Your Personality Type

The Empath

You absorb others' emotions like a sponge—a gift and a burden.

High neuroticism with agreeableness means you absorb others' emotions like a sponge. You have an uncanny ability to sense what people are feeling.

Why You Got This Type

  • High Neuroticism makes you emotionally reactive and highly attuned to emotional atmospheres
  • High Agreeableness means you genuinely care about others and want to help ease their pain
  • This combination creates deep empathy—you feel what others feel, sometimes too much
  • You're probably the person friends come to in crisis, but you may need to protect your own energy

Strengths

  • +Emotional radar
  • +Deep compassion
  • +Conflict sensitivity

Watch Out For

  • !You may absorb others' stress
  • !You can neglect your own boundaries

Career Ideas

CounselorNurseSocial workerCaregiver

In Relationships

You're nurturing and attentive but need partners who protect your energy and don't take advantage of your giving nature.

The Empaths You Might Know

PD

Princess Diana

Royal who connected emotionally with people in ways that felt genuine and deep

BB

Brené Brown

Researcher who turned emotional sensitivity into groundbreaking work on vulnerability

KR

Keanu Reeves

Actor known for genuine kindness and emotional presence with everyone he meets

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