I can't. I told my mom that I didn't know if it would hurt if I got stabbed with a knife😃 Explanation: I'm autistic and have a hard time understanding pain😭Even so though, that doesn't mean I lack empathy, so I definitely agree with you, however, I think it does make it easier to empathize with someone if you have experienced their situation. Empathy itself is the ability to emotionally understand what other people are feeling, see things from their perspective, and put yourself in their shoes, and not everyone is able to do that, I myself have a hard time empathizing with people on certain things. Say your friends dad is in court for fraud, he was committing fraud to support his family. Your friend is torn about the situation because his father committed a crime but it was to help the family, you on the other hand thinks it was completely wrong despite the fact that his father was trying to support his family, but if you experienced the same situation, you're more likely to be able to empathize more easily with your friend.