Jamison shows empathy throughout the reading by looking past the surface level understanding of how people suffer from Morgellons. Jamison is able to see the world through the patients’ perspectives and understand that people may not believe in their condition, but Jamison does. Though most doctors diagnose people with Morgellons as “Delusions of parasitosis” (DOP), Jamison doesn’t doubt their pain compared to a world that refuses to accept their suffer. Throughout the reading, Jamison talks about her experience and conversations while meeting with some “Morgies”, which is the name for people who differ from Morgellons. While meeting with them, they all expressed how hard it is for them to be seen in the outside world. Jamison shows empathy for them by relating their concerns to similar experiences of her own. Though Jamison may not suffer from the same conditions as them, she is empathizing with the people who do and makes sure their feelings don’t go unnoticed in a world where it is hard for them to receive this empathize. Jamison wants us to have a better understanding when showing empathy by relating what they are going through to your own experiences to get a better understanding of what they are experiencing. Though there is no source behind why they have this disease, the way Jamison shows empathy towards them is how she trusts the pain they feel. Towards the end of the essay, Jamison starts ti feel the symptoms of the people with Morgellons do. Though, she was scared of this happening since she deep down knew this could happen to her and it may be delusions all along. While finishing the rest of the reading I noticed a shift in tone and my views overall changed. Rather than showing empathy, Jamison showed sympathy towards the patients who suffered. Though, she was able to relate to them in a way through her own experience, by the end of the reading she noticed that she began to think the same way they did, delusional. The tone from feeling sympathy for the patients changed to not feeling anything for them at all and it sounded almost angry. Since she began to feel this, herself it changed how she viewed the group as a whole.