I don't mean empathetic, because I have to be empathetic for my job as a healthcare professional. I'm talking about being an empath.

Years ago, I had a friend in a meetup group I was in tell me that she believed I was an empath. I had to look it up because I'd never heard of it, and I have to say that pretty much all of the traits fit. Since then, I've had others, including near strangers, say the same thing. I had a massage therapist I went to ask if I knew what it was and tell me she felt that I may be one, I had a coworker say it, and a friend of a friend. The most recent was a month ago when I decided to try reiki for fun (because she was running a FB special at her studio, haha) and she asked me if I knew about it and said the same thing.

If you know about it, I'm curious what you know. I would consider myself to be a pretty impaired empath at this point, and don't know how not to be impaired.