What is an empath /x/ ?

A person who feels other people's feelings whether they like it or not.
It's not fun, let me tell you. And it does feel like a responsibility.

>>18703470
>Be qt blonde guy
>Be out drinking
>Talking to granny
>Feeling her getting horny
TIME TO GO

>>18703476
>having a conversation
>can't hold to one point of view because both sides make sense
>my partner thinks I'm being false or wishy-washy

>>18703535
Kek'd
>Do this exact thing with my mother who's a bit psychotic
>She fucking resents me
Well apart from the fact that I know she's lying scum and a bitch and egoistic and what not, but it helps me play along and seem like a good kid for some time.
Like literally imagine me being an empath and my mom being a complete false person, even faking her own feelings to appeal to the person she's talking to.
Imagine that conversation, it's so fucking intriguing to talk to my mom, feels like a fucking thriller movie or some shit, but why can't she just be a normal human being that loves her son instead of being a complete fake to everything and everyone, I don't understand.

>>18703565
Yeah, my mom confused the fuck put of me because she's somewhat bipolar.
Not being able to read or anticipate her feelings as a kid really fucked with my head.

>>18703594
>Was a passive empath until recently
Meaning I had no idea what I was doing and that I was an empath, it was kinda just autopiloted, but have been called empathetic in a lot of scenarios.
>Used psychedelics/entheogens
Now I'm finally an 'active' empath, like aware of it, and aware of using it.
It's not THAT strong but I feel most of people's like super strong feelings.
>Someone who was an addict for 30 years, heroin and all that shit, got threatened for his life multiple times, doing a lecture for some pre-highschool kids in library
Holy fucking shit did I feel the 'fire' he's been through, like straight up legit after that day I was like, damn I thought my life was shit, I NEVER want that feeling ever. Literally like a chord throughout my body that was just INCINERATED, that's how it felt.
Yeah I guess you can call my mother bipolar too, but she's also pretty aspie, honestly I love the facade she plays, but I'm always trying to turn her into the person that she's inside, and every time we just clash and break up and never speak for some time, it's so sad being an empath to such a person, that can't face itself.
She's even going to a therapist, I think she just likes to see how good she's at playing that facade and really seems like she's gotten confident and happy, on the outside of course, I know she's rotting up inside.
FeelsBadMan

The tl;dr is telepathy of feels. There's a lot more to it, but that's as concise as it gets.