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Olivia Munson | USA Today

What is an empath? How do you know if you are one?

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You might have heard someone, in your own life or on social media, describe themselves as being an empath. Which means exactly what?

According to Merriam-Webster, empathy is “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” 

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