'Sad' that you are an island of innocence surrounded by a sea of debauchery XD
Not suggesting, just thinking out loud... That's why I mentioned sociopaths since, as you rightly pointed out, they cannot feel empathy. It would be the perfect test ^_^
Do you think a person experiencing extreme empathy might self destruct? I think (or more accurately, I hope) it would serve to motivate people to reach out and help.
I guess overindulge is not quite the right word... More like 'drive myself crazy' XD Funny you should mention dervishes by the way, since my head is currently whirling, lol (mostly from lack of sleep over the past few day and it being 2:30AM).
You avoid movement? ^_^ I think maybe it's a gender thing... I was reading something about that just yesterday. The article suggested that on an emotional scale of -10 to +10, women are more likely to experience both extremes throughout a regular day compared to men who usually oscillate between -4 and +4. (I would give the source but it was... Um, to a somewhat risqué website >_> which just happened to have some interesting articles)
“…measures of levity have been lacking lately� Hmm… Maybe I should link that website after all XD