<p><b data-redactor-tag="b">In this article you will learn the following</b><br></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-24 dangers of toxic-empathy or hyper-empathy - hazards of being an empath</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-24 warning signs of an empath and whether you have compassion or empathy-fatigue</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-27 techniques - how to manage toxic empathy - how to prevent and treat compassion fatigue how to overcome emotional overload when you are highly empathetic</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Sympathy is feeling sorry and pity about other's sad moments and might mean crying together </b>— but without any need to understand their condition.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Empathy is the ability to feel, imagine and identify what the other person is experiencing and knowing their emotions and thoughts</b>.</p><p>Empathy <b data-redactor-tag="b">is also about sharing your emotions from their perspectives</b> and having a conversation from what others are feeling.</p><p>Empathy <b data-redactor-tag="b">can give meaning to your life and your relationships- as it is an essential element for building intimacy</b>. </p><p>Empathy is more about understanding - while sympathy is more about feeling. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Can empathy be dangerous - can empathy be bad - can too much empathy hurt you -does empathy have a dark and negative side - YES YES YES - to all of these.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Especially - When we try to use the tragedy of others to make our empty days fill with purpose and excitement.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">24 dangers of toxic-empathy or hyper-empathy - hazards of being an empath</b></p> <ul><li>1.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Toxic empathy is when you absorb feelings and emotional-states of others in such a way that the resulting anxieties</b> prevents you from doing the things you need to absolutely get done </li> <li>2.You become too much overwhelmed the problems of your close and loved-ones. </li> <li>3.You start feeling physically stressed while listening to someone complain about something in their life or the world</li> <li>4.<b data-redactor-tag="b">This leaves you feeling drained and put you in very negative un-resourceful state</b> -to take care of even your own pressing-issues and problems.</li> <li>5.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Too much empathy or hyper-empathy or borderline empathy or being and empath</b> - can create long-term as well as short-term stress, <b data-redactor-tag="b">high fight-or-flight syndrome</b> and even mild-inflammation</li> <li>6.Hyper-empathic persons get easily exploited and fall victims to gas-lighting and manipulation from narcissist</li> <li>7.An empath would frequently experience mental exhaustion and burnout.</li> <li>8.Too much empathy can make you sad, melancholic and emotionally-broke</li> <li>9.Hyper-empathic <b data-redactor-tag="b">persons can even give away their salary, wealth possessions and money to outsiders</b> at the cost of their loved-ones and may end up being broke and bankrupt</li> <li>10.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Empaths feel guilty on seeing other people in distress and feel that they are somehow responsible for that person's troubles</b> - it is called empathy-based guilt</li> <li>11.<b data-redactor-tag="b">They may also have survivor guilt - where the person believes their happiness and success has come at the cost</b> of unhappiness and failures of others.</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">12.</b>Because of their this wrong-beliefs -<b data-redactor-tag="b">they also start thinking in their minds that they can relieve the sufferings of others by their sacrifices</b></li> <li>13.Empathy-based guilt can also be the trigger and root cause of major depression.</li> <li>14.People with too much empathy also display submissive behavior</li> <li>15.Studies show that <b data-redactor-tag="b">mildly depressed people show the highest levels of empathy -the empathic reaction in depressed persons often leads to great distress</b> because they unrealistically blame themselves for the pain felt by others</li> <li>16.People with too much empathy suffer with those who are suffering - <b data-redactor-tag="b">needlessly</b></li> <li>17.People with too much empathy take less action and wallow more in the sorrows and sufferings</li> <li>18.Too much empathy can affect your moral decision-making and can lead to bias</li> <li>19.Too much empathy can make unscrupulous people read your mind and give then the power to know how to torture you to create harshest sufferings for you.</li> <li>20.Too much empathy can break relationships faster. </li> <li>21.Too much empathy exhausts and can create psychological issues for the caregivers</li> <li>22.Too much empathy can also make you angry, hateful and resentful and revengeful</li> <li>23.Too much empathy can create empathy guilt unnecessary altruism or martyrdom and victimhood </li> <li>24.Too much empathy can also cloud your judgment and can create misplaced loyalty</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">24 warning signs of an empath and whether you have compassion or empathy-fatigue</b></p> <ul><li><a name="easily-overwhelmed">1.Closeness and intimacy makes you feel overwhelmed</a></li> <li><a name="strong-intuition">2.You can gauge other's emotions' and feelings most of the time correctly as your intuition </a>is highly developed</li> <li>3.You are a loner and want to work alone or in quite places - <a name="dislike-of-crowds">you don't do well in crowded places </a></li> <li><a name="deep-caring">4.You just care - if you are told not to care you will have very hard time not caring</a></li> <li><a name="problem-solving">5.Even strangers share with you their problems</a> - even the hidden ones</li> <li><a name="high-sensitivity">6.You are very highly sensitive to noise, sounds, smells and kinesthetic sensations</a></li> <li><a name="need-for-rest">7.After exposure to crowd - you need time to recharge</a></li> <li><a name="dislike-of-conflict">8.You don't like conflict</a> and hence avoid these at all costs</li> <li><a name="trouble-fitting-in">9.You often feel like you don't fit in</a></li> <li><a name="isolation">10.You time to time isolate</a> yourself - even when the house is full of people</li> <li><a name="boundary-issues">11.You feel terrible with the idea of informing others of and setting boundaries</a></li> <li><a name="unique-view">12.Your world-views and how you see others and their intent is unique </a></li> <li><a name="easily-overloaded">13.You struggle with sensory and emotional overload</a> that you have acquired from others</li> <li>14.You been struggle to connect with your inner-self and what you need and want</li> <li>15.You want to spend more time by yourself </li> <li>16.You are prone to aches, pains, irritations and frustrations and may have sleep and appetite disturbances</li> <li>17.You take long time to decide few issues as you are confused which directions to take</li> <li>18.You feel low, worried, anxious and melancholic</li> <li>19.You find it difficult to maintain your energy to high levels you feel exhausted physically and psychologically</li> <li>20.You may feel helpless, hopeless or powerless - quite often</li> <li>21.You might also feel detached or may sense decreased pleasure in activities which you used to enjoy earlier </li> <li>22.You feel anger towards the events or people causing the suffering</li> <li>23.you might blame yourself for not having done enough to help the people who are suffering</li> <li>24.You don't think highly of your personal and professional accomplishment</li></ul> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">27 techniques on - how to manage toxic empathy - how to prevent and treat compassion fatigue how to overcome emotional overload when you are highly empathetic</b></p> <ul><li>1.Identify if you're starting to feel burnout and experiencing empathy fatigue - identify the cause of your anxiety </li> <li>2.Practice separating other people's problems from your own assuming as if it is your responsibility to solve these</li> <li>3.Stop the problems of others from hijacking you mentally, emotionally, physically, financially, relationship-wise and socially</li> <li>4.Identify what types of emotional-mental and physical boundaries you need to ensure your wellbeing and enforce these assertively </li> <li>5.Understand that you are not required to take on the burdens of other people - even for your most loved ones you can shoulder only a limited stress</li> <li>6.Yes you have to do your utmost and optimum - who are totally dependent on you - because of their situation like very young children and very old parents</li> <li>7.Pay attention and notice what feelings comes up in you - when you learn about other's problems and then focus on relaxing your body by observing your reactions and then letting them go -they are not yours</li> <li>8.Identify the relationships - where certain people only seek you out to complain about their problems and seek your intervention - but these happens to be one-way track where you don't get equal opportunity to share your emotions</li> <li>9.Truly healthy relationship is all about sharing and almost equal give and take - but when only one side is getting their needs met - this is the situation and time to enforce your boundaries by communicating upfront about how you feel </li> <li>10.Seek the cooperation of the other person so that you can help them resolve their issues - if they are not ready to do anything - then limit your involvement as well</li> <li>11.Please understand that in relationship cannot cure only love can</li> <li>12.Make self-care part of your everyday routine</li> <li>13.Schedule meaningful activities - set realistic goals and expectations and practice flexibility when circumstances change<br> Develop a sense of humor<br> Create balance in your work and personal life</li> <li>14.Be objective empathy needs to be accompanied by the skill and discipline to stand back, judge objectively and act accordingly</li> <li>15.Don't struggle alone</li> <li>16.Examine your beliefs about self-care - practice self-compassion</li> <li>17.Understand that suffering and pain are a part of the human experience - although you do not always have control over them - you can always bounce back </li> <li>18.Focus on areas that you have control over - including your thoughts and feelings - rather than having unrealistic expectations about changing things which are beyond your control and influence</li> <li>19.Stop taking everything personally</li> <li>20.Understand that your 90 percent behaviors are habitual—you are only doing those because you have been doing them for age - you can always re-condition your brain to respond in a new way to the exact same stimuli and triggers</li> <li>21.Focus on the action part of compassion to delink your emotional system from others to not to feel - any pain when you witness it</li> <li>22.Create a practice of sending love to yourself, people you know and all those who are suffering [even if you might not know few of them]</li> <li>23.Take action- get involved - donate you time-efforts-energy - volunteer</li> <li>24.Balance your media consumption by seeking out stories of acts of kindness to lift your moods rather than watching horrible news-channels</li> <li>25.Connect with friends and family members</li> <li>26.Exercise regularly, sleep well and eat healthy</li> <li>27.Use being in nature as a therapy </li> <li>28.Use therapy in those situations that adversely affect you mentally and you are unable to cope effectively</li></ul><div><br></div><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">#whatistoxicempathy, #dangersoftoxicempathy, #signsofcompassionfatigue, #dangersofbeinganempath, #warningsignsofhyperempath, #howtopreventemotionaloverload, #signsofempathyfatigue, #whenempathyisnegative, #canempathybedangerous, #cantoomuchempathyhurtyou, #sympathyandempathy, #lifeofanempath</b></p>