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Anti-Asian Racism, Violence, and Virus-Blaming During the Pandemic: We Need to Talk About This anti asian racism The pandemic is harming Asian Americans. We can change that. The recent shootings in several Atlanta spas have brought violence against Asian Americans into the headlines. Again. Unfortunately, this isn’t an isolated incident. Unwarranted suspicion, fear, and even hatred of Asian people has been on the rise ever since word of the pandemic began to reach U.S. shores. Yuchen Ye, 28, visited her parents in China in late January 2020 for Chinese New Year. She recalls being stared at while wearing a mask on the train when she returned to New York City a month later. “I was very scared,” she says. “Especially in March and April, people started being really against Asians, especially Chinese people. I tried to cover my face as much as possible when I went out, with sunglasses and a hat, because I saw more and more scary news about Asians being attacked.” Ye also worried about her w...

 Empaths and Anxiety: What’s the Connection? Empathy helps you understand the feelings of others and see things from their perspective. This important social response can promote compassion and care for other people’s well-being. Everyone has a natural capacity for empathy, but it’s generally considered more of a skill than a fixed trait. It develops through a combination of your experiences and relationships, beginning with childhood caregivers. It’s important to note that genes also play a small role in the development of empathy. As a result, people end up with varying levels of empathy as adults. Some people, known as empaths, have such high empathy that they seem to take on the feelings of others. If you’re an empath, you might find yourself absorbing the emotions of those around you. When they experience joy, you get caught up in their happiness. When they experience sadness you carry that emotional burden, too. It may come as little surprise, then, that there’s a potential l...