Instincts

It is a mistake to confuse empathy for love.

Easy to do because they are both emotions originating in the id.

One is a feeling of what the other person feels, instinctively. The purpose is to provide society with healers.

The other is instinctively feeling good because of the presence of the other. The purpose is to reproduce.

See that’s different!

Empathy requires a belief in the status quo in order to get the required intuitive reaction to negative change. Empathetic people do not like change.