Empathy is rightfully valued among those who help persons with disabilities (PWDs). It enables us to understand other people’s needs, feelings, and perspectives so that we may respond to them in an appropriate manner. A lot of helping professionals even label themselves as empaths. However, there is a type of empath that possesses profound and accurate insights about people, then uses that understanding to destroy others. Psychologists call such a dangerous person “dark empath”.
There are toxic individuals in most families, workplaces, and organizations. So it’s not a surprise that among the people who attend to PWDs, some self-proclaimed empaths are acquiring narcissistic supply by showing off their fake compassion while abusing people behind the scenes. Click the links below to learn how to identify these wolves in sheep’s clothing.
5 Signs of a Dark Empath by Psych2Go
The Dark Triad by Psych2Go
7 Signs of the Dark Tetrad Personality by Psych2Go
Adaptive Psychopathy: The Quarantine Vector and Psychopathy Induction by S. Mihailides, R. Galligan and G. Bates of Swinburne University of Technology
The Dark Empath: Characterising dark traits in the presence of empathy by N. Heym, et al.
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