Found this on Tumblr. How to determine if one is an empath. Not all of it applies to me, but a hell of a lot does. I have bolded each sentence that evoked a feeling of recognition. I have never thought of myself as an empath, btw... just as a wimp unfit to deal with life, for the most part.;) So here's another way of looking at it. Food for thought, at any rate.
( There is nothing wrong with you, you do not have an emotional disorder. )
( There is nothing wrong with you, you do not have an emotional disorder. )