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https://dansolin.com // How do hormonal changes impact empathy levels? Hormonal changes can have a funnily dramatic effect on how we feel empathy towards others, kind of like how a puppy might react to a vacuum cleaner—it depends on the mood. Testosterone often gets the blame for making people less empathetic, especially in guys, by disrupting the brain areas that help us relate to feelings. It's like having a super loud basketball coach in your head saying, hey, be tough, emotions are for the weak. On the other hand, oxytocin, which you might call the brain's hug hormone, tends to make us more empathetic and willing to lend a helping hand, like when you share your last piece of pizza with a friend. Although it sounds like a science class experiment gone wrong, gender differences in empathy might just be a result from how questions are asked. In short, hormones are like our brain's emojis, helping us express kindness, or sometimes making us seem a bit like a grumpy cat on a rainy day.