Understanding the Common Traits of Dark Empaths

Beneath the Surface

Afshara
3 min readApr 15, 2024
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A Dark Empath is someone who understands you and at the same time intends to deceive you and take advantage of your generosity. Thus, you need to be aware of some typical characteristics to recognize a dark empath. For instance,

i) Extroverted, agreeable, and neurotic

A previous research study identified that dark empaths were more outgoing, agreeable, and neurotic compared to their dark triad counterparts when the study evaluated 991 respondents and their attributes using the Big Five model of personality traits. Given this information, it’s easy to understand how they might relate to people differently from the average narcissist who lives for himself or herself.

ii) A wicked sense of humour

Researchers discovered that dark empaths were more likely to laugh at people or groups they believed to be beneath them, a phenomenon known as malevolent humour.

Additionally, according to Dr. Hafeez, “A dark empath indirectly affects, bullies, and degrades others with their malicious humour and scathing criticism.”

iii) Guilt-tripping and gaslighting other people

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Afshara
Afshara

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