*Fake a frown and you hurt others, fake a smile and you hurt yourself*

*Some things you see with your eyes...others you see with your heart*

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People become empaths as a way to stay safe in their world. If you know what those around you are feeling, then you know how to adjust what you say and do to make them comfortable so that they are safer people to be around, both emotionally and physically. An empath can be a real chameleon, shifting tone of voice, conversation styles, body posture, and choice of tactics and actions to help the people that are around them to feel more at ease. The problem with this is that they often lose track of what is actually authentic and true for themselves.

Empaths tend to take care of their environment as a way to take care of themselves. This is a pretty roundabout way of doing self care. Doing or saying something that will make someone else angry or sad is