They were empathic and there was no escape.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
But this is not all, Indiana, our younger Western sister, endeared to us by every social and political tie, a State formed in the same country as Ohio, from whose territory slavery was forever excluded by the ordinance of July, 1787-she too, has declared her abhorrence of slavery in more strong and empathic terms than we have done.
"The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus"
American Anti-Slavery Society
Most healers are empathic people who feel other peoples' pains and stresses and sometimes have difficulty determining exactly what is their own personal 'baggage' and what belongs to the clients.
"How and When to Be Your Own Doctor"
Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon