Some people use empathy not to make others feel better but to manipulate and use them. Here's how to recognize if it's happening to you, writes DeggesWhite
—are associated with the power to manipulate and use others for personal gain. When you add a high level of empathy, which is the ability to see the world the way others do and know what they’re feeling, you have a person who has been categorized as a Dark Empath .
Empathy is considered a positive trait, as it has traditionally been associated with strong social skills and the ability to connect well with others . When someone understands what we are feeling, we naturally feel validated and we are positively predisposed to like someone who “gets” us. When a person is using their empathy for beneficial purposes, it’s a win-win situation, but there are times when empathy may be used to harm us.
Psychopathy is a trait that removes the barriers or guardrails that most people have that keep them from acting on their more destructive impulses. Narcissists must feed their egos and have total confidence in themselves to be smarter and savvier than anyone else in the room. This trait gives the Dark Empath the confidence to assume that you are a mark. Machiavellianism refers to a person’s use of manipulation throughEmpathy is a trait that leads most of us to care about the plight of others.
Empathy comes in three main types: affective empathy, cognitive empathy, and compassionate empathy. Affective empathy is the ability to feel the feelings that another person is experiencing—like crying at a sad movie. Cognitive empathy is the ability to register the emotions another is experiencing, but there is no reciprocal “feeling” of the feelings. Compassionate empathy goes beyond feeling or understanding as it adds another component: Helping someone in need.
Some people have all three types of empathy, some people have just one or two, and some people have an absence of empathy. The Dark Empath is believed to have a high degree of cognitive empathy, the form of empathy which Dark Triad individuals have been found to possess . This allows them to know exactly what to say and what to do in order to expertly manipulate their targets and achieve their aims. and the Dark Triad traits and found no evidence of a “Dark EI” personality.
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