I don't know if it has anything to do with my BP II, but I certainly consider myself more empathetic than most. When I was very young I was incredibly quiet, and I would constantly observe the behavior of those around me. Almost like I would try to 'read' and 'understand' people and their actions/feelings/thoughts from a distance. Now when I get into a conversation with someone, at the beginning of the conversation I can usually tell that something's wrong and gear the conversation in the direction of me being able to 'extract' exactly what's wrong and approach the situation with comfort.

So I guess because I hyperfocused on everyone but me all the time, I have a better understanding of psychology and it's easy for me to dig into someone else's head.

It's kind of a curse, I feel for everyone and I wish sometimes I didn't. Because of this I was always the 'counselor' friend and put my own feelings on the backburner. Now here I am trying to cope with and understand my own feelings, irony. (Makin' progress though.) But like I said, I don't know if it has anything to do with my BP II, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit because I was always a little different.