Lord, save me from "empaths"
"I am an empath." The cry of the New Age citizen. Everyone is an empath to some degree- unless you are a Droid. The word empathetic is in our vocabulary. We all pick up emotions, non verbal cues, vibes. It is part of our communication systems as humans. And yes some of us are more sensitive, at times, than others. And that can make you a high maintenance person because the assumption (these days) is that if you are a "sensitive" of some sort that everyone around you has to take that into account with every word they utter, every action they take. Whew. What a burden. And what a drag! Add to this that empaths tend to call everyone who does not make the empath's needs a priority, a narcissist. Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black. ? I mean really. If you are a highly sensitive empathic person, then you have some extra work to do, just like if you are someone who tends to put on weight easily. The latter does not insist that everyone serve diet fo...