Situation where others approached you with empathy or sympathy and examine the effect of that interaction.

• Explain a time or event in your life when you were struggling.
• Identify some of the statements those around you said to you.
• Determine whether the statements were ones of empathy or sympathy, and explain why.
• Describe how these comments made you feel.
• Identify two statements that someone could have said to you that would have given you comfort.