Empaths Need to Draw the Same Boundaries Online That We Do in Real Life

Steffany Ritchie
6 min readSep 28, 2022

And if you’re not great at either, do yourself a favor and start

Photo by Josie Stephens: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-s-hands-23008/

I usually resist calling myself an empath, because in my mind, empaths are weak, vulnerable to low attacks, emotional vampires and other toxic types. But I kid myself. I am an empath, through and through, for better or worse, and it’s time I wake up, own it, and protect myself…

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Steffany Ritchie

Hi, I write memoir, humor, music, and pop culture. American in Scotland.