Number two: Empaths ask too many questions. As the old saying goes, the truth doesn’t mind being questioned; it’s the lies that don’t like being challenged. So it goes without saying that liars don’t like being challenged either, now do they? The reality is, empaths ask far too many questions, especially for empathy-impaired emotional manipulators living a lie on a power trip—meaning people with a destructive narcissistic personality pattern. Full-blown empaths are genuinely and sincerely curious about everything, in particular people, their lives, and what makes them tick.
So again, especially for narcissistic people, empaths ask far too many questions because, frankly, narcissists simply cannot be bothered to tell the whole truth. Nor are they the least bit interested in contemplating the hard questions of life. And when we are self-aware and we understand this, this is where we can choose to express ourselves differently depending on who we happen to be dealing with. We can learn to exercise wise discernment, avoid inflicting narcissistic injury, and sidestep the inevitable narcissistic rage that comes along with accidentally poking the bear just by being our authentic selves.
And remember, this isn’t a value issue. We all have inherent value and worth, but the truth is we’re all in different places. Some of us are further along our path of growth and evolution, and some of us have more to hide than others, and this is especially true of narcissistic people.
Number three: Empaths know what they want. That’s right! An empowered empath is very clear and knows exactly what he or she wants. Now, I’m talking about empowered empaths here. If you still don’t know this about yourself and/or you have untreated codependency and unresolved family of origin wounding and trauma, you haven’t graduated into an empowered empathic state yet. So you might still be confused about who you are, why you’re here, and what you really want. You might still be in the process of figuring out what’s right for you, what you actually deserve.
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