Empathy,Empatheic and Empath;the difference.

[Zita]

I posted the question,Is there a difference between Being Empathetic,having Empathy, and being a Empath? I never got a clear answer so I decided to research it for myself, I feel like I understand the difference and wondering if others have an opinion or know the answer.and if you would give me what you know about the subject. I am not posting what I think yet because I don't want people just agreeing with or not agreeing with what I post, I want to know you're take on it. Also do we have any Empaths present? Please,Please Please stick with the Question at hand!! Thank you.

 

[RedDragon94]

I posted the question,Is there a difference between Being Empathetic,having Empathy, and being a Empath? I never got a clear answer so I decided to research it for myself, I feel like I understand the difference and wondering if others have an opinion or know the answer.and if you would give me what you know about the subject. I am not posting what I think yet because I don't want people just agreeing with or not agreeing with what I post, I want to know you're take on it. Also do we have any Empaths present? Please,Please Please stick with the Question at hand!! Thank you.

Short Answer: Yes.

Long(er) Answer: A person who hates everybody can be nice to certain people sometimes. Having empathy is not always consistent with everyone. That's what makes an empath an empath, they are empathetic consistently.

 

[MNoBody]

empathy to me is no different than any other sense like sight or hearing, somedays it works better and there hasn't been any consistency in its observable phenomenology over the decades...these types of effects seem to defy being defined and put into narrow ideological boxes