5 Signs Of A Dark Empath, Not Psychopath
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- While the term psychopath is not an official mental health diagnosis, it is used in clinical setting to mean someone who show signs of antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is the official clinical term for someone who has a pattern of using, manipulating and violating the rights of others. One thing that was highlighted in an abnormal psychology class is that psychopath actually have empathy, but they use it for their own gains. They manipulate others by using their ability to validate others for their own agenda. In a previous video, we covered dark empaths. Dark empath is a relatively new term referring to someone who also knows how to use empathy for their personal gains. However, there are differences between a psychopath and dark empath. Watch this video learn these interesting differences, and protect yourself from life difficult situations.
Dark empaths are people who have a high level of cognitive empathy only, not emotional empathy or compassionate empathy. They don’t possess the ability to provide wholehearted concern the way full empaths do. This is because, despite the fact that they are high in empathy, they are also high in the dark traits of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. One might mistake them as psychopaths because of their similarities. But here are a few ways dark empaths are actually quite different from psychopaths.
Disclaimer: If you suspect you or someone you know possess some of these signs, we recommend further research and also seeking help from a professional.
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I suggest that "dark" personality types are on the rise in response to the conditions of society. The traits are adaptive when it comes to self preservation but are likely to cause harm to others.
Absolutely agree.
One and the same mental label can still be absolutely different people - tho yes, they tend to go to certain directions. But who doesn't?
I second this, this is a good theory.
From my own experience I can say that my difficult childhood has contributed to me developing some of these traits although I wouldn't call myself a dark empath, at least not a "full" one.
This is so true! I have found myself going down manipulative cycles, not because I want to, but because i feel powerless in the world around me
To be honest, im a bit manipulative myself, I guess.
But through time I learnt that it doesn't have to be negative for others, it can even be positive and still profitable for one self.
So I try to live more positive.
Exactly.
Full disclaimer: none of Psych2Go's videos have been, are or will ever be an excuse to go on some witch hunt for people who seem display any of these traits. Be nice to each other
Let’s hope we don’t start a witch hunt
Yes, no witch hunt pls.
@@CBMOA Maybe next video will be about witch crafts instead.
@@Psych2go Hello again. I hope you're showing others here as much love as you've shown me. And could we see Simba every now and then please? Maybe we could watch his antics once a week? Fingers crossed
@@Psych2go I don't need to do a witch hunt to look for a dark empath as every time you talk about them In your videos I realize more and more that I likely am already one although do dark empaths care for certain people perhaps people they're emotionally bonded to
1. Dark Empaths show emotions while psychopaths lack them 0:44
2. They're empathetic while psychopaths just don't care 1:16
3. They're patient while psychopaths are impulsive 2:08
4. Dark Empaths are careful while Psychopaths are reckless 3:00
5. They're extroverted while Psychopaths show anti-social disorder. 3:55
@@v3dragonfire51 Don’t take these vids too seriously.
The real question is what happens when things don’t go as plan for the dark empath
Edit: Another question is what happens when a dark empath really meets another only darker
(Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. I have quite of a complex/compulsive imagination)
@@v3dragonfire51 The signs are generic. In no way am I doubting this video, please understand that, however this is only for those who are comparing psychopaths and dark empaths. The signs provide that one may be 'extroverted, careful, patient, showing of emotions, and empathetic.' These signs only differentiate the two, they aren't meant to diagnose. It takes many more negative traits to associate to being a dark empath.
Thanks for putting this together!
@@CBMOA That's a good question!
I relate a lot to most of these and sometimes I worry I might be a dark empath and/or unintentionally manipulating people, cause I know what it's like to be manipulated, used, and thrown away.
But then I realize, even if I *am* a dark empath, I never use my traits to hurt people just for my own gain (at least never on purpose), that's illogical and inefficient.
I agree 100% with this...I've never used it for bad, just for my own benefit without any harm to them. My concern that I show is fake but I know it's what they need bc I care.
yeah right
Actually everyone behaves manipulative If you Take it like that. Maybe youre just empathetic and need some time to heal from the abuse. If you worry about hurting others youre Not a Bad Person
I feel like a lot of people including myself with these traits have to understand there shadow or they will hurt people eventually.
@@pnhusnibintidin5855 if you don’t understand your shadow traits well and are a dark empath you will likely hurt people
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This was a highly requested topic.
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yes! ty for always making video to help make us aware of our meantal health!
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I feel this is why an empath’s darkness is literally the greatest mental self defense weapon of all time. Read’s the enemy down to a T and immediately formulates strategies to defeat them on data collected they were so kind to provide with no thought for their actions whatsoever. Sure, I’m seeing the bad, but I’m also seeing the good in it too. This just feels like a matter of correcting imbalance and taming what you have.
Thats exactly why I am like this, how can I show kindness and love when I never had them....
@@taekwondoinc.2279 it’s all a matter of example really. If it’s not felt, at least the actions are learned, but how you use them is what makes you. I can show kindness and love cause I’ve had them, but can also display dark emotions, however my targets for said emotions are the morally inept reckless scumbags.
@@Odinfang yeah..
@@taekwondoinc.2279 a lot of them in my fam and it’s an ongoing test of self control not to play apex predator to a bunch of dumba$$ shitheads.
Sounds like slippery slope to justify using mental torture.
Knowing how it works to combat and neutralize such atrocious behavior is one thing. Using that knowledge to inflict it yourself is another.
We're not talking about weaponry here. We're literally discussing morality and mentality. If your solution is to be as fucked up as the person you're targeting, then your own morals and mentality should also be scrutinized. If you are saying that none of that matters as long as the ends justify the means, you're already seduced to the dark (empathy) side. You just are in denial about it.
Or in this specific case, literally trying to twist the message and glorify it instead. Like holy fucking shit that's a major red flag.
I am a Dark Empath but I dont hurt my friends because I know what it's like to be hurt. I am actually going to see a doctor soon to study me and see how my brain works and why I think very differently than other people do. So wish me luck to better understand myself.
Good luck! I like how you are proactive to work on yourself. Sometimes people are also manipulative unintentionally as well.
@@Psych2go Exactly, manipulative behavior is not a choice. I have to actively stop myself from telling white lies to make people think better of me. It's something you can and probably should work on...
🙏🏼✌🏼 good luck 🍀
Good luck!
@@Ennello yeah ikr
I really love how the amount of references used in the video fit some of the characters about the topic
Their attention to detail is next level 💛
How many of the references did you catch?
@@Psych2go omggg a lot, but two shows are included in general ✨
I think Fern and Ice King are dead ringers for some of the traits listed in here. Zuko it can be argued strayed away from the Machiavellian traits the rest of his family had, that’s my only concern with it. He genuinely cared about the people he was with by the end of it. (Spoilers for a 17 year old show).
@@Mrnotpib I guess what somehow makes Fern and Iceking dark empaths is becoz, they do care about ppl they hurt,, they're manipulative, it's actually allot on the list bcoz they both have different arcs that shows different developments, also same thoughts with Zuko
Ugh, let's not demonize people - I feel like we forget that people are often overlapping these different labels (with exception to clinical diagnosis ... maybe...) at any given moment and perhaps what is reflected are the most noticeable traits to us, rather than our diagnosing a label like 'dark empath'. What about the person who originated as an empath, went through a period of life that molded them to be toxic towards others and then in time they grew out of it?
Yes, for sure. The goal is not to demonize people, but to help bring into awareness some key differences so we can better navigate the world. Or even understanding ourselves if we start to see that we have some of the traits listed. Like you mentioned, people are definitely molded by their experiences to a certain extent. But we have to remember who we are at our core as well and staying grounded to our values really helps.
@@Psych2go Thank you for your good points - hehe, sorry for being a bit cranky in my first comment. I agree that these do help navigate the world better, and as you mentioned too, understanding ourselves at our core means we have choices rather then just reactions. Case in point with my defensively writing my first post, ahaha.
@@Psych2go I think what clicked in my head at the time of writing was the use of the descriptor 'dark' to connotate the kind of empath that manipulates. 'Dark' being the way to often describe 'badness' or 'evil' and all those associations. I know that for many this might be unimportant or trivial, but it's something that happens a lot in how we talk about things and it was important enough for me to avoid approaching it directly and instead displace my feelings onto 'labels' as that overarching idea, haha. I guess I'm worried about how people use information to discriminate - which is something I as an anxious person, am over-focusing on something I cannot really/fully control.
By this definition, most 7 year olds are "dark empaths" (albeit clumsy ones).
@@ashleygrenstone6540 Nah, "dark empath" is really a dumb name. They could've chosen better.
Everything is a spectrum. There are also people who have the capacity for this and choose not to use it in a detrimental way because of how they were raised. Some one who had high intellectual empathy
Low emotional empathy but with out tendency for manipulation or malice might not be problematic and instead could actually help people in various fields that require a level of detachment.
I believe not all malice is bad it's more like a being careful type of thing that knowledge if the person isn't an asshole may help other by giving advice or insight on things they may not have the malice about a good example would be street smarts
Very true!
Thank you for the disclaimer at the end. Everyone fits some description of abnormal psychology. If they don't, that's a sign of another type of deviance. Displaying markers of diagnostic criteria doesn't make one crazy. It's normal. The diagnostic criteria exist only to get insurance to pay for mental healthcare.
I want everyone to understand that.
Couldn’t have said it better! They’re the best
Yes, it's important not to self diagnose. And everyone will possess one or more of these traits at one point in their lives.
Until now I didn't know there was a such thing as Dark Empath. The scary thing is I know two people (Mother and Son) like this for a long time. Thanks for bringing this up. I like to know more about these Dark Empaths.
Classifies human people as A “these” 😂 bro dark empaths are still people m8 just highly intelligent usually narcissistic humans but none the less human beings.
Do you have any suggestion? :)
The fact that I recently decided to catch up on Adventure Time after all these years & you guys create an animation around the recent episodes I’ve seen 😭😭🙏🏾
never expected the animations from avatar and adventure time in here
I am a dark empath... it is something that I was born with. Not a trait that can "easily" be changed. IMO being a dark empath and an introvert has saved me from many toxic relationships and it also saved me from building too much of an attachment to too many people. I don't mind it nor do I see anything wrong with it... but I know that many people will have a problem with it. TBH, I don't really care. Nor do I think that I should care. Dark empaths are normal people... just darker people.
I got goosebumps reading this thanks for the honesty.
Well said
Very honest
People aren't born like this. You could've be born as an empath but dark empath is a decision.
Psychopaths are born tho
Couldn't have put it better myself
I like how they use Fern as an example, just being the fact that he fits all the traits of a Dark Empath. Coming from a fan of adventure time Fern has always been a questionable character (In my opinion) Like in one clip, he’s hanging out Finn being nice and empathetic than few minutes later he gets jealous and grumpy. Than he become violent.
Yay!
I relate to most of these except I think, being manipulative and being an extrovert. I've always thought I was fake because I say things I don't really believe myself because I know that's what the person wants to hear. I can understand someone's emotions, I can understand where they're coming from to act in a certain way, I can somewhat empathise with them but I can never truly care. I used to be able to but not anymore and nothing really happened in my life to bring that change. A lot of times I find myself thinking the exact opposite of the things I am saying, like, outside I am telling someone that it's okay to feel that way towards a situation but inside I am thinking that the person is exaggerating and dramatizing things unnecessarily. I believe a lot of the times they truly are and if a rational person were to listen to it, they'd think that too. But those who I think are truly suffering, I can empathise with whole heartedly most of the times. Other times, I really want to feel sad but I simply can't. I know how bad it sounds that I somewhat "minimalize" or "quantify" someone's suffering but I simply can't care if I truly deem a situation not worthy of their reaction. (A recent example of something that happened is that my roommate was telling me how she's stressed and depressed and literally can't even study or focus and has seen her parents literally "shed tears of blood" just cause her older sister wants to marry a guy she loves (who my roomie doesn't approve btw), I mean, all I see is two conservative parents who've taught one of their daughters that wanting to marry a guy of her choice is bringing shame to the family and a sin and all their love and care to their older daughter was to make sure she wouldn't "betray" them like that but she did. Oh my what could be worse than that? I know how insensitive that sounds but literally crying about your sister marrying a guy and claiming you have the worst life because of that when I'm telling her about a girl who lost her dad last year to cancer and they had to struggle to even make ends meet even comparable??? She likes to cry and complain a lot which really seems childish for her as a grown 22 year old woman and people like her kinda contributed to me not caring even when I should.)
Anyway other than that, I truly want to be of service to others, I love helping people without ever expecting anything in return as long as helping them isn't harming/bothering me.
You clearly summed it up all. Glad to feel I'm not alone with such thoughts? BTW are you an INFJ?
Damn this is so relatable. I always feel fake. I always think to myself "Do I really say this because I mean it, ir because it's the "right" thing to say?" It's bothering me for quite a while now and I so no end coming. But I'm glad there are some people like me out there
I don’t think that’s that uncommon. It can actually be infuriating when someone complains to you about minor things as if it’s the end of the world.
@@timetactition I am an INTP!😊
@@morren8859 same, I've given a lot of thoughts to this too, like wondering if I'm even a good friend or person if I can't even be honest with my opinions about something. Or if I can't be as true to them as they think I am. But sometimes my honest opinions are a little... harsh. So I try to be considerate and seem more empathizing than I am if that makes sense? But my overall goal is always to not hurt them and be the person they want.
Yall should do a "how to be a good Dark Empath" video. As in how to rehabilitate yourself if you have these traits but don't necessarily want to be like that.
I agree with the adventure time characters but def not zuko, i think in the show he gets manipulated a lot mainly by his sister and father which makes him confused and act out
Interesting!
I know this girl who always seemed sort of psychotic, but I now realize that she is more of a dark empath. She definitely feels emotions and totally gets social cues but doesn’t REALLY care about others and when she does it feels fake because she is more concerned about herself. I think that checks a lot of the boxes lol.
Psychotic? Like suffering delusions?
It may be borderline not DE.
You mean Azula? Well yes, she cried for once or twice. But again, psychopaths only lack certain emotions, not the entire spectrum of emotions. Also, Azula has psychopathic behaviors, but being psychopathic doesn't necessarily make her a psychopath.
@@teamblack204 Azula is more like a malignant narcissist.
@@Bogdan-uu5oe Malignant narcissism involves paranoia. Azula never possessed paranoid tendencies except when she was losing her mind. Hallucinations, delusions and paranoia are strong signs of schizophrenia. Malignant narcissism does not involve hallucinations, delusions etc...
So many doctors are dark empaths, but it helps. You know what your patient thinks, feels, what they will do and how they will react. If you then call your patient out on their emotions they will open up, let everything out, and they will feel better in the end. Dark empath doctors, however, don’t feel or care about everything their patient says, but in the end using empathy as a tool helps the patient.
I’m a dark empath myself, and although narcissistic traits and manipulative behavior are one of my downsides, the empathy and self-centeredness have helped me land jobs, internships and even positions in pretty exclusive extracurricular programs. I know what people want and then morph into that.
I want to get one thing out there: being a dark empath says nothing about your intent. I do love my friends and want the best for them. It’s not like I have no affection at all. It’s just that when I need to, I can flip a switch that allows me to use empathy to get ahead. That’s all. And since my intent is good, I would never do such a thing to inconvenience others.
I feel like this as well. It’s about being able to read social situations and emotions in fine detail, and acting in accordance with this.
I don't wanna be a dark empath or a narcissist 😭😭😭😭
Very cool perspective!
YOU ARE NOT DOING MY MAN ZUKO LIKE THIS
on a more serious note. Depicting characters that showcase the effects and negative coping mechanisms of trauma as being "bad manipulative people you should avoid" is not right.
If i were anyone else I'd take these signs to heart and stew in self guilt about being a "dark empath". When that's not true, I behave in this way because that is how i was taught to survive.
These animations are so beautiful, and the specific characters you choose to portray these certain aspects of a personality are so spot on.
Thanks~!
I'm most likely a Dark Empath and I must say something... The morality you develop thanks to your parents/environment might be key to avoid questionable behavior.
I seem to find manipulating others a bit easy thanks to reading their emotions, and I could have caused a disaster if it weren't for my morals.
Long story short: even if someone might be a Dark Empath, there is a chance he has good intentions if he was raised properly. He/she might also dump his morals if some emergency (danger to someone they love) is happening and WILL manipulate you if that avoids danger.
Sometimes, acting good is out of convenience. Honestly, most people act that way, but don’t like to say it out loud because it looks like taking advantage. Dark empaths are aware of that and also keep quiet about it. But being in good terms with someone, because you want to have a friend is not taking advantage of them. In any case, is a mutual interchange of favors and nice experiences. I consider myself a dark empath, because I don’t feel empathy at all, but I want to be treated nicely, so I do the same for the rest.
Very cool!
Yes, that was my neighbor. She seemed really nice initially and her daughter really likes to hang out with me (so the daughter met Hopper, a wild neighborhood bunny as a result of being around me since I love animals). We have so many good memories and fun times, but it only took one incident of her daughter seeing a baby bunny's life ended by a crow for the neighbor to turn on me and blame me for the baby bunny's end. Despite the tragedy, her daughter still says bunnies and cats are her favorite animals and still want to hang out with me and do fun activities outside, so the good outweighs the bad. However, the neighbor resents me and even went out of her way to convince the other association board members to turn on me and try to make rules that would not allow us to feed birds in the neighborhood, even though others in the neighborhood did feed birds including s board member. She got other neighbors who once didn't care and were fine about it before to ventually turn on me and complain, even one neighbor who I used to shovel her driveway for in winter. I was devastated, shocked, and heart broken...
This neighbor does have a tendency to gossip, persuade other people about things to make them agree with her, and always seems to need someone or a neighbor to pick on I noticed. I call her a nice bully, and she did talk to me afterwards as if nothing happened and is still "nice" to me. I feel so torn, because I have autism and try to avoid social situations with confrontation or conflict yet I don't want to punish her kid and give the kid the impression that I don't like her anymore or punish the kid for something her mom did. But then again, the neighbor doesn't let her daughter hang outside as much anymore either as if to avoid me (but still trusts me enough to leave me alone with her kid to grab something inside, use the bathroom or whatever so yeah)... it's not like I'm creepy or going to hurt anyone which she knows and whe probably also knows I'm an easy target to pick on. Sighs
Hablas español? Xd
@@lestath2345 asi es, de hecho es mi idioma nativo jajajaja
This was super insightful, thanks for this video!! If yall haven't already I think a video about the differences between dissociation and maturity would be helpful! Like, what are the differences between growing up and situations not affecting you as much emotionally VS suppressing your emotions?
Thank you for this!
I absolutely loved the different theme crossovers and the lil BMO narrator!!!
I really enjoyed the animations and images in this video! Amazing job!
DISCLAIMER: Psycopathy and sociopathy are diagnosed as antisocial personality disorder, I am not a professional, so I suggest searching for more online(but be careful of the Info online)
Yes, and sometimes the two terms get mixed up. Always make sure to research more on online. We have a video covering them here too and the difference. Let us know what you guys think? czcams.com/video/kLdf7nQDiIo/video.html
Actually some mental health professionals believe only sociopaths have true ASPD
Happy mental health awareness month 🖤
Tha animation is bonkers! Ilove it! The details describing dark empaths too are somewhat accurate. Great job 👍
Yes! Thank you!
I luv that ur videos doesn't have music plz keep it like this
I love watching Psych2Go because I'm extremely interested in psychology, but watching videos like this one strikes an uncomfortable cord with me because of misunderstandings it could cause. First, the terms psychopath and sociopath are HEAVILY outdated terms and very offensive, the term for both is antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Second, Psych2Go always paints people with these types of disorders in such a negative light, and yes, while most of what is said is true for some, most people with these types of disorders are and try to be good people and get Treatment and help. But it's stigma like this that makes it hard not only to identify these types of disorders, but to seek help for them too. Sorry for the rant, but I felt the need to spread this vital information so that we can all understand and help each other and look past illness and at the people themselves.
Wow, I didn't know there were new terms for psychopath and sociopath
Thanks for saying so!
@@user-qb3gm4pu2m your welcome. I didn't know till a few months ago when i was writing a research about people with ASPD and how they're seen by society. It's something that most people wouldn't know unless someone told them or they looked it up, which is kinda sad that it's not talked about. Glad I can spread the information.
It is not that they are outdated, hun (criminologist speaking here) … it is that both (sociopath and psychopath) are not medical terms. What happens here is that while you got ASPD, in the DSM-5 you describe sociopathy as a whole with ASPD but you do not describe psychopathy per se. All psychopaths have the ASPD traits but they got more that are not described in the DSM 5. I am making this difference here because they got no proper medical description and that is why both terms are still used.
Sorry for presenting the two terms in an unfavorable light.. Do you have any suggestions on alternative phrases/words to use?
@@cakekyo7 Interesting
New concept for me, trying to understand it, thanks for the vid
Happy to help!
I love the animations! Keep it up😊
Omigoodness. Thank you for posting this video! This is kinda a wake up call for me because I think my "friend" is a Dark Empath. All these habits described in this video describe her alot. She also proved it when I overheard her saying to her other friends that she used my OTHER friend to get a good grade in physical education class/ Gym class. When my friend told me about this I was shocked. From that point I KNEW something was off. So I tested her to see if I can really trust her by telling her a secret she was supposed to keep. But she ended up spreading a rumor. And I ended up getting hurt. I knew I shouldn't have trusted her.
:) Glad you enjoyed!
No offense, but why did you use Zuko as an example of a dark empath? He's an abused kid who's straightforward and can't manipulate a peanut. Yeah he has a lot of other problems like anger issues, deep denial, as well as being impulsive. But when he's empathetic he usually means it, it's just difficult for him to know what's right and what's wrong due to the manipulation from the fire nations education system and society.
This channel is vital. Arming the masses against the manipulators of the world. Taking their power away little by little!
Did you want to elaborate?
@@Psych2go I think most people aren’t self aware. I think lack of self awareness is why the world is the way it is. When you have a channel like this that forces the viewer to analyze their own behavior and the behavior of others, they then have no choice but to become more self aware and grow as a person. Instead of some person out there falling into a 10 year toxic relationship or cycle. They may have seen a video like this and now (armed with knowledge) recognized signs to avoid toxic relationships in the first place. They should have mandatory classes like this in schools. If the average person knew their own psychology at a basic level and were guided to be self aware growing up then a lot of the pain that ruins peoples lives could be avoided. Your channel is teaching people these important lessons before life does it the hard way. This is important work.
I have high cognitive and compassionate empathy. Emotional empathy is hard, because that's shit I keep inward. ♡♡♡ This video was really helpful.
Amazing video! ❤️
I am a dark empath. I am a lovely person inside and was always very trusting. Life has taught me to collect information about people and let them open up to me, this information is kept safe in case I need it for futue well timed revenge. I can't trust anyone and rely on no one. It's a sad way to live but it is for my own protection and stability.
Thanks for sharing!
Maybe if you were around better people you wouldn’t feel the need to protect yourself by having files on them. Perhaps you’re around other dark empaths because real, genuine, caring people really don’t care to gossip about you or set you up. They really just want to be friends with you and have a good time, that’s the truth no strings attached. I hope you find some good people and let the fear go
@@marlajacques6947 Thankyou, I agree. I'm looking to join local groups to hopefully make real friends that I can enjoy spending time with and have positive experiences x
@@sarahgt1533 that’s great, you won’t regret it. When I was younger I unfortunately had to be around unsavoury ppl too and I wasn’t my best, just survival mode. Once I had my kids it all changed and now in my 40s I don’t socialize much but I tend to gravitate towards smart geeky/quirky ppl that are so genuine, cuz they don’t care what society thinks!
Heal dear, don’t let them change you
That's why within the last two years I've changed to identify myself as an empathetic empath rather than an empath. I understood most of the definition of a dark empath but never heard this term beforehand. I've always felt that an empath and a psychopath are the opposite sides of the same coin. I am so glad I was not born as a psychopath, I care for humanity too much.
I don't understand if you don't mind me asking. Do you identify yourself as en empath publicly?
Like, I'm reading the comments here and they all say about the same thing and I'd like to know if it's just self perception or also a publicly stated image.
Interesting!
@@themaxterz0169 I'm trying to understand your inquiry. I've always knew I am an empath even before knowing the term as a teenager (right now I am in my 40s). To me, an empath is born and doesn't chose to sense & read other's emotions and true intentions. It is really hard to BS a real empath. You can be an empath and don't give an f about the other person's feelings or existence; you just have great innately detective skills of people's true intentions and/or feelings (while not trying to find anything at all). Being empathetic is going the extra step of trying to understand someone's feelings, their humanity, & being in "their shoes" Simply being empathetic is caring and being an empath is knowing great details of a person with little care. You are not seeking but damn you noticed something about a person and believe me you were not intentionally looking for anything. No one has directly called me an empath, but I am still indirectly treated as a no-cost therapist by strangers and loved ones. I have so much to say on this topic but nah too busy.
Bro, the adventure time flavor of this is next level. 👌 not to mention the pop culture references, bravo, really bravo.
love the art 😘 been such a huge fan of adventure time!! ahhh 😭🤚
This sounds like how the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath has been described to me. Especially the part about psychopaths being reckless and antisocial while dark empaths are more careful/less violent and tend to be much more social. 🤔
Exactly! Dark empaths doesn’t exist. It’s just a new word for psychopaths
Quick question, what is the “positive” version of a dark empath? I feel like most of the things like being able to understand others emotions and always put on “the right face” do suit me but I don’t want to do any emotional harm to anyone and don’t use those “abilities” to my advantage (if it could cause some dmg to others) also I lack in socializing (I don’t know how to talk to people and even tho I think about what I say like 1000 times often I say things that I should because I feel like they are the right things to say)
just empathy i guess
I'm the same way, I don't know if there's a name for it but it's just having self awareness to stop yourself from hurting other people.
I feel like these videos have the unintended consequence of a lot of narcissistic dark empaths learning of this term and then trying to logic there way out of being portrayed as a problem, not that I think humans existing is a problem.
There’s not really a ‘positive’ version. You ever check with the boxes or don’t. You don’t, you just have one or two or the perceived positive aspects which a lot of people will have
@@VxDxLx Wow that was deep like all philosophical and shi
Oh my oh my, adventure time reference. Damn you are good. Very good series.
could we please have dark empath vs sociopath next?
thank you for the great videos, ive learnt a lot and im very grateful :)
i was just thinking the same for a topic! would love that
Just here for the adventure time animation 😅💜
Fern was the perfect drawing to use for this 💚
Omg the fact it's shown in Adventure Time universe is lovely! This is my favorite show! This video is great educational material made in brilliant animation
When someone tells you “I’m an empath” within the first five minutes of meeting them = 🚩🚩🚩
To many people are using “Empath” to mean everything virtuous all the time, as if proclaiming “I’m an empath” means that they are on the side of “good” and just a modern day Mother Theresa or Dalai Lama.
After watching this video, it’s like anyone who brags about being an “empath” is a Dark Empath. Virtue signalers who gossip about others “to protect you”.
Yes I agree, I’ve noticed this myself
Unless they are trying to make some other point or story, the person may not be a dark empath. However, the ones who say they are empathy and proceed to act as if they are spiritually above you and know all the answers, then yeah, probably a dark empath. Not to mention, we all have some or a little bad in us at times, even mother Theresa has done a few things that are questionably good or not good, but what is good or bad anyway. What is perfectly good in one person's heart may differ from how another person's heart defines good... therefore, it is impossible to be good when there are contradicting perspectives on how to define good and who really is right or who's definition is right anyway.
@@adriasorensen2249 this is exactly what someone says who is trying to escape responsibility. You manipulate and distort Mother Theresa’s legacy. Mother Theresa didn’t TALK about being holy and virtuous, she LIVED it. Mother Theresa didn’t try to cancel or censor anyone, she took action to help others. Toxic manipulative people talk the talk and have to describe theirselves as “empaths” instead of just living it.
Well, this was.... Extremely educational, learn a lot about me
The animation is spot-on
My ex friend shows traits of a dark empath. She could be the only one really listening to me and trying to help me, and the next day she could trash talk me and use my insecurities as mental black mail to put herself in a better light. She would always play the victim while I suffered in silence. After we stopped talking, my panic attacks immediately disappeared and I stopped SH as well. I'm in a much better place now, thank God.
Glad you are in a better place now
That just sounds like a horrible human.
A dark Empath wouldn’t be dumb enough to burn a bridge in that way, they’d subconsciously do those things, not openly.
Can you do a video on OCPD? My partner is struggling with it and I want to be able to show him a video to help enlighten him and I love your videos
Your videos are amazing as always and informative. Btw, Iove that you guys added the cartoon characters, they're my favourites hahaha xDDD
Ayo loving the Adventure Time animation usage!
"but is it for us to decide who’s a victim, who’s not, who should be labeled toxic? There’s a point where caring for everyone else and disregarding yourself becomes a direct route to losing yourself. I believe everyone has to learn their own lessons. And we all have to look out for ourselves, because in the end, that’s what we have. It is possible to do both. But that’s not what this post is about. ♥️" This fake shit is typical for fools who don´t get it, what it really means to be a victims and the reasons behind it.
Also like a lot of things we do for others is for ourselves a bit too like E.g to make ourselves feel like good people. This doesn’t have make us dark empaths btw. Just normal people.
@@emilylysons4143 Freaks like you do only good to others to feel important, that nothing empathic, but narcissistic.
@@emilylysons4143 Sensitive people do good to others ,because they care, but fools like you only do good for others, to feed your ego and to disrespect in silent the one that you bring help.
@@emilylysons4143 Empaths can´t help others for the only reason to make themself feel good, that the typical thing, narcissists do. If the one you try to help, doesn´t matter to you it´s not caring, it´s like doing a job.
I kinda recognize myself in this, but i am an ambivert (Can enjoy time with close(s) friend(s) or stay alone whitout feeling lonely or overwhelmed) that prefer to stay alone most of the time and i'm too socially awkward to manipulate people... :|
But I really relate to dark empaths.
Let me guess, you're 15?
@@jamespomperada2614 why 15
I believe my crush is a dark empathy. Thanks you guys!! I never would of known unless this video existent. He always had something new about his personality to show me, therefore I always felt like I wasn't quite sure who he was. Such insight this has given me!!! 🤗😉
We are glad that it helped you! Make sure to confirm first before deciding something.
I love this new come along with me animation XD
I'm seeing these signs in myself.
I'm aware that I can be manipulative sometimes. I triedーand am still trying, my best to be aware of my actions because I really don't wanna make other's life hard. Nor harm them in any ways.
It's often for me to ask myself,
"Am I doing something good because I want to, or is it because I want their help in the future?"
"Am I being fake?"
This keeps me in paranoia on daily basis :)
Girl same lol
the point of making any relationship with someone is for YOUR best interest. if they fail to satisfy you simply discard them and find someone else. it’s just efficient thinking.
What happens when someone finds love?
@@Psych2go love doesn’t matter. Functionality matters.
@@GINEP1G No matter which, don't be a jerk is the bottom line. Discarding someone is fine, i don't know anyone who'd take issue with that per se.
@@Psych2go Unfortunately I don't think these kiddos know what love is :,(
@@GINEP1G no love is a chemical reaction that compels us to reproduce therefore love is a myth and we were meant to be monogamous
Whoever animated this is just AMAZING 🤩
Thank you B-Mo
I’ve been wondering if I’m a dark empath. I think being surrounded by people who end up showing me what little worth my feelings mean and how insignificant my place in their lives are, changes how I feel towards everyone.
I think I became this way after the final straw which was being destroyed by a covert narc lol.
Unrelated and very unnecessary but doesn't azula fit this compared to zuko? In the show, azula was portrayed as cunning, manipulative, and cold while zuko was more reckless since he mostly acted on anger every time he confront aang. But despite acting psychopathic, she wasn't a psychopath. Like the video said, psychopaths lack emotions so they don't care about people's opinion of them, but in later episodes it was shown that azula also wanted her father's "approval" since she thought her own mother never cared about her, and therefore thought that ozai (zuko and azula's dad) was the only "supporting parent" she had (Also in one scene where she got ozai angry at her, she was clearly afraid. An emotion psychopaths lack of)
I agree with everything you just said. Azula had many traits of primary psychopathy. But being psychopathic, doesn't necessarily make her a psychopath. I think she was a machiavellian, not a psychopath or a sociopath. She was always calculating with her plans and scehemes. She was cold, not reckless or impulsive. In fact, Zuko was seen to be more aggressive and impulsive than her (even after his redemption arc). I'm not saying Zuko is a psychopath of course lol But he had some anger issues due to his traumas. Thankfully, his traumas were healing :)
Why would people care about others opinion about themselves? I care about my loved ones opinion, not everyone else's, mainly because thet don't know me. If you care about everyone's opinion then you seek approval from everyone, and that is a narcissistic trait. I honestly think that every people have traits of these kind.
@@snowhite427 Because we're social beings and we live in a society? You're supposed to care about what rest of the society thinks about you, at least to a degree. It helps you to improve yourself. So stop acting like you're too confident to care about others' opinions. If you say the otherwise, then you'd be only covering your own insecurities with a narcissistic attitude.
@@teamblack204 Yeah, so people are calling me every kind of things and I am supposed to take it factual? When people have different motives and not always real perspectives? Yeah, that sounds like conmon sense. As I said, I care about the opinions of those that know me and I love or respect them. But taking EvEry ones opinion into account, I'd probably go insane in at the end and I would have no sense of identity.
@@snowhite427 Ok.
I really, really appreciate these videos. Not all of them (like this one) are useful to me in my real life, as I don't know anyone who has NPD, is possibly a Dark Empath, or alike. But, I like to build fictional characters. One of my favourite and rich characters is a Dark Empath (rooted with NPD), and has her own little underground cult. Her tomb-palace is allegedly home to a great amount of wealth, which baits thieves and brigands in, only to be captured, broken down over time, and dragged through a full thought-reform.
Both as a creative person and rebuilding myself from childhood emotional neglect (Which I also learned about through this channel), Psych2Go is an absolute asset. Please keep doing all the things you do!
Not Zuko being part of the dark empaths 😭
He's literally such a gentle soul
Thank you guys for posting this. It means a lot, someone I know had this.
@@Psych2go 💛
My ex is either narcissistic or a dark empath or both. The mean guy at church could turn into a dark empath, but he seems narcissistic.
Sorry to hear that you dated someone who you felt was not right for you. Hope you can use the experience to help you meet someone amazing down the road. You got this!
@@Psych2go You're great!
It depends.
Narcs: Feels all good; DE: feels between good and evil.
Narcs: You feel them dominant; DE: You feel them not dominant at all:
Narcs: Don't care about other, care about their image: DE: Honestly care about friends:
Narcs: Have to feed only its narc side: DE: is a battle between the empath side and the dark side.
Narcs: Have no emotional empathy: DE: have emotional empathy only with very close persons.
Oh, i don't know if i should be happy because i finally found something that i can relate, or if i should be aware by the fact that i can relate everything on that video
Hi pysch2go
Please make a video about learning disabilities especially Dyspraxia.
I have learned so much from this channel. I think I might have Dyspraxia.
Yeah... I actually got backstabbed by my "friend" (he wasn't my friend, he was simply acting) and... yeah it is kinda tough to get throught this... but hey, I was in the worse situations and I can deal with this...after all... life isn't always good for us, and that's just how it is...
Greetings if you read this to the end 😙♥️
Thanks for sharing your story with us, hopefully it will help others too! Greetings!!
@@Psych2go 🥰
Love your channel
to be precise. dark empaths have adaptive psychopathy(immunity to stress and anxiety but no aggression or self destructive behavior). grandiose sense of self( but not to extent of grandiose narcissism), cant take criticism which is somewhat similar to vulnerable narcissism, Machiavellian intelligence (the mindset and work ethic of Machiavellianism but not necessarily the manipulation tactic) and a desire for power. not too sure about the Machiavellianism part, maybe its only for intelligent dark empaths but im sure the mindset is there
also i believe dark empaths can feel affective empathy if they choose to in a way close to normal people.
@@billdeng9050 Yes I agree, when a dark empath knows they messed up and upset someone they were trying to please, they'll know you're upset and genuinely express regret without feigning it, not because they care about your feelings but because they understand that they failed to manipulate you correctly.
You're both spot on imo
Thanks for helping me confirm I'm a sociopath not a dark empath
@@samanthaismental2194 hey your welcome. for the longest time i thought i was a psychopath
@@billdeng9050 I've been called a psychopath but I know I'm not one
love the adventure time theme tho 🤧💜✨
I hear that dark empath is the most dangerous personality. Do dark empaths also commit murder and other violent crimes? How are they more dangerous than psychopaths?
A dark empath is more dangerous because they are much more careful and can show emotion.
A dark empath will poison your food and watch you die as they smirk while pretending to be a victim.
Dark empaths are master manipulators. Psychopaths aren't.
Anyone can commit violence not just psychopaths and dark empaths . Psychopaths are more likely to be labeled a psychopath as their disregard for others would be easier to spot then a DE as DEs are more likely to fit in among the crowd . IMO
because dark empaths know exactly what to do to take advantage of the society to get what they want. There is a factor in manipulating that is key to make more harm than directly hurting. For example, if you have a friend that is a dark empath you would probably not even notice it, and while you start trusting him, he may be analizing your personality on a deeper level, that will be useful to get what they want. As you know, humans are social beings, who need each other to live. Dark empaths know that, so they take away things from people, not neccessarily having the objective to hurt, and that is why they fit so much, because they just abuse of the kindness of other people. They *get* everything and don't have to give *anything*.
In the other hand, psycohapths are metodical, but not in that way. They do not act to make people give them what they want; they act to take things from others, making them untrustworthy, resulting in them not being so able to fit in the society like dark empaths do, and that is why psychopaths are classified as anti-social and dark empaths not. You could easily get away from a psychopath to avoid a toxic friendship, because you would quickly notice that they are psychopaths. But you would not notice that someone is a dark empath, so they will keep manipulating you.
There is a lot of things that make people kind to other, the most importants being love and trust, so you gotta make sure that someone trusts and loves you to start manipulating them. That is why some times, empathy is a weakness, because every kindness is exploitable. It is a similar case to the "wolf disguised as a sheep" story. As the sheeps don't know it is a wolf, the wolf could get close to them and eat them with ease. But if the wolf wasn't on a disguise, all the sheeps would run away.
It isn't that easy to manipulate, it takes patience, time, and organization, such as everything in this world. Psychopaths do not have those qualities, so all the harm they could do is on a short period of time to a small amount of people, while dark empaths can hurt a lot of people minimally for really longs periods of time.
Or maybe they don't say that dark empaths are worse than psychopaths in a literal way, idk
They aren't more dangerous it's a whole bunch of nonsense saying one is worse than the other
I should be worried on how much I am like a dark empath
no. coz you're not a dark empath
I think that dark empaths are hard to spot, I sometimes feel evil just having "dark empath-like" thoughts, I don't act on them but it always seems so tempting.
I'm normally quite honest about what I'm thinking and tell people most of it.. We all keep some things to ourselves... right?
Don't worry because 3. 4. and 5. are wrong
This is all new stuff to me! Now that I know what a dark empath is though…Im realizing quite a few people I know exhibit all the above traits. Especially my last ex -_-
I LOVE THIS STYLE! Adventure time is the best
I love the adventure time theme
I feel like I have to know a bunch of cartoon characters backstories to follow what is going on
Adventure time!
Adventure Time AND Avatar!? That is great use of references! it will really get the attention of Millennials and older teens, who are more prone to suicidal behavior, I also noticed you changed the thumbnail to Fern's eyes, not too many people are going to remember that reference I recommend the new thumbnail that shows both the Avatar and Adventure Time animation 😁🥰🤩
Great animation
I'm a self aware Pyscopath and I can work people out almost instantly, so I know there's something wrong with this label 😕 Also I'm able to act accordingly (like a chameleon) blending in with any social setting.
No, you aren’t
Narcissists and empaths don´t mix well, when it comes to charakter. It´s as if you want to mix water and sand. That´s the reason you can´t call someone dark empaths, just because he gets it, when someone is angry or down. Without an open mind to this person, knowing their feelings means nothing than abuse and misuse. Just because it looks like much, if an abuser sees, that his victim is hurt, doesn´t mean, he gets it, that he is the reason of it. Narcissists deny at all cost, even the possibility, that they are abusers.
Interesting..
Bmo is surprisingly a good fit for you.
The adventure time animation is on point
tysm for always helping us be aware of our mental health! ♡
agreed!
Now I'm scared that I'm dark empath and not hsp (I'm probably not, but still)
Ultimately it doesn't matter nothing does because whichever one you are worrying about isn't going to solve it
Hi I’m a big fan of your videos✌️
Interesting!
First
In essence, dark empaths are manipulators.
Please do a video on how people become dark empaths. I want to understand that so I can have compassion for them.
This is honestly a large part of my personality, it's just a first time I heard there is a name to this sort of behavior.
Although I do recognized that I can be a bully sometimes, mostly subconsciously tbh, I think I mainly act that way to people who deserve it or that make me feel uncomfortable and keep it more on the down low around everyone else, it still there but it is treated more like a joke between friends and I make sure to keep it like that while being honest about it to them, honesty and telling my friends about my behavior pattern is what keeps me stable and somewhat entertaining, I'm fortunate to have understanding and accepting people as my friends.
as a person with BPD.. i sometimes resort to dark empathy as a defense mechanism, when everything is too overwhelming and uncontrolable..and unbearable.. but it's closer to dissociating with passive aggressive social skills than being true dark empath .. it's just..keeps the day going, like i hid behind a screen in pain and let everything goes in motion by itself
There can be two sides to a understanding shared, one of respect(some people live by a code rather than feeling) the other of emotional connection (the depth your feelings tell you hey, do something) both are different but are forms of understanding, the 'weakness' is any action can be done for ego.
it's not like im doing a self diagnosis, but i can relate to most of the given trains. im aware of that, though i unconsciously do these trait i have always been trying not to, since i just realized how my friends and people close to me now distance themselves from me