What is an Empath and how do I know if it's me? Empaths are highly emotional people who are able to connect to many different types of people and can do it almost instantly. Empaths know how to read people's emotions and tell when they are being truthful or deceitful. Often Empaths give a lot more of themselves that what they expect back, however sometimes they find themselves feeling depleted and unappreciated because they don't always get get the same treatment back.