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Not entirely in agreement with you that people with empathy are raised that way: I was adopted by relatives who were cold and narcissistic and suffered greatly because of my over-sensitivity and empathy. Only now as an adult with my own children can I see the strength it took for me to retain my difference from them and embrace what they saw as weakness.

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