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How to Protect Your Energy as an Empath — Why Sensitivity Becomes a Burden Only in a World That Treats It Like One
Empaths often search how to protect your energy as an empath not because they want to become less sensitive, but because the world they navigate was not designed for people who feel in gradients and absorb in echoes. This commentary essay explores the emotional economics of being an empath—why sensitivity becomes labor, why boundaries feel like guilt, and why the real work is not “shielding” yourself but reclaiming the right to exist without carrying everyone else’s emotional weather.