05/10/2024
People are so complicated and being an empath can be a real challenge but would never want to change this part of me. I feel peoples hurt, I become consumed by negative energy but I also care..a little too much and I love..a little too hard and Iâd never want to lose that đ„°
The hardest part about being an empath is discovering that not everyone else is like you.
Not everyone feels things as deeply and cares as much as you do.
Not everyone has the same intuition or introspection.
Not everyone sees the world in a dizzying array of grays, instead of black and white.
Not everyone has the ability to put themselves in othersâ shoes and feel the intensity of othersâ pain.
Not everyone is able to go as deep.
Not everyone is willing to try.
And it's hard not to be disappointed when other people wonât meet you where you are. With those people, youâll always have to keep it surface-level to be able to communicate or connect. You have to bob around like a buoy in their comfort zone, when really, youâd much rather dive into your authentic selves.
Thatâs why the greatest, most fulfilling relationships are with other empathsâthe ones who will hoist on their oxygen tanks and dive beneath the waves with you.
The ones who will go there.
The ones who understand that the root of true human connection is a willingness to be vulnerable, and to share the deepest parts of yourself, even if theyâre messy and raw and unfiltered.
Thatâs why itâs so hard to be an empath.
But thatâs why itâs also the best to be an empath.
Because not everyone is like you,
But when you find the few others that areâ
You know youâre safe.
You know youâre loved.
And you know that if you accomplish nothing else in your life, you will always have the gift of being truly SEEN by another person on this planet.
And really, how beautiful is that?