Is Spock an Empath?

Recently I have been reading about empaths. It is something that I had seen a lot on the Internet and books and online articles but I didn't really understand what it meant. So I started digging around.

I'm currently reading this book by Barrie Davenport. Admittedly I'm only half way through it but it talks about Highly Sensitive People or as she calls them (us), HSPs. It also talks about empaths.

Early on in the book I could really identify with parts of what she was saying about HSPs especially when you almost take it personally when your parents are arguing/fighting etc.

I remember a couple of times my mother and father going for it and I didn't like it at all. It was almost scary. I don't know what was scarier the fact that they were asking all the idea that I had in my mind that, that was it and divorce was on the cards. (They are still happily married by the way. It seems their relationship has got stronger as they have got older.)

By reading this book, it made me aware why I had that reaction and I would like to thank Ms. Davenport for that.

What is an empath?

According to the dictionary on my computer, an empath is a person with the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual and then it was prefaced by (chiefly in science fiction).

WHAT?

Does that mean that Mr. Spock is an empath?  I suppose that is a question for another post.

Ms. Davenport says that an empath is a person with a series of behaviours and traits that reflect a heightened ability to feel the feelings of other people. WOW! That is definitely outside of my knowledge bank.

Can you identify with an HSPs or an empath? I'm sure some of you can.