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31 Oct 2015, 10:52 pm

you can also google the term empath. The author didn't make it up.


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01 Nov 2015, 12:43 am

I think the whole idea of empath is made up and followed by some people.
I don't think there is coherent thing of being empath.
I think there are some traits that make some people think they are empath, e.g. being more emotional than most, being more anxious than most, being more attentive to aches and pains than most, etc.


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10 Nov 2015, 9:26 pm

I feel that Aspies take 'empathy' to either sides of the extreme and cannot find any sort of balance or middle ground.

There are some, like many in the thread who are very empathetic...then there are others, like myself who wouldn't even know what empathy was even if they trod in it.

I have zero empathy whatsoever, because I cannot see things from the perspective of another....which is also another Aspie trait.