Being an Empath.

I am an empath, and if you don't know what that means, it basically means I can literally feel others' emotional pain and take on their problems as my own, and will empathize with damn near anybody even when I don't want to.
I was searching around for people like me. I mean, not many people understand, and by not many, I mean it. Counselors, youth leaders, teachers, good friends... I just feel deeper. And I found something that is SO TRUE that it hurts.

"This is a tragically sad truth, but empaths (who have a deeper understanding, sense, and capacity of and for love) more often than not, have the damndest time finding someone who can love them. They can love SOOOOOOOO deeply and so quickly, that they scare the other person off - sometimes even being accused of being obsessive or having fake feelings. These feelings are not fake, but it COULD be called obsessive behavior. This is because an empath (by their gift) can cut down the amount of time it takes to know someone emotionally, mentally, and spirtually... FROM years, TO weeks or days or yes... even hours. That being said, it can be (to an empath, anyway) like they've known and loved you for years... so would it be so wrong to be obsessive over someone you've known and loved for THAT long? But the truth still stands as their (in my personal opinion and experience) biggest weakness. Empaths are often times doomed to be able to do all they want, EXCEPT, what they need (and want) to do the MOST... which is simply to be with someone who can not only accept them for who they are (hard enough, sometimes), but also to be able to return that which empaths command with un-equaled grace and ease... love."

Hits the nail on the fricken' head. Oh, man.
But now listen. I don't like going around with this label, like, "Oh, I'm an Empath, I'm all cool and stuff and better than you." Sometimes I even get mad at myself whenever I say how much I like helping people and how happy it makes me to help others and make them happy. I feel like I seem fake, or even that I'm coming off fake, because it sounds it... but I'm not. I truly do feel that way.
And no, I don't think I'm some sort of psychic freak, either, like some websites say. It's not some magic thing, it's just me, I don't know. I'm not claiming to have magic powers.
It's so hard.