Weaponized Empathy | When People Take Your Kindness As Weakness

Having empathy can cause people to mistake your kindness for weakness. It’s frustrating because manipulative people, controlling people, and toxic people will take advantage of empathy and kindness. While empathy can be taught, the ability to empathize can also come from surviving trauma. Therefore, empathy is a strength, not a weakness. Empathy can produce compassion and should should never be taken for granted. Being mindful about how you manage empathy and compassion will help you set boundaries and practice radical self-care. Whether you are an empath or whether you are just highly empathetic, it is important to know how to manage empathy. When you don’t know how to practice mindful empathy, some people will take weaponize your empathy or kindness and use you for their own purpose or gain. It can leave you feeling disrespected and manipulated. This video explores how to be empathetic, the different types of empathy, and how to manage being an empath or empathetic person. #codependency #radicalselfcare #kindnessforweakness TIFFANEY'S SOCIALS: Website: https://thenaturalvoice.com/ Instagram:   / presentformyself   Pure Voice Podcast: https://thenaturalvoice.com/podcast *Opening and ending music credit: "Hum", by DziDzor **DziDzor on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/if-w... ***DziDzor on YouTube: https://www.dzidzor.com/https://youtu... -With Intention and Care, Tiffaney Moore Borgelin