At our core, every human being needs to know when we speak, people care about what we have to say, and they believe us.
When that doesn’t happen, it hurts.
For many sensitive and empathic people being minimized happens repeatedly. When someone is dismissive of your needs, doesn’t acknowledge your pain, or tells you what you know is wrong, it feels like a festering wound.
Being dismissed is an empath’s deepest fear and greatest frustration.
When we take time to express a concern or highlight the impact of a decision on human beings and our planet — people get annoyed with us. They ignore what we say or brush it off like it doesn’t matter.
It’s not to say that an empath can’t be wrong about anything. We are incorrect sometimes (about the same rate as everyone else). Yet, we do possess strong gifts of intuitive pattern recognition and the ability to read situations.
I’ve noticed most humans try to expend the least effort possible. Searching for a shortcut, a loophole, putting a tiny Band-Aid on a huge problem, looking for a quick route to fame, fortune and success. Anyone who dares to suggest skipping steps and ignoring warning signs brings negative consequences, is a downer.
