Empathy test - are you able to perceive other people's emotions

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Empathy test

The following test measures one's empathy level. Empathy is the ability to feel and comprehend other people's emotions. An empathic person performs an active effort to get in tune with another person, leaving out personal aptitudes such as sympathy, antipathy, fondness and moral judgements.

1 - Do you share joys and pains of people around you?
Rarely || I usually do || Frequently

2 - Do you happen to feel worried/unquiet without a reason?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

3 - Are you able to express you moods?
Rarely || I usually do || Frequently

4 - Are you able to perceive other people's moods quickly?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

5 - Have you ever been told by someone that you are not able to understand his mood?
Rarely || Sometimes || Frequently

6 - Do you ever happen to be confused about your mood?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

7 - When a dear person suffers, you feel:
Sad || Worried || Indifferent

8 - When a dear person is happy about something, you feel:
Indifferent || Happy for him/her || Happy in general

9 - A crying baby makes you feel:
Annoyed/Indifferent || Worried || Sorrowful

10 - Do you ever feel an indistinct discomfort that you can't define?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

11 - Are you the first person in your family to realize when another family member is sad?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

12 - Do you feel surprised when a friend confesses you to be particularly sad?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

13 - When you describe an experience that you had, do you just describe facts or do you also describe the emotions that you felt?
Mainly facts || Facts and emotions || Mainly emotions

14 - Do you easily get touched when you see a stranger suffering?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely

15 - Do you ever cry while watching a very touching movie?
Rarely || Sometimes || Frequently

16 - Do you feel unease when you talk about your feelings or emotions?
Rarely || Sometimes || Frequently

17 - What do you feel when you see a troubled person?
Nothing || Worry || Sadness

18 - Are you able to get in "someone else's shoes"?
Rarely || Sometimes || Frequently

19 - Do you ever experience an incapacity to feel intense emotions in involving situations?
Rarely || Sometimes || Frequently

20 - Do you ever feel an impulse to do something when you see a person experiencing difficulties?
Frequently || Sometimes || Rarely