Hi Dr. Peterson, I've watched some of your videos but the one that hit me the hardest was your discussion with Warren Farrell on the necessity of fathers. As someone who has lived without a father in the early stages of life and was later introduced to one that was very verbally abusive I have noticed that a lot the "symptoms" talked about in the video are valid to me. I am now 24 years old.

While I am now trying to become a better person I am struggling with empathy. I don't feel anything when people show emotions around me. I help them or look after people (lets say family) because I think it's the right thing to do but I don't actually feel anything, no joy when someone thanks me, no joy when I see them happy or such, no joy in reuniting with people who I haven't seen for a long time. The same with sadness on the other side.

What are your thoughts that a person should do to regain some of the empathy that was never learned in childhood?