All Empaths Have These 3 Personality Traits

Empaths will theoretically score high in these three personality traits of the Big 5 Scale.

The Big 5 is the only personality test that is considered scientific at this time.

The five traits are:
Openness to Experience
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

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[uggggggghhhhh]

not to be dramatic but you look so good with this haircut

[adelie]

"people who are high—" "yes" "—in agreeableness" "...also yes"

[CheckeredGreen]

I've always said empathy is the greatest blessing and curse. We can see the beauty and good in everything, but are cut so deeply by the vile emptiness that also fills the Earth.

[alexandercrofts]

I am a very disagreeable infj. I score high in neuroticism and openness. I used to be the most agreeable person and now I have gone the opposite side after encountering so many narcisists and being bullied.

[lindypeterson]

Learning boundaries and standing up for myself has been one of the hardest life lessons for me to learn as an Empath but it's gotten better since I've worked on it.

[halibut]

People who are agreeableness. I see what you did there.

[geanbean]

Being an ENFP empath is so hard 😔 I always want to help everyone, but I can never help myself, but when I try to talk to my friends, I feel like I'm being a burden to them, and that makes me feel even worse about myself 😔💔

[MusiicRoolz]

"now being openness to experience"

[vanessamontes]

I'm so agreeable that I'm going along with people before they even know where they're going.

[sarahgrosjean]

These feel pretty spot on. As a young kid, I was always told I was “too sensitive” and it seemed like such a bad thing, but I didn’t understand what being an empath is. For a while as an adult I viewed it as a curse more than a gift, but I was talking to my younger brother one day and he was telling me about what he described as his “super power” to be able to connect with people because he could feel what they’re feeling— happy or sad. I hadn’t ever thought of it like that, but it made me appreciate having empathy for people.

[BlackFox]

Damn son, this is me. I just left a 2 year relationship with a Narc, which is apparently common for unhealthy INFJ/Empaths. It however has given me a spiritual awakening. I was swallowed whole but I'm coming back with a very different view on life 🌈🕉️

[BlueSmoke]

Frank I'm 52 and even though my discovery was 6 years ago I'm learning so much from you and this was point on. Thanks for all you do !

[icatz]

The whole compassion to a fault thing is a magnet to narcissists. I'm dealing with that fallout right now and it hurts like hell. Makes me want to shut down, become a hermit.

[laurenb]

As an INFJ Empath and therapist who facilitates an Empath Group, this is all relevant. I really believe that connecting to and expanding your sense of self as an Empath is so helpful in setting healthy boundaries. You need to know where you begin and end to distinguish Self from Other. Thanks for the video!

[Harvieandsam]

The most compelling part of being is the ability to direct my own life and not absorb all around me. I do not label myself and I am not critical of others or their uniqueness. I find you are a supportive person and feel for others. That is nice. As for myself , I have fought the empathy battle as an aware adult. I must look for the simplicity in life and find and accept the grace that flows from that simplicity. It is easy to become bogged down in layers of thoughts and perspectives....avalanches of intensities. The joy of life is sharing love and kindness with the ones who love you. It will come. It is simple. Embrace simplicity. Love to you and love to all who are here.

[thebudgieartist]

Yeah, I consider myself highly empathic. It's often frustrating being the only empath around many people. But I learned to hug loneliness instead of pushing it away. I found out that I'm in fact not really lonely, I have myself. And I have to further establish the feeling that I'm enough for myself. Filling my hole with myself and not with others. And also I'm in the process of learning getting unlimited energy from myself. This also protects me from energy vampires. I'm on a good way, I know how I get to these goals.

[VixeyTeh]

This totally explains those moments I have when I think "This isn't my feelings, I just want to cry because my mum is feeling sad."

[TearsofaGhost]

It’d be interesting to see if there’s any correlation between children who were abused as kids who became empaths from that. Because I was abused, and I’ve always assumed my ability to pick up on negative emotions or danger stemmed mostly from me having to do that constantly as a kid. Also the agreeableness, grew up trying to keep people happy for safety reasons. And high openness, I’m an artist and I’ve always read to escape into other stories to avoid my own.
But I also have terrible social anxiety which i don’t think is related to being an empath lol

[renpatman]

I'm so glad you mentioned that it's the negative emotions we feel the most. That's the roughest part because it's not my emotions so I have to remove myself from a lot of situations for my own emotional wellbeing.

Also, I do believe there is a balance. I have become more disagreeable, confrontational and clear about boundaries as I get older - this for me was thanks to my faith. Now I feel more ME.

[chlorineii]

As an INFP who got into a relationship with someone I didn’t like so I didn’t hurt his feelings, this hits home hard.

Edit: I was also in the 8th grade and broke up w him 3 days later. Yes, I regret it. Yes, I did tell him I wasn’t really sure w the relationship and wanted to just “try it out” and he took that as me flat out saying yes.