Thank you, I am just seeing your response now.

I have had three different therapists tell me I am an empath. I had to look it up. It certainly isn’t about having “special powers”. It has helped me understand why I struggled so much to understand how people can feel good when they choose to bully and try to make others feel bad. Empaths are not superior and instead can struggle on a deeper emotional level an can get overwhelmed if exposed to too much suffering in others including animals.