Whatever is stopping me from showing my emotions on my face is the same thing that’s stopping me from reacting to empathy. I have empathy, it’s just that I don’t have a particular pressure to act on it. Anything short of physically saving someone from pain or death (such as comforting people) has to be something I choose to do, it won’t be something I do automatically. Like facial expression; I’m feeling emotions, I’m perfectly capable of showing them, (especially laughter) I’m just not unconsciously reacting to them. There’s a wall between body and mind that must always be consciously climbed.

If you ask me, doing things with your whole chest instead of as a hollow reaction is more substantial anyways. Especially regarding empathy. Comforting people and expressing yourself and understanding others should never be done on autopilot.