If you’re an empath, you understand the struggle. Being an empath in a relationship can be amazing… but it can also be really hard. Here’s why. Relationships are hard as it is. That’s just the way they work. Two people figuring out life together isn’t easy and being an empath in a relationship is even harder. You have a lot more to deal with and a lot more to learn as you both grow together. What is an empath? This can be a very confusing term. You probably think of empathy when seeing this and it’s very much the same thing. Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and feel what they do as if you were going through the same thing. That’s pretty standard. But an empath is someone who can actually feel what someone else does. They feel for them so strongly it’s like they pick up on their emotions. And that means if you’re an empath, relationships can be quite the problem if there are negative emotions swirling around them. It can also be confusing because the m...