To find that “I’m an empath” actually means I’m a complete attention seeker

[Covidchameleon]

Ok I’m being bitchy. And grumpy. But have seen this twice today used by completely people to completely justify being a drama queen.

To be fair in general - I tend to find that anyone who self proclaims them self as any personality type then tends to proceed to be irritating.

I think you illustrate well the difference between empathy and compassion duffledaisy There's a lot of material available on this.

Too much empathy = empathy without emotional regulation = an overwhelming internal experience that is of no use to anyone else and probably not much fun for the person experiencing it either.

Compassion = empathy with emotional regulation, so the ability to look outwards and help the person in need.