You'd never make it as an Empath.
to repeat m y post # 187
"Kids that are hurting on the inside because people around them are clueless - more often then not, put on a brave face and a big smile. It is a defense mechanism."
The 'smile on his face' is more likely a brave face masking hurt...a face he probably wears a lot to cope in a clueless world.
May you never know what that feels like.
Feel better now?