By BrainFall Staff - Updated: April 9, 2024
In a world bustling with diverse personalities and temperaments, empaths stand out as individuals deeply attuned to the emotions and energies of those around them. These sensitive souls have the unique ability to feel and often absorb the emotional experiences of others, making them invaluable members of any community.
Being empathetic and being an empath are two different experiences. Empathy is a trait that most people have, in varying degrees, but an empath is at the highest end of the empathy spectrum. Empaths experience the world as a highly emotional place, as they feel the pain, happiness, fear, and anger of everyone they come in contact with. They can feel overwhelmed, drained, and even feel sick due to their abilities. But they are also the go-to people for emotional support amongst family and friends.
Knowing where your emotions end and where other people’s emotions begin is a tricky situation for an empath, but it is also normal to feel confused about the emotions we feel. It’s important to know so that you can practice self care, and so that you know how to truly help someone else. Highly empathic people are always in demand because they make people feel good. But most empaths are also highly sensitive people because they just feel so much, and spend so much emotional energy.
Figuring out if you’re an empath or not can be tricky, but at the end of the day if you care about making feel good, you’re on the right rack. The word empath also comes with both negative and positive connotations, which can make people doubt their emotional intelligence abilities. That’s why we’ve created this test.
Have you thought you are an empath before? If so, take this quiz to find out!
Empath test
An empath is a person who is highly attuned to their emotions and the emotions of others, so much so that empaths take on the emotions of the people around them. Empathic people are often quite skilled in reading the emotions or feelings of others, often being the go-to person in others' lives for emotional support.
Being an empath is not always easy, as constantly feeling emotions, both yours and others, can cause you significant fatigue and to feel drained. As an empath, you can always feel if someone around you has too much negative energy.
