Sorry I got it wrong, after reading a lovely article that you previously put a link up to - I am one of these empath's, however, i hate labels, and I just think some people are more sensitive than other people.

I had never heard of the label empath before, however, on another mental health forum, a lot of people diagnosed with ASPD used the label empath a lot, not just one person, but most with that diagnosis used it and it seemed they used the label empath to explain everyone else not like them. So I left thinking that it was a word used by people who lacked emotions, that needed to create some sort of disorder for people who don't, who have a normal range of emotions. So I disliked the word empath from that, because, for me I think it's normal, and I think we are all empath's but we are so used to suppressing the emotions, and we consume so much tv as a form of escapsim that it is now seen as some sort of fault if you sit around discussing your emotions or having a reaction to stuff, I disagree.

Even though the article was lovely, i still disagree on the label empath, and I am right in thinking that some (or a lot) of people with ASPD will use the word empath more than people without the label of ASPD, because if you struggle to experience empathy, you don't understand it, but not see yourself as disordered, you'd want to label people that do experience it and give them a label, so for me, empath is a derogatory term for something, I believe is very normal and natural and part of being a human.