From the article: About Empathy and Empaths
Share Post: Are you an empath, deeply sensitive to the emotions of other people? What empathic traits do you possess? Are you able to distinguish your own emotions from others? Do you feel being empathic is a gift or a curse? Share about your pro and con feelings here. Also, you can visit the Holistic Healing Forum if you are interested in having ongoing discussions with other empaths. Share Your Feelings
Realizing my gift/Need help blocking
- Hello, always knew I was ultra sensitive since I was a child. Overly emotional I cried when a teacher would yell at me. Animals always seemed to follow me home but it wasn't till recently that I begin to do healings. I sort of stumbled into it and now it is as though my soul is encouraging me every time a healing is performed. The funny thing is my hands get so hot and red that it is as though I have stuck them in a hot fire. I can feel the cold spots on the body and that is where the pain is. When I am finished my hands become cold and shake and I feel drained. I have also during a few healings seen auras, if anyone has any advice on blocking so I cannot be so tired and heal more I'm all ears. Thanks, blessed be.
- —Guest Tiffany
Empath
- This is a very interesting path of life. I was alway known to be "sensitive" when I was younger (am 51 now) and was hoping someday there would be a name for it. Always putting others needs, including employers, before my own have left me several times without jobs as health needs have risen and have need recovery time which part time people or those in small companies are not allowed. Many times I get looked at as the outcast, just because I don't join in...I would rather watch, or quietly mediate, to have that little bit during the day to attempt to turn my senses within. All in all I look at being an empath as a plus! I have an outlook on life and people that many do not have and appreciate each day I'm given. I sometimes wonder if the solitude I have found in my four walls has chased away partners, but one day I will find that certain one who will balance out what I need in life...and we won't have to say anything :).
- —Guest MaryJo
Learning to control
- I am 15 years old and an empath. I learned about my ablities when I entered sixth grade at the age of 11. I was getting very sick whenever I was around people. I felt sad one moment and happy the next and emotions far beyond what I was used to in my sheltered life. I became ill when ever certian people would come near me. I later learned that if I touched someone I could feel their signal and keep track of them over distances. When my friends were sad I could cheer them up by simply touching them, but this made me sick. I also learned to set up a wall around me and push away the feelings of others and the feelings of the future. I always was able to know when something would happen. I would be happy to share some of my tricks on how to set up a wall around you or how to control these emotions that aren't yours. I know it can be scary but with people you can count on the fear will lessen over time.
- —Aoitsuki123
Feeling great Emotions
- I think that being an empath can be both, a blessing and a curse. On one hand it is good that you can be able to know how to help someone and understand them with compassion, on the other hand it is hard to shut down, and it can be come very overwhelming.
- —Guest Ceci
Empath
- WOW! Had no idea. I have always become extremely emotional when I see someone who is experiencing either a happy event or an unhappy one. I will cry at the seemingly silliest things (a stranger's wedding or funeral). I am somewhat of a recluse having only a couple of close friends with whom I associate in person. I am a Christian who grew up in church but lost my way over the years. Now in my 40's, I am reclaiming my faith and have found such a peace. I will be trying to find info on this in the Bible. I find it fascinating that there apparently is a genetic link for empaths.
- —Guest Donna
So many questions about being an empath
- Although I am forty I have only just realised im an empath. The coincidences just got too ridiculous. I have just had energetic healing done due to an enormous hole in my solar plexis chakra. The description fits me so perfectly I am amazed. But I would like to know if anyone buzzes in their face when receiving other peoples' feelings, I have read that people normally feel it in their 3rd or 4th chakra. What does this mean? Also I think that it is imperative that empaths have a close relationship with God to refill. I have noticed God filling me up in the morning when I first wake up - have others noticed this? I have so many questions now that I have found this out.
- —Guest jenny
Being An Empath Is Frustrating
- I've thought I'm an empath for awhile. I don't cry during movies, but when friends are going through rough times, I get really depressed. When someone I knew had parents going through a divorce, I felt so unhappy and couldn't figure it out. Also, when I read about actors or musicians with rough pasts, I get insanely upset. I was reading about an actor I've admired for awhile, and after finding out about the rough past he had, have felt so depressed like I inheritated his depression. O.o I'm being treated for depression, but I can't explain this to my therapist. It's so odd. There's very little that should cause me to be depressed in my life, yet I get unhappy over other people's problems, even those I don't know and probably shouldn't be concerned about at all. Sometimes I can't even figure out what are my emotions and which emotions are those that I've 'soaked up' from others.
- —Guest A Person on the Internet
Blessing or Curse
- I have a deep connection with others emotions to a serious point. I wish I was not an empath. Especially not in a crowded room. It is very difficult for me to go to school and be around people. It does come in handy with relationships though, because you can feel whether the person is lying or not. Not only do I feel empathy with humans, but with animals as well. I have learned to control it very well at this point. There's still times when I'm vulnerable and it can get the best of me. If you use it for bad things it will come and bite you. So if you are an empath use your gift and don't let it go.
- —Guest Elenore
WOW!
- I'm in college and my roomate just told me that she thought I was an empath. I hadn't heard the term before, and immediately began to research it and found this article. I must say, I have never before heard myself described so acutely! I am excited to pursue this new part of my life and I wouldn't have know about it if not for this article... thanks!
- —Guest Kanani
In Hiding.
- I am struggling with the ability as I am effected so hard by others that my physical suffers greatly. I keep self as seperate from others a possible until I find an off switch. I am also in conflict with the gift and how it fits into my belief system as a christian. Because of rejection by "religious" as a demon gift, I suffer in silence as I am asked to help and am approached for help. I need teaching help on how to close the door or find the off switch. I have absorbed "spirits" and had a tramatic reaction and hard time to rid myself of it. How do I live in a world and not be effected by the wind? Is there anyone out there to help teach me in the gift and to control it?
- —Guest Melinda
Here to help Empaths
- Being an empath effects my whole life. There are times I can't focus on anything but the negativity is stuck in my body. I have placed salt in my bedroom as well as the living room. It helps absorb some of the negativity. Don't worry you will still be able to help others. I have also tried using a tuning fork. It has really helped me clear some of the energy. I hope all this information is helpful. The salt thing is great. It helped me a lot. Just place salt in an open container and put it anywhere in your house.
- —Guest Maya
Gift/Curse ?
- I have been an empath all my life. I have learned to progress my talents and abilities to the point of elemental manipulation, not just feeling but also seeing the past present and future although I am there, healing, kenetic energy transfer, manipulation of anothers mind. I have an amazing gift that I use everyday. Having these talents and gifts can be a curse. We with these abillities can change the outlook of everyday. We can change any choice or situation just by opening up and using them to help or to hurt. The problem comes to play when we lose our sense of mind trying so hard to figure out our place that we get overwhelmed. To those empathes I say breathe in the energy of others and get your balance again. To the others just remember to smile, it is still a beautiful day. If it is dark and you think it is night remember the other side of the world it is day. It is always day somewhere which makes live beautiful. There is always a light to hold on to. Good luck out there.
- —Guest Utah Jay
gifts...
- I'm a teenage empath... which is weird... I'm in school all day, in crowded hallways and classes, so I feel like I'm always being assaulted with emotions. Definite down side. But I love using my gift to help other people, and I don't know what I'd do without it. For those of us who hate their gift, why waste such powerful emotion on this? You're stuck with it; God wants us to be good stewards of what He has given to us. The pain we feel now is nothing compared to the pain that He feels when we ignore the wonderful thing He has blessed us with. I've been hurt many times because of being an empath, but I did not allow those situations to determine how I would live the rest of my life. Having something this special and having the resources to understand it is something we need to take advantage of to help those in our world who are hurting.
- —Guest Allison
I'm an Empath too!
- I was always able to pick up the energy from people - the problem I had was they I often thought the negative energy was directed at me and only now realize it has nothing to do with me - I'm learning to shut that off - on another note I've also always know things before they happen based on being able to read and feel the energy of others - so this is cool! Now I just have to learn to trust myself!
- —Guest Anita
Learning to be me.
- I have known for some years now that I am empathetic. I wondered, though, if I am an Empath. To me being able to be empathetic means being able to, or having the capacity to empathize with others or "walk a mile in their mocasans". Being an Empath is something different. It is a gift that one is born with of the psychic variety. I've always known I was empathetic - but I suspected I was an empath. I think there are 3 varieties of empaths: receiving empaths - can feel what others are feeling; projecting empaths - are capable of projecting their emotional states and experiences onto others so that they are literaly acting out what is going on with the empath; and 3 - both - they have the ability to do both. I suspected I was both for a while. Now I know I do both. While that is the good news, it is also the bad news. I need to learn how to be this - it has used me most of my life. I use tobacco as a shield (it works good) but it doesn't teach me how to be what I was born to be.
- —CathyLB
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