The Problem With Being Empathetic Is That You Feel Sorry For Idiots As Well

Jun 17, 2019 by apost team

The disconnected and insincere world of today presents a lot of daily challenges for the empathetic person. The heightened ability they have to experience the feelings of others can cause them to struggle with the emotions that another person projects but ignores for themselves.

Even when they are unable to know exactly what lies beneath the mask, the other person is wearing. They know when nonsense is being fed to them. This situation causes much anguish to empathetic people due to the fact they understand the elements being suppressed in people. This does not necessarily mean that all mask wearers are hiding a damaged or terrible personality. Some people hide their pain in an attempt to protect the people they love.

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Empathetic personalities always pick up on the feelings and hidden agendas of others. There are many reasons a person might choose to keep up a false persona but the fact that they do so will cause the empathetic person to become confused.

As mentioned before, some people hide their pain for the good of others, some need to feel accepted by the group, and some people simply do not understand their own feelings or have any idea what to do with them.

It becomes difficult after a while for an empathetic person to deal with these kinds of people. The confusion and discomfort emitted from these people are too much for the empath to handle.

The empathetic person will try to avoid this person, a feat that is complicated when they actually like them. The empath can feel guilty for avoiding the person despite the fact they are unable to help them.

The empathetic person must learn to look out for themselves. He or she should not run themselves ragged bringing a horse to water who has no intention of drinking. They should not be afraid to say no when their own lives need the attention they give others. They should not allow the confusion of another to cause confusion in their lives.

Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? How did you learn to look out for yourself? Let us know in the comments and be sure to spread the word about this article – it might help others!