted December 17, 2014 goes to show we need our temporal lobe to be balanced.. we will all be on the anti depressants and suffering really bad with our nerves if we didn't have that LoL.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMoundShroud Posted December 17, 2014 #18 Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) I think some people on this thread don't get what an empath is or are just jaded/petty. Some people have an ability to pick up on things that others don't, emotional or facial ticks and are able to process faster than others. Perfect example is with poker, for those who have played heavily and semi-/professionally. There is an infinite amount of abilities people can tap into and to think we are limited is backwards thinking. Sucks to be this woman though. Edited December 17, 2014 by MrMoundShroud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrunchkruckets Posted December 20, 2014 #19 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Edited December 20, 2014 by Scrunchkruckets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantisRises Posted December 22, 2014 #20 Share Posted December 22, 2014 So she feels more after having part of her brain removed? That seems like something you could to people who were, say, killers. If you make them feel more, then there's a good chance they would stop said behavior. Much better chance that killers will stop said behaviour if you kill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMoundShroud Posted December 30, 2014 #21 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The word "killer" is misused and should be replaced with "psychopath". I don't get why the crap that is even apart of this conversation. What I took from this is that if people are injured they compensate. Her brain is trying to function "normally", but doesn't have its previous used neural pathways. It's like when a person who goes blind, their auditory synapse responses increase. I definitely would have her sit next to me at poker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralwitch Posted April 22, 2015 #22 Share Posted April 22, 2015 That is probably way too much to handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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