It would be reasonable and correct to assume that my parents are unaware of what an empath is and the fact that their daughter is one. For example, they rewrite my discomfort with amusement parks as a symptom of my A.D.D.! Something else that they are unaware of is that at a young age, I got in the habit of matching Mom's energy if she came in the room highly stressed or angry, as if that's where I should be just because I'm the offspring. As a little kid, I had my parents up on pedestals and I wanted harmony in the household, so I thought I was taking on one of my responsibilities. My parents didn't try to manipulate me into doing so, and if they'd known about it, they would have simply said once, "Don't worry about it, honey", and moved on, as if now my reacting to Mom would be a non-problem.
