Empath (disambiguation)

Empath may refer to:

• Empath (comics), a fictional mutant in the Marvel Universe
• "The Empath", an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
• Empath, a playable character in the video game Heroes of Newerth

An empath is a person who has an acute or highly developed sense of empathy. In the paranormal and in some works of science fiction and fantasy, highly developed empathy is a paranormal or psychic ability to sense the emotions of others. It is distinguished from telepathy, which allows one to perceive thoughts as well. Occasionally empaths are also able to project their own emotions, or to affect the emotions of others.

The empath's power includes being able to feel another's emotions, and sometimes react to those emotions the way the person actually feeling would. This power does include sometimes projecting the emotions to others. Female empaths are more common, but rarely male empaths have been found. The females are more adept to this power and can control it better, while the males take longer to learn it. This power has been known to take over and cloud the emotions of an empath, leading to seclusion. This power has also been known to kill. Only a few empaths are known to be able to control their power fully.