I'm "empathetic" but am I empathetic or do I just have no boundaries? Analyze my empathy: do I feel others' emotions or do I absorb them? Do I understand others or do I lose myself in them? Then expose the difference: empathy is understanding others' feelings while maintaining self; boundary violation is taking on others' feelings and losing yourself. Map my "empathy": do I feel what they feel? Do I carry their emotions after they leave? Do I solve their problems? Do their moods dictate mine? Show me where empathy becomes enmeshment. Reveal what I'm calling empathy that's actually: codependency (my worth comes from helping), boundaries loss (I can't tell where I end and they begin), or people-pleasing (I manage their emotions to feel safe). Include: whether I'm empathetic or just have weak boundaries, what I'm avoiding by absorbing others' feelings, and if I'm understanding people or just losing myself in them.