[395] Embarrassment Via Others

I was thinking "Have I ever been embarrassed because of someone else's words or actions?" Then after answering myself a pretty sure no, I pondered off and on for a few days trying to remember "When was the last time I embarrassed MYSELF?" For this latter question I can't think of an example, maybe possibly because I blocked the memory from my brain...

Though you should know I'm not talking of finding out later about something you did, and THEN being embarrassed about it. No, I'm referring to in that same moment, coming to that realization "Oh I shouldn't have said or done that!"

Still, either way I feel embarrassment for others (like with the movie Elf). I think it's the thing described & explained in a "Stuff You Should Know" podcast episode about empathy.

...One other interesting thing is I think there might be a possibility embarrassment can be come feeling offended, therefore leading to a hatred. What do you think?

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