5 Signs You're An Empath
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Koto
I really don't want to label myself with anything I am not fully educated about, but I definitely relate to a lot of things in the video. This was actually really interesting and eye opening.
My councilor mentioned to me at one point that if you don't know someone personally, you apparently don't have to jump to help them and I was very confused. My brain is just, Oh, someone is in some sort of pain, you gotta help! It doesn't even feel like a choice, I feel like I just have to. It feels rewarding at times but is definitely very draining. It's especially rough when someone may know you can't say no to helping someone even when you're drained and they take advantage of that.
At one point someone I know was very uncomfortable with the person they were hanging out with and what they were doing. They were acting fine but I almost wanted to throw up because I just felt how uncomfortable the atmosphere was.
Again, I'm not saying I'm an empath but I related to some things in the video.
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I really don't want to label myself with anything I am not fully educated about, but I definitely relate to a lot of things in the video. This was actually really interesting and eye opening.
My councilor mentioned to me at one point that if you don't know someone personally, you apparently don't have to jump to help them and I was very confused. My brain is just, Oh, someone is in some sort of pain, you gotta help! It doesn't even feel like a choice, I feel like I just have to. It feels rewarding at times but is definitely very draining. It's especially rough when someone may know you can't say no to helping someone even when you're drained and they take advantage of that.
At one point someone I know was very uncomfortable with the person they were hanging out with and what they were doing. They were acting fine but I almost wanted to throw up because I just felt how uncomfortable the atmosphere was.
Again, I'm not saying I'm an empath but I related to some things in the video.
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Sadia!
I guess I'm an empath, i thought I was a bit strange. Especially this year, we were learning history really quickly and wjen learning about ww1, casualties, unemployment, the great depression, ww2, genocide, MORE casualties, bombs and everything inbetween, i litterally felt depressed. It was genuinely painful to hear about everything and is still affecting me a week later. Not only that, but im constantly aware of people and their feelings and always need a break to myself. I think, despite how much pain it brings me, I think being an empath is a gift and I'm happy that I'm aware of what people feel. After all, words can't always describe feelings and I'm glad I can be there for people even if it hurts me sometimes. With a gift like this, you just gotta be strong sometimes: )
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I guess I'm an empath, i thought I was a bit strange. Especially this year, we were learning history really quickly and wjen learning about ww1, casualties, unemployment, the great depression, ww2, genocide, MORE casualties, bombs and everything inbetween, i litterally felt depressed. It was genuinely painful to hear about everything and is still affecting me a week later. Not only that, but im constantly aware of people and their feelings and always need a break to myself. I think, despite how much pain it brings me, I think being an empath is a gift and I'm happy that I'm aware of what people feel. After all, words can't always describe feelings and I'm glad I can be there for people even if it hurts me sometimes. With a gift like this, you just gotta be strong sometimes: )
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gassug2
i've lately been wondering if i lack empathy. i can understand why and how people feel the way they do, but i rarely ever actually feel for them. i will try to defend people though if their situation is particularly unfortunate, and give logical reasons about their circumstances and why judging them is unfair.
i excel at cognitive empathy, understanding why people feel a certain why and logically giving reasons as to why their situation may not be easy to cope with. but i feel detached from the person theirselves; i don't feel with them. a way you could put it is caring but not feeling.
i am by no means an empath, and while too much empathy is bad, i feel like i may be at the lower end of the spectrum.
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i've lately been wondering if i lack empathy. i can understand why and how people feel the way they do, but i rarely ever actually feel for them. i will try to defend people though if their situation is particularly unfortunate, and give logical reasons about their circumstances and why judging them is unfair.
i excel at cognitive empathy, understanding why people feel a certain why and logically giving reasons as to why their situation may not be easy to cope with. but i feel detached from the person theirselves; i don't feel with them. a way you could put it is caring but not feeling.
i am by no means an empath, and while too much empathy is bad, i feel like i may be at the lower end of the spectrum.
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Karthiga
Being an empath is good for medical field. u know how exhausting it is. i don't want to live like this. I'm feeling every patient's pain i can't handle it anymore. I JUST WANT A NORMAL LIFE. i want to quit but i don't know wat to do after quitting
I can understand people feeling yeah just like an emotional sponge even my feeling too. but i feel like no one can understand me like i do. actually no one is there. i have no one. idk why im like this idk wat to do
I cant even watch some good movies just because they r sad & they contain violence &social problems. i really want to watch all type of movies. i love watching good movies
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Being an empath is good for medical field. u know how exhausting it is. i don't want to live like this. I'm feeling every patient's pain i can't handle it anymore. I JUST WANT A NORMAL LIFE. i want to quit but i don't know wat to do after quitting
I can understand people feeling yeah just like an emotional sponge even my feeling too. but i feel like no one can understand me like i do. actually no one is there. i have no one. idk why im like this idk wat to do
I cant even watch some good movies just because they r sad & they contain violence &social problems. i really want to watch all type of movies. i love watching good movies
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Jojo
I didn't know I'm an empath until recently I realized that why do I feel fear and irritated when my new classmate's work is rejected? And when I think about it, everything makes sense to me. My family kept saying to me if you don't tell us, hoe would we know. I always thought that my family aren't being considerate, and so I was always mad at them. Sometimes I felt weird like how I can know what people think or feel, and I ask my family, they said I'm bluffing. I sometimes feel extremely mad out of nowhere while taking a nap, and wonder why. This explains a lot, and I can't expect anyone around me to believe this.
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I didn't know I'm an empath until recently I realized that why do I feel fear and irritated when my new classmate's work is rejected? And when I think about it, everything makes sense to me. My family kept saying to me if you don't tell us, hoe would we know. I always thought that my family aren't being considerate, and so I was always mad at them. Sometimes I felt weird like how I can know what people think or feel, and I ask my family, they said I'm bluffing. I sometimes feel extremely mad out of nowhere while taking a nap, and wonder why. This explains a lot, and I can't expect anyone around me to believe this.
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Rebecca
I feel like I could but also I have anxiety and depression so I cant tell because sometimes my depression or anxiety cut me off from my feelings or everything cause I cant cope with it but like I cant watch stuff like murder dramas any more cause it makes me feel so horrible that people can really do that and my anxiety makes me feel so scared that I might hurt someone I love or anyone at all and I cry for hours or I get scared and I just really really want to help people I know are in pain emotionally but I dont know if thats just a normal thing or too much
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I feel like I could but also I have anxiety and depression so I cant tell because sometimes my depression or anxiety cut me off from my feelings or everything cause I cant cope with it but like I cant watch stuff like murder dramas any more cause it makes me feel so horrible that people can really do that and my anxiety makes me feel so scared that I might hurt someone I love or anyone at all and I cry for hours or I get scared and I just really really want to help people I know are in pain emotionally but I dont know if thats just a normal thing or too much
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Kirsten
i feel like my mood depends on others moods. i dont know if thats normal or not. and when someone opens up to me and i dont know how to help them i get frustrated, start to overthink and completely break down, i try to be understanding and stuff but sometimes theres just no way to help someone and i feel stuck. i read people on accident, even if they lie and say their fine i still feel like i know their not. its honestly so draining and i feel like im more focused on the people around me more than i am myself. im so exhausted.
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i feel like my mood depends on others moods. i dont know if thats normal or not. and when someone opens up to me and i dont know how to help them i get frustrated, start to overthink and completely break down, i try to be understanding and stuff but sometimes theres just no way to help someone and i feel stuck. i read people on accident, even if they lie and say their fine i still feel like i know their not. its honestly so draining and i feel like im more focused on the people around me more than i am myself. im so exhausted.
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Rem
I was always thinking I am weird, when I was little, my friend got really sad over something. Everyone was pitiful, but I somehow felt the same way and I was confused because I was happy before, nothing happened to me and yet it hit me like a truck. I actually helped that friend, everyone was asking why. How could I not help? Nobody understood and I thought I am weird. Before few days, I found something about empaths and started doing my research, and to my surprise, it actually fits in every way!
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I was always thinking I am weird, when I was little, my friend got really sad over something. Everyone was pitiful, but I somehow felt the same way and I was confused because I was happy before, nothing happened to me and yet it hit me like a truck. I actually helped that friend, everyone was asking why. How could I not help? Nobody understood and I thought I am weird. Before few days, I found something about empaths and started doing my research, and to my surprise, it actually fits in every way!
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Carla
Someone mentioned a may be an empath, so I looked into it, and alot seems similar. I care deeply for others, animals and nature. It was always hard for me to say no, I would give my last dollar or shirt off my back as they say. I did alot of volunteering and I Need alone time. With the state of the world today, its extremely exhausting. I carry that, and humans aren't designed for that. So much I want to change and improve, but I can't. Time will tell. Great video, good information.
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Someone mentioned a may be an empath, so I looked into it, and alot seems similar. I care deeply for others, animals and nature. It was always hard for me to say no, I would give my last dollar or shirt off my back as they say. I did alot of volunteering and I Need alone time. With the state of the world today, its extremely exhausting. I carry that, and humans aren't designed for that. So much I want to change and improve, but I can't. Time will tell. Great video, good information.
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Ramirez
Its so much fun to be an empath. It is easy to know what others are thinking. But it also hurts because you feel things you dont want to feel. By the way, does an empath also have the ability to feel the emotions of a person he is not with like when he was just told the story and then he felt the feelings when the story was told or maybe even the characters in the story or song? Then does an empath also have the ability to know what will happen next?
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Its so much fun to be an empath. It is easy to know what others are thinking. But it also hurts because you feel things you dont want to feel. By the way, does an empath also have the ability to feel the emotions of a person he is not with like when he was just told the story and then he felt the feelings when the story was told or maybe even the characters in the story or song? Then does an empath also have the ability to know what will happen next?
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Rizmiya
once my dad lashed out on a worker for no absolute reason. and started calling out the manager becuz my dad had told him to put the items in diff covers but he didnt listen to that. i was feeling so sorry for that worker and tried to stop my dad saying why are u over-reacting especially on some poor worker. and then while we left i cried and i was actually so shook with all my reactions like why am i crying
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once my dad lashed out on a worker for no absolute reason. and started calling out the manager becuz my dad had told him to put the items in diff covers but he didnt listen to that. i was feeling so sorry for that worker and tried to stop my dad saying why are u over-reacting especially on some poor worker. and then while we left i cried and i was actually so shook with all my reactions like why am i crying
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valky
people use to make me feel like i'm lazy or super sleepy just because of it, but it all goes in my recharging time. after being with certain people (who suffers too much) i end up being so tired, emotionally tired, like if someone sucked everything, and after days of doing my own stuff and staying alone, i go back to the energetic me. it's just so hard sometimes to be on this empath level.
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people use to make me feel like i'm lazy or super sleepy just because of it, but it all goes in my recharging time. after being with certain people (who suffers too much) i end up being so tired, emotionally tired, like if someone sucked everything, and after days of doing my own stuff and staying alone, i go back to the energetic me. it's just so hard sometimes to be on this empath level.
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Polar
does anyone else experience empathy on a physical level at times? when i hear what someone is going through physically, like an injury, i can get almost like a phantom pain in that area. it can be really uncomfortable and means that i can feel somewhat triggered when hearing what someone else is going through or has gone through. please tell me if you can relate to this, im curious.
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does anyone else experience empathy on a physical level at times? when i hear what someone is going through physically, like an injury, i can get almost like a phantom pain in that area. it can be really uncomfortable and means that i can feel somewhat triggered when hearing what someone else is going through or has gone through. please tell me if you can relate to this, im curious.
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Deandra
Being an introvert and empath is horrible to be honest, people think that your social or very easy to talk to because youre friendly and you know how to relate and respond to the things they say most of the time but it gets overwhelming & sometimes I just want to shy away because I cant handle it but because Im so friendly and I dont want to leave people I tend to stay there.
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Being an introvert and empath is horrible to be honest, people think that your social or very easy to talk to because youre friendly and you know how to relate and respond to the things they say most of the time but it gets overwhelming & sometimes I just want to shy away because I cant handle it but because Im so friendly and I dont want to leave people I tend to stay there.
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Naziat
I don't even know if I am an empath. It's complicated. I feel guilty when other's are in problems, and then I feel guilty for not feeling guilty enough. If I label myself as an empath, I feel arrogant and conceited and kind of think I'm doing it to make myself out to be better than what I am. If I don't, I feel like I'm not a good or nice person. I hate feeling like this
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I don't even know if I am an empath. It's complicated. I feel guilty when other's are in problems, and then I feel guilty for not feeling guilty enough. If I label myself as an empath, I feel arrogant and conceited and kind of think I'm doing it to make myself out to be better than what I am. If I don't, I feel like I'm not a good or nice person. I hate feeling like this
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Colin
As an empath, the biggest thing Ive realized is that helping people get thru trauma isnt a good way to get them to like you. IE: not a good relationship foundation. Also, I used to want to be a therapist Bc I like helping people. But Ive realized that if I became that, I would get way too wrapped up in other peoples emotions/problems and it would consume me.
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As an empath, the biggest thing Ive realized is that helping people get thru trauma isnt a good way to get them to like you. IE: not a good relationship foundation. Also, I used to want to be a therapist Bc I like helping people. But Ive realized that if I became that, I would get way too wrapped up in other peoples emotions/problems and it would consume me.
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Jeithro
My coworker was crying about personal issues when all of a sudden, my emotions got overwhelmed and the next minute I was crying with her. Being an empath is exhausting, constantly absorbing other people's emotions, happiness, sadness, excitement, nervousness. To the point that you can't even acknowledge your own emotions.
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My coworker was crying about personal issues when all of a sudden, my emotions got overwhelmed and the next minute I was crying with her. Being an empath is exhausting, constantly absorbing other people's emotions, happiness, sadness, excitement, nervousness. To the point that you can't even acknowledge your own emotions.
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Bingus
Honestly I don't know if I'm an empath or not. I mean, I think I'm pretty good at understanding people and I'm pretty compassionate, but I don't know if it's to the point where I feel other peoples emotions. I do value my alone time when I need it and going out makes me tired. Do you think I'm an empath? I'm not sure.
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Honestly I don't know if I'm an empath or not. I mean, I think I'm pretty good at understanding people and I'm pretty compassionate, but I don't know if it's to the point where I feel other peoples emotions. I do value my alone time when I need it and going out makes me tired. Do you think I'm an empath? I'm not sure.
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Breee
2: 35 even hold the door when someone a student teacher is walking through. Natrually like a gut intuition to go out of your way to help out another. Show support (actiosn speak louder than words) also staying silent around others while observing the patterns and then later on put the puzzle pieces together
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2: 35 even hold the door when someone a student teacher is walking through. Natrually like a gut intuition to go out of your way to help out another. Show support (actiosn speak louder than words) also staying silent around others while observing the patterns and then later on put the puzzle pieces together
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Nue
Being an empath is great and exhausting. In addition, I need a lot of down time due to my profession (cancer nurse. I tend to attract narcissists because I listen well, and that ends up to my detriment. Im learning to set boundaries in therapy.
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Being an empath is great and exhausting. In addition, I need a lot of down time due to my profession (cancer nurse. I tend to attract narcissists because I listen well, and that ends up to my detriment. Im learning to set boundaries in therapy.
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Local
Sometimes being a empath and a struggler of BPD is hard because like listening to music it can sometimes reach too close for comfort and cause a lot of aniexty, or sometimes (in my experience) it feels like I'm not doing enough for others
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Sometimes being a empath and a struggler of BPD is hard because like listening to music it can sometimes reach too close for comfort and cause a lot of aniexty, or sometimes (in my experience) it feels like I'm not doing enough for others
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r3nnn. _
i feel more compassion towards non-human things like animals, plants or even objects. i hardly feel compassion for people. i sometimes feel like i hate people. i dont think i feel empathy at all, and if i do its not towards people
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i feel more compassion towards non-human things like animals, plants or even objects. i hardly feel compassion for people. i sometimes feel like i hate people. i dont think i feel empathy at all, and if i do its not towards people
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Cats
Being empathetic with depression and anxiety it's not a good fit because I'll get upset when trying to help someone who is then there trying to help me who is upset now and it gets to much for them and they leave you for someone else
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Being empathetic with depression and anxiety it's not a good fit because I'll get upset when trying to help someone who is then there trying to help me who is upset now and it gets to much for them and they leave you for someone else
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PrismaPog_17
I come with a question. I can know what people feel, by just listening to them, or just seeing there verbal queues, but I cannot feel it with them, and I can choose to be non-empathic, so, am I an Empath, or something else?
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I come with a question. I can know what people feel, by just listening to them, or just seeing there verbal queues, but I cannot feel it with them, and I can choose to be non-empathic, so, am I an Empath, or something else?
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RunningWithFaith
Do not trust people who call you a empath or indigo. I have been called these before. This is a New Age deception. Anyone can be spiritual it is just a matter on who is guiding you, God or a evil spirit.
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Do not trust people who call you a empath or indigo. I have been called these before. This is a New Age deception. Anyone can be spiritual it is just a matter on who is guiding you, God or a evil spirit.
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