Yeah this one has been on my mind recently for no bloody reason.
If you dont know what an empath is, it refers to someone with the ability to feel/experience/inherit the emotions/feelings/sensations/whatever of others nearby as if it were their own. For some, this effect is extended, with the ability to sense lingering emotional whatsits that is just hanging around some area... even if that area has been devoid of people for a little while. Often, someone like this can become overwhelmed very, very easily; for most, it seems that the effect cannot be turned off. It just always works.
This can allow one to do certain things. For instance, it can obviously make it easier to help others with their problems. But also, it often means that those others cannot hide things from the person who is able to do this. They may also find themselves simply able to know some traits/details about someone, by doing... something.
Chances are, I dont have to explain too much further... I've found that everyone on this forum tends to be pretty knowledgeable about a great many topics. So you probably know what I mean.
But the big question is... what IS it? How does it work?
When hearing people discuss this subject, the ideas and concepts they will bring up can vary wildly. There will often be debates about how/why it works and what the nature of it even is.
But it's not just that. Hear about the subject enough, and soon you'll find those who outright dont believe it is a thing at all. Just a silly myth to them, a bunch of nonsense. Interestingly, whenever I see this, the person saying that will often say "anyone who calls themselves an empath is a narcissist" which I may or may not have spelled wrong. Sometimes they'll call the person a snowflake instead. Now, this to me seems bloody stupid. Regardless of what you may think the nature of the ability is, or how it works, it is still simply that: an ability. No different, in my mind, from being able to, say, play the piano well, or cook amazing meals. But what do I know, right?
So... that's some of that. I'm rather curious as to what you all might have to say about this.
If you dont know what an empath is, it refers to someone with the ability to feel/experience/inherit the emotions/feelings/sensations/whatever of others nearby as if it were their own. For some, this effect is extended, with the ability to sense lingering emotional whatsits that is just hanging around some area... even if that area has been devoid of people for a little while. Often, someone like this can become overwhelmed very, very easily; for most, it seems that the effect cannot be turned off. It just always works.
This can allow one to do certain things. For instance, it can obviously make it easier to help others with their problems. But also, it often means that those others cannot hide things from the person who is able to do this. They may also find themselves simply able to know some traits/details about someone, by doing... something.
Chances are, I dont have to explain too much further... I've found that everyone on this forum tends to be pretty knowledgeable about a great many topics. So you probably know what I mean.
But the big question is... what IS it? How does it work?
When hearing people discuss this subject, the ideas and concepts they will bring up can vary wildly. There will often be debates about how/why it works and what the nature of it even is.
But it's not just that. Hear about the subject enough, and soon you'll find those who outright dont believe it is a thing at all. Just a silly myth to them, a bunch of nonsense. Interestingly, whenever I see this, the person saying that will often say "anyone who calls themselves an empath is a narcissist" which I may or may not have spelled wrong. Sometimes they'll call the person a snowflake instead. Now, this to me seems bloody stupid. Regardless of what you may think the nature of the ability is, or how it works, it is still simply that: an ability. No different, in my mind, from being able to, say, play the piano well, or cook amazing meals. But what do I know, right?
So... that's some of that. I'm rather curious as to what you all might have to say about this.