You can be very empathetic without taking on other's emotions as your own. Empaths become what they are exactly because they have poor boundaries and keep absorbing other's energies as their own. There's a reason why there are different terms like "empathetic" and "empathic".
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Sharing my insights on how to have better relationships, healing from narcissistic abuse and body image issues, and sustainable productivity as an HSP.
