The Importance of Hyperempathy

Hyperempaths are so tuned in to other people's feelings that the sensation of taking on some one else's experience is unmistakable. As a forensic psychologist, often working on cases involving horendous acts, i often find myself flooded with empathy. Compassion and ampathy are positive qualities, but there is a tipping point. Cary danes, consultant cologist and best selling author, says, empathy, like many sweet things, is fantastic in moderation, but debilitating in excess.