[Enrise]

I know I'm a highly sensitive person and an empath to some degree. I usually just try to focus on trivial things and I mean focus! so that the emotions of others don't completely overwhelm me. I learned to grow the E side of me in order to grow my own type of "energy" per say? So that I can live off new upbeat emotions rather than what others experience. I also used to distance myself from others but this ended disastrously because I lost human connection; I think we all thrive for this. Other than that I can't really say much more other than I had a long discussion about this with my psychology teacher and trying to figure out if it would be listed under disorder. We both think that it may be something that people in a hunter gatherer society learned to developed and initially had a use for in order to help out in situations that involved mutual understandings among other things.

[FaveteLinguis]

Random fact for the day: empathic and empathetic are synonyms.

It was much more prudent to use empathic in psychology papers back in the day than empathetic. Empathetic is derived from the similar root word and changes from sympathy and sympathetic, and since has become much more commonly used in today's vernacular.

Back on topic, I think everybody has some level of cognitive ability to be empathic. Except for some statistically rare cases.

[PrinceinExile]

all this quiz proves is that we have epic imaginations! <3

We imagine shit so hard even we think it's real.

[Shorttail]

We imagine shit so hard even we think it's real.

A world without faith is hardly worth being part of.

[Eldritch Blue Rose]

I feel like there should be more options besides yes or no, because some questions I'm in between. For me 1 and 3 are two examples of ones I'd answer in between.

I do feel others feelings as my own sometimes, other times I don't, and then there are times where I am feeling one way and others are feeling another way.

[ElectricSparkle]

From the article:

"1 in 20 Americans has been born as an empath."

"If you have at least three YES answers, it’s likely that you were born as an empath. That simple!"

Interesting... I would think they would be at least a little more picky than 3/28 for a trait that only 5% of the population has. Though I'd imagine that a score of 20+ is an indication of some cool empathy skills. Not sure if it correlates to a specific function, though some of the questions have a tilt toward F in general.

(not exactly INFP but still got 15/28)

[LQ9]

Maybe it's my T coming out here. I don't think I'm an empath.

I also can't honestly say I believe that people can be placed into "Empath" and "Non-Empath" categories. Empathy isn't some kind of supernatural gift, it's just a personality trait. Like most other personality traits, it falls on a spectrum... some people are naturally empathetic, others less so.

Still, some people do indeed have an extraordinary way of making others feel appreciated and understood. I know of at least one "empath" in my life.

[PrinceinExile]

A world without faith is hardly worth being part of.

I'd rather have faith in myself and my abilities then some invisible sky man or women, cause at least I can prove to myself, I'm real!

Also circa two years ago I would have believed all of this.

Also 19-21/28, but I try to ignore feelings my Te categorizes as Stupid. Try being a key word there.

[Michael82]

Aura healing is no different from divine guidelines. The surface claims are ridiculous, but to say they hold no essence is to deny oneself experience and perspective.

There is no essence in magic tricks. That's why it's a magic trick. In fact, that IS the essence .

The reason I post it so straightforward is that

1. I'd hate to see any INFP get obsessed by it and wasting some money on it.
2. I hate people earning money by lying and abusing others' emotional position.
3. When I see that self-loving face on that website connected to what you and I KNOW then I rather see someone having psychological problems.

[Shorttail]

I'd rather have faith in myself and my abilities then some invisible sky man or women, cause at least I can prove to myself, I'm real!

You make it sound as if those aren't the same.

There is no essence in magic tricks. That's why it's a magic trick. In fact, that IS the essence .

The reason I post it so straightforward is that

1. I'd hate to see any INFP get obsessed by it and wasting some money on it.
2. I hate people earning money by lying and abusing others' emotional position.
3. When I see that self-loving face on that website connected to what you and I KNOW then I rather see someone having psychological problems.

Your mental defense to magic scams blind you from seeing the magic that is the root of the scam.
As for the rest, what else should you waste your money on?