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i think im fairly high empathy (mixed bag imo) and im not sure this is true of me but im definitely willing to entertain the possibility 🤔 suspicion is that people who talk about Being X are just often like this independent of the value taken by X keep your identity smol etc

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Sep 11, 2020

Self described empaths are weird because they have a strong self image and expect you to view them as they inform you how you should view them. There's no room for your experience of them in this; they expect you to cooberate their view without question, kinda like gender.

Cinder

@Triquetrea

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@eigenrobot

I have come to accept that I am almost as cold as I am warm, and that empathy is more of a faculty than a disposition. People seem to miss this and treat it as some kind of identitarian fashion accessory. Being high empathy does not mean demonstrating it in every context.

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But also, it's sorta tacky to call yourself an empath, specifically, as if to suggest you're some special Chosen Person. Definitely signals *something* being off, most of the time, ä

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"I am an X" vs "I am X" very strong difference for some reason

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