How to Protect Yourself as an Empath

When you come out unapologetically as who you are, no one can say anything to you. And that's why being myself, I've attracted a tribe that can hold space for me. But at the end of the day, I got to tell you if if you don't know how to protect yourself as an empath, it's draining,. It gets hard because then you feel like, well, where are the people that can holding space for me? "I'm spiritual, obviously not to your level, but what I find deep comfort in is that there are people like you out there"