Empathic freind

I never really thought about the possibility of being an Empath until an Empathic friend pointed it out. It made so much sense. It brought out a whole other view and how the people around me affected me and that I can choose not to let them affect me. How I wish that others could even understand how I feel instead of making me feel like my feelings don't matter...Especially since empaths attract broken people and I have listened to them all my life.