Empathy is very healing when morals and ethics are strong in character on both sides. And yet the dark side of empathy in my experience, beyond AI is that my empathetic nature unfortunately was abused - the individuals assumed because I was empathetic for their challenges that I would roll over and let them take advantage of me. I lost the relationship because I finally saw they had played on my empathy. Thankfully in one case the loan terms I had given was in writing or I’d have lost $20k. The other situation was way worse. Narcissistic abuse. Narcissists can spot an empathic person a mile away. It’s a painful reality that not everyone can be trusted. I still have empathy for the 2 people because I see how much they must suffer inside. To me it was a huge grief and yet illuminating and illusion shattering and now I give myself as much or more empathy than ever.
It’s not easy being in America as an empath.
On May 19, 2025 Kay wrote :