Many people who identify as empaths developed that sensitivity as a survival response to childhood trauma, not as an innate gift. A client raised by narcissistic parents learned to read emotions to stay safe, a pattern the speaker sees repeatedly in her work.
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Do you identify as an empath? Funny. Um, a light worker, a healer, whatever it happens to be. Um, how, how did that come about? Uh, share with, with us. Uh, for me, you know, I'll be honest, it, you know, when I was asked this question, I was like, what? Okay. I thought I was just born this way. Yeah, I, I do believe that. But I also feel, um, you know, it's easy to imagine yourself as a natural empath. And, and contrary to what most people believe, many empaths developed their powers— superpower— because they were exposed to traumatic events. And who did not have trauma in childhood, right? Come on. So, you know, such as a woman, you know, who grow up with narcissistic parents Um, you know, a client of mine, she grew up with narcissistic and