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Would you mind answering some questions here? If you'd rather email it's [email protected]

but anyway, I'm curious about your relationship. How do you maintain it? How long have you been together? Is it only a viable relationship due to your ability to read her? 

Edit: I ask because I was diagnosed as being highly sensitive and I also dated a socio. 

Assuming this 30 post avatarless user is genuine.

Yeah that's another reason I'm curious. Sounds like bs to me. Or maybe just wishful thinking from a delusional narc.

Has anyone here ever met an empath that they found to be really analytical and perceptive of others emotions? maybe to the point that they become challenging to you or at the very least demand your respect or require you to be more careful than usual?

The empaths I have met are not very analytical or perceptive.  Most normal people would consider them to be perceptive of other's emotions;  however, I've observed that they are typically more sensitive to how I react to them and try to respond accordingly, based on their own logic or beliefs.  Most empaths demonstrate lack of confidence and show significant amounts of attention-seeking behaviors.  Not surprisingly, as a sociopath I've never had to be careful around any of these individuals.  I have only shown cracks in my act when I was with someone for a very long-term relationship.  Empaths are usually my victims.  They pick up on the "emotions" I falsely project.

If so, does this make the person in question an obstacle or annoyance in your eyes, or do you gain interest and seek to interact with them?

Interestingly, if I met such an empath I would find them to be extremely interesting.  I cannot imagine someone being able to actually perceive my emotions.

On a similar note, raise your hand if you think that the level of understanding an individual has about the mechanics behind emotion and social interactions is inversely related to how empathetic someone is, and elaborate please.

I believe the two could in some ways be inversely related.  Specifically, I've noticed that some mental health professionals who understand the mechanics of emotions and their causation appear to be able to detach themselves from empathizing with their clients when they express strong emotions; however, I don't see a permanent disengaging of empathy in many of these individuals (empathy is brought back when out of the clinical setting).  I think that all humans have the ability to disengage empathy situationally (i.e. wartime executions, given authority, proper rationalizations, etc.)  This topic has research out there related to it.  

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I look at these forums every few weeks or so, but I'm curious to know (I'm not a Sociopath)

What kind of forums?

Has anyone here ever met an empath that they found to be really analytical and perceptive of others emotions?

Yeah I don't think it's about being an empath or not.

Maybe to the point that they become challenging to you or at the very least demand your respect or require you to be more careful than usual?

Depends on the empath and what you're trying to hide. Those "empaths" you're refering to, what's your view on them? I'm really curious. It seemes to be so warped with a lot of stuff attached to it.

If so, does this make the person in question an obstacle or annoyance in your eyes, or do you gain interest and seek to interact with them?

Again about those empaths... Are they not individuals? With very different traits apart from being overly empathic?

On a similar note, raise your hand if you think that the level of understanding an individual has about the mechanics behind emotion and social interactions is inversely related to how empathetic someone is, and elaborate please.

puts hand in laps and tilts head You're fascinating. Lots, lots.

I probably sound like I'm looking to validate myself and other empaths within your circle, and maybe I am, but I also would really like to know the answer to this question.

I think you're asking the wrong questions to get the answers you're searching for - or I'm just disagreeing with you on so many levels :) Most fascinating indeed. nods

 Yeah see you just sound like an irritated sarcastic little bitch.

I rarely meet people who have the keen ability to look into someone. But when I do they usually seem to be the more sensitive type. I gauge everyone by their eyes, you can see someones persona. It is in the emotion on their face, and the rare ones I consider empaths are very intelligent, very aware, and generally intense. I find them refreshing, they have had to go through alto being that sensitive and they can usually stick up for themselves and they hold excellent conversation. They and some other personality types have a different look in their eyes, more aware. More activity behind them, the rest are like a cow in the eyes.

I think you find them from time to time. 

I once had a psychologist who really tried hard to get up to a higher level, for a while. They couldn't keep it up and it went very quickly. 

Another time, I found myself a toyable empath that I made believe it could be friendship, in the end they saw it as a option to fall for me, so I had to end it. 

At the moment I found another empath that I could consider as my new experimental one, but in the end it won't last for long. 

It would be nice, to meet one that doesn't have an expiry date on them yet.