I am asking people who consider themselves highly empathetic, but everyone is welcome.
I am wondering if people who are highly empathetic have others who understand it? Not thinking that this is a better or worse characteristic, not that empathy necessarily makes you a better person, more about if you have some understanding people. I had one of those wonderful moments where I used a lot of empathy and in the follow up conversation my supervisor was both frustrated with me and baffled by it. He really doesn't understand it or why it may be important. Now I have a really pissed off parent and I am worn out, I don't have a lot of empathy resources. What fills it up is some level of appreciation or at least neutral response, not negative.
I did have a wonderful parent experience, that was great. No one who is on the receiving end of empathy complains, but it is often misunderstood. Do other people have experiences of understanding.