Can You Empathize With The Aggressor?
This is how real healing occurs.
7 min readApr 24, 2019
Most of us are used to empathize with victims.
It manifests when we watch a cat running towards a tree in panic, making it just before the dog catches it. For a moment, we let ourselves feel the relief — the kitty managed to rescue herself. An instant later, we go to chase the aggressive dog away:
