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How does struggle build
empathy?

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People who have faced significant adversity don't experience "compassion collapse," a new study suggests. As situations involve increasing numbers of suffering victims, you might expect compassion to level up more suffering, more compassion. Instead, people's feelings of compassion tend to flatten and even decline.

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