Are there any Empaths here?

I've been reading a lot about it and I'm curious if there are any other people feeling that are this way. I'm definitely an empath, highly sensitive, unskilled empath, and easily drained. Been dealing with some VERY draining people lately: Boss, and roomate, that I can't escape so I need to develop better coping skills and not absorb their feelings.

"The trademark of empaths is that they know where you??re coming from. Some can do this without taking on people's feelings. However, for better or worse, others, like myself and many of my patients, can become angst-sucking sponges. This often overrides the sublime capacity to absorb positive emotions and all that is beautiful. If empaths are around peace and love, their bodies assimilate these and flourish. Negativity, though, often feels assaultive, exhausting. Thus, they??re particularly easy marks for emotional vampires, whose fear or rage can ravage empaths."

Supposedly you can learn to create shields so it isn't debilitating. You can't always avoid draining people :/

Another interesting link is that I am sensitive to absorbing others energies, but also have the ability to drain. I don't do that often anymore, but when I was younger I was very draining. So I can almost relate to the people I want to stay away from. I wonder if that's part of the getup...being able to absorb the bad energy and throw it back at someone. Sometimes I tend to direct it towards my loved ones though. 😢

I am definitely empathic. I can literally feel emotions radiating off of people. A negative/angry person sitting next to me at work can literally ruin my life. I've been feeling strong "vibes" since I was very young. I went through a skeptical phase and chalked it up to severe social anxiety, speculation, and just reading peoples' body language. I no longer feel that way for several reasons, one of which is that when I learned to put up the shields that other psychic empaths recommend, the result was dramatic. I also noticed that I was having the feelings in environments that lacked people. I agree that we are all empathic, as are animals to a degree, just like we are all psychic in other senses - to greater or lesser degree. I think research shows that strong emotions radiate out past the physical space we occupy, and some people are much more sensitive than others naturally. Study your aspects...

Moon trine or sextile Neptune (which I have) is highly empathic. Thankfully if you have either of these, you are also extremely responsive emotionally to music. Music is a great shield against negative emotions (for everyone obviously), but even moreso for empaths. The imagination is really key though. The field of white light (though people bicker over colors) is what I've found most effective besides music.

" A negative/angry person sitting next to me at work can literally ruin my life "

I can relate to this.
I tend to absorb that and become that way as well, systematically breaking down my relationships. I've noticed I tend to give them a boost and as they drain me.


Are you able to supply any information on shields TLS?

Music is a great escape for me as well, but my apt is too loud to escape to this as I once could.

i think sympathy and empathy get easily confused.

and even the definition of empathy is inherently very very different from the definition of an empath

i also think it's fair to question whether empaths or being an empath is even a real thing because it's such an abstract concept based on emotions. it's tough to quantify. we can only go off of experience and yes??_ we all have some level of outward emotional sensitivity. but say it is real, i think they're are definitely varying degrees of an empaths ability. just like a psychic's ability. from what i've read, it seems like an empaths ability is kind of a form of psychic ability. if i were to give it a definition, i'd say it's someone who emotionally knows without any apparent rational way of knowing it??_ at least apparent to most others.

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i think sympathy and empathy get easily confused.

and even the definition of empathy is inherently very very different from the definition of an empath

i also think it's fair to question whether empaths or being an empath is even a real thing because it's such an abstract concept based on emotions. it's tough to quantify. we can only go off of experience and yes??_ we all have some level of outward emotional sensitivity. but say it is real, i think they're are definitely varying degrees of an empaths ability. just like a psychic's ability. from what i've read, it seems like an empaths ability is kind of a form of psychic ability. if i were to give it a definition, i'd say it's someone who emotionally knows without any apparent rational way of knowing it??_ at least apparent to most others.

...and then how do you distinguish between an empath and someone who over-empathizes or has emotional over-reactivity? Which is a sign of a mental or personality disorder.

Are they feeling compassion for anothers suffering or uncomfortable and anxious in response to someones suffering/feelings? The latter just sounds like over-reactivity to emotions...not neccessarily empathy.

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really really good question??_

and this is the way i understand it??_

but in short, and in my opinion, the difference between a "skilled" empath and an empath who is "unskilled" and can't control the processing of what they are taking in and therefore over-empathizing or say someone who is hyper-sensitive is that they are??_ *taking it personally* in a sense.

if there is a boundary between your own emotional self and the outside world, that boundary in an empath is completely blurred if it's there at all. to interact normally in social situations we need to be present in our emotional self ??_knowing who we are and how we feel/think about things. empaths tend to be outside their own emotional self when in social situations absorbing the emotional psychology of what's around them. and to keep from over-empathizing they need to keep a good tether on their own emotional center so they don't lose themselves in the emotions of the people surrounding them.

over-empathy is losing yourself outside of your emotional center. over-reacti

grrr??_

over-empathy is losing yourself outside of your emotional center. over-reactivity, or someone who is hyper-sensitive is kinda the other way around where they are letting what's outside of their emotional center become almost an assault.

Posted by CreepyPants
i think sympathy and empathy get easily confused.

and even the definition of empathy is inherently very very different from the definition of an empath

i also think it's fair to question whether empaths or being an empath is even a real thing because it's such an abstract concept based on emotions. it's tough to quantify. we can only go off of experience and yes??_ we all have some level of outward emotional sensitivity. but say it is real, i think they're are definitely varying degrees of an empaths ability. just like a psychic's ability. from what i've read, it seems like an empaths ability is kind of a form of psychic ability. if i were to give it a definition, i'd say it's someone who emotionally knows without any apparent rational way of knowing it??_ at least apparent to most others.

It is an abstract concept. Especially since it's based on 'feelings' ...BUT There are tale-tale factors that can clue you in. Hypersensitivity being one. Psychic ability- imagine trying to explain that to someone. Until you tell someone what's going to happen, that's the only way they ever believe me. Mostly I keep my mouth shut till they run back to me with HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!?!?!

It's kind of like hell on earth..The only benefit being my music is good. Damn good, and I'm sure this is why....
It feels like a curse, because sometimes I know what will happen, but cannot change it. There is nothing worse than watching something bad happen, and trying to change it, having no effect. But that's a whole nother thread.

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Another interesting link is that I am sensitive to absorbing others energies, but also have the ability to drain. I don't do that often anymore, but when I was younger I was very draining.

Also check your chart here. See if you have Sun in Leo. This particular placement can be very draining on others.




HAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*raises hand*

Nice to meet all of you_??_

Posted by anonymousheart
" A negative/angry person sitting next to me at work can literally ruin my life "

I can relate to this.
I tend to absorb that and become that way as well, systematically breaking down my relationships. I've noticed I tend to give them a boost and as they drain me.


Are you able to supply any information on shields TLS?

Music is a great escape for me as well, but my apt is too loud to escape to this as I once could.

Firstly, I think empaths have it fairly easy. Talk to an unskilled medium. Their life is hell and often resort to all sorts of substances to cope before they accept it.

So Shields. The most common that I've read about (coming from mediums, and other empaths mostly) is to imagine your entire body surrounded by a cylinder of white light. Colors correspond to emotions obviously. Think of how you feel wearing, looking at certain colors, etc. This supposed to sort of clear the psychic space around you. If you're consistently around a negative person, try this. I've found, to my EXTREME surprise, it worked significantly well. Having success even being skeptical of it, I put more intention and imagination into it with time and it started to work better. Some people are against this as they think white isolates you - keeps the bad out, but keeps the good in. They recommend pink, or other colors. It can get really kooky and cheesy - authors with names like Susy Saint Archangel telling you to sprinkle white sparkles in your pink force field.

The key though is that, whatever is going on here, through exercising your imagination which is usually very powerful for empaths (esp. w/Moon/Neptune aspects), you can totally alter your mood, almost instantaneously. And that is what it is really all about - learning the power of the imagination. Many new workshops on psychic healing revolve around imagination/creative visualization. We live in a world that has been dominated by materialism in the sciences for a very long time. Many are conditioned to think that the brain merely gives rise to the mind and imagination as an epiphenomena. So much new neuroscience (particularly neuroplasticity) is showing that thought/intention can actually rewire the brain at the neuronal level, and there is a ton of evidence (not least from philosophy and parapsychology) that the mind is non-physical and stands over and above the brain. Through the imagina

Through the imagination and simply visualizing, you can conjure memories like holograms and augment them (actually rewiring the physical substrate for the memory), enter deep states of trance and experience deep healing and relief from stress and fear which do so much harm to our bodies/minds, perform self-hypnosis and break or form new habits more quickly. You may know all this already but I think its important to really grasp for empaths - that imagination is such an important tool. And belief in the tool only enhances it.

On the flip side, you can tend to over-exaggerate the negatives of what you're feeling and/or read too much into the feelings. So it goes both ways. Its how you use it. IMO, its a gift for healing. It allows you to really understand where another person is coming from which is so pivotal to psychological healing. The connection between therapist and patient in traditional Freudian psychotherapy is seen as a key component. If you're an empathy, you probably have people in your life who feel you are the only one that truly understands them. You can do so much good with it. Often though, people can pick up on how you connect with them, and if they are stuck on negative energy, they can do you a lot of harm, even intentionally. You *definitely* have to block out the bad sometimes.

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I think people on this site are quick to claim themselves as empathic but I think it's because as a whole, society is not very sympathetic or compassionate...so when we see it or experience it, we think it's something magical. It's not really, it's a human emotion. Even apes show empathy.

True...

I assumed she was speaking of psychic empaths.

That's what I assumed as well. Unless I'm confused too. These people are usually misdiagnosed with a mental disorder or depression. They have decreased seratonin levels and more reactive immune system (allergies for example). I don't think it's just as simple as "people exhaust me"...that's just simply being an introvert. From what I've read, it seems very miserable. They need long periods of solitude and sleep and meditation. They're almost debilitated by it.

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I disagree, especially about the introvert statement you made. Introverts aren't depressed and miserble people. Many introverts, like those that invent apps, and websites, and the Xbox, are social and productive people, to be an introvert does not mean your closed off from society eating a pint of ice cream crying cause you feel like you have no friends.

Look up the word; most introverts looks inwardly as appose to extroverts who look outwardly. Introverts are also very happy and can enjoy there own company. Many are intellectual, observers and are very adaptable, they just like down time more then others, and need it to recharge their batteries. Nothing about being an introvert is depressing, extroverts only feel this way because many are attention seeking and silence drives them nuts because they don't know how to adapt to quiet time. Also many people who hate or dislike silence ; do because it makes them think innerwardly and many people don't like what's inside, so the want to distract themselves with endless socializing and partying.

If you'd like to argue that some introverts are depressed and have mental illness, then extroverts can inhibit the same things. No one is safe from such a thing. So it can go both ways.

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I think people on this site are quick to claim themselves as empathic but I think it's because as a whole, society is not very sympathetic or compassionate...so when we see it or experience it, we think it's something magical. It's not really, it's a human emotion. Even apes show empathy.

True...

I assumed she was speaking of psychic empaths.

That's what I assumed as well. Unless I'm confused too. These people are usually misdiagnosed with a mental disorder or depression. They have decreased seratonin levels and more reactive immune system (allergies for example). I don't think it's just as simple as "people exhaust me"...that's just simply being an introvert. From what I've read, it seems very miserable. They need long periods of solitude and sleep and meditation. They're almost debilitated by it.

I disagree, especially about the introvert statement you made. Introverts aren't depressed and miserble people. Many introverts, like those that invent apps, and websites, and the Xbox, are social and productive people, to be an introvert does not mean your closed off from society eating a pint of ice cream crying cause you feel like you have no friends.

Look up the word; most introverts looks inwardly as appose to extroverts who look outwardly. Introverts are also very happy and can enjoy there own company. Many are intellectual, observers and are very adaptable, they just like down time more then others, and need it to recharge their batteries. Nothing about being an introvert is depressing, extroverts only feel this way because many are attention seeking and silence drives them nuts because they don't know how to adapt to quiet time. Also many people who hate or dislike silence ; do because it makes them think innerwardly and many people don't like what's inside, so the want to distract themselves with endless socializing and partying.

If you'd like to argue that some introverts are depressed and have mental illness, then extroverts can inhibit the same things. No one is safe from such a thing. So it can go both ways.

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Posted by anonymousheart
" A negative/angry person sitting next to me at work can literally ruin my life "

I can relate to this.
I tend to absorb that and become that way as well, systematically breaking down my relationships. I've noticed I tend to give them a boost and as they drain me.


Are you able to supply any information on shields TLS?

To create shields you have to do visualizing exercise. For me it works from the inside out, and I do it before I interact with others. Also meditation can also help with visualization as well. You can visualize a ball of light starting at your heart or chest, and slowly visualize it getting bigger, until it covers your whole body, or you can try visualizing a glass and your incased in it. It all depends on what you feel more comfortable; I'd say use your own inner energy(light source.)

This is whats worked for me

Creepy: i also think it's fair to question whether empaths or being an empath is even a real thing because it's such an abstract concept based on emotions. it's tough to quantify. we can only go off of experience and yes??_ we all have some level of outward emotional sensitivity. but say it is real, i think they're are definitely varying degrees of an empaths ability. just like a psychic's ability. from what i've read, it seems like an empaths ability is kind of a form of psychic ability. if i were to give it a definition, i'd say it's someone who emotionally knows without any apparent rational way of knowing it??_ at least apparent to most others.

>>>LOL...Capricorn, always the empiricist. I agree with all of this though. But there are a lot of ways to study things you can't quantify or observe directly. And really, this is the case with most, if not all, psychological phenomena, because conscious experience is 1st person and subjective. We can quantify neurons firing in different regions of the brain, but all of that is very different from the unobservable conscious experience that correlates with it. One way to see just how ridiculously accurate empaths can be is to seek out professionals psychic empaths, and see just how accurately they can tune into your own mindstate and those of someone else you know. I've had several such experiences that have more than convinced me of the ability. It can definitely get costly though, and its still something you can only really verify for yourself. If you have it, and its strong, you can experience precognitive empathy where you get the feelings before you meet a person who has the issue (have had this several times). A lot of mediums are strong empaths and re-experience the trauma of the deceased, and are able to iterate to the bereaved and identify accurate causes of death, etc.

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Posted by anonymousheart
" A negative/angry person sitting next to me at work can literally ruin my life "

I can relate to this.
I tend to absorb that and become that way as well, systematically breaking down my relationships. I've noticed I tend to give them a boost and as they drain me.


Are you able to supply any information on shields TLS?

To create shields you have to do visualizing exercise. For me it works from the inside out, and I do it before I interact with others. Also meditation can also help with visualization as well. You can visualize a ball of light starting at your heart or chest, and slowly visualize it getting bigger, until it covers your whole body, or you can try visualizing a glass and your incased in it. It all depends on what you feel more comfortable; I'd say use your own inner energy(light source.)

This is whats worked for me

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Your crown Chakra but you can also use the energy from your heart chakra to create a shield

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i think sympathy and empathy get easily confused.

and even the definition of empathy is inherently very very different from the definition of an empath

i also think it's fair to question whether empaths or being an empath is even a real thing because it's such an abstract concept based on emotions. it's tough to quantify. we can only go off of experience and yes??_ we all have some level of outward emotional sensitivity. but say it is real, i think they're are definitely varying degrees of an empaths ability. just like a psychic's ability. from what i've read, it seems like an empaths ability is kind of a form of psychic ability. if i were to give it a definition, i'd say it's someone who emotionally knows without any apparent rational way of knowing it??_ at least apparent to most others.

...and then how do you distinguish between an empath and someone who over-empathizes or has emotional over-reactivity? Which is a sign of a mental or personality disorder.

Are they feeling compassion for anothers suffering or uncomfortable and anxious in response to someones suffering/feelings? The latter just sounds like over-reactivity to emotions...not neccessarily empathy.

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Empaths are overly sensitive to others emotions; it's a transfer of energy, you can merely speak to someone and transfer energy.
For example; I once was in the presence of someone, he was extremely excited and happy, was very lovely and social. He walked over to me, still laughing, getting a drink and immediately I was washed overwhelmed, not by his happiness but by his sadness, it was so strong that I for not reason wanted to cry, I looked at him, his eyes, and the feelings got more intense.

He sat down next to me; the more he drank the more he started to talk about a girl he loved, and how he messed up the relationship, by the end of the night he was crying, by the end of the night, I felt really low of energy.

Also, many Empaths have a way of getting others to just feel comfortable, if you have a friend who just always has a way with new people, people just begin telling her stories and opening up then she's probably empath and she doesn't know it. You sum it up as "she has an easy going personality and that's the reason why.", but it's more th

Sag, I think its just a miscommunication.

When Ariette said "From what I've read, it seems very miserable. They need long periods of solitude and sleep and meditation. They're almost debilitated by it.", she wasn't talking about introverts but probably empaths. The way she wrote it, it was hard to see that she was bracketing the part about introverts, which just included "I don't think it's just as simple as "people exhaust me"...that's just simply being an introvert."

Your crown Chakra but you can also use the energy from your heart chakra to create a shield



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Yes most Empaths use their heart chakras, since I'm clairvoyant I do a lot of visualization exercises and the light comes from my crown all the time.

So for Empaths, use the light from your heart chakra and expand it outward encasing your body in it, that energy will keep your from becoming drained.

Note that I'm learning myself, I also bought stones to help me continue to develop my abilities, because I have good reasons to. So I'm not skilled, I'll say at the moment I'm unskilled but as a child I've always been able to see and hear things, as well as feel others emotions. It's something I've accepted and thankfully my family doesn't judge me, or look at me any different because of it.

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moon/neptune are also "depression aspects" which is why I brought up depression. I think it's a slippery slope.

The functions and energies symbolized by the Moon and Neptune can be complementary or antagonistic, depending upon the level of consciousness at which these functions are manifested (particularly those represented by Neptune).

Because of the difficulty in bringing together the personal psyche (associated with the Moon, as an inner planet) and the transpersonal dimension (associated with Neptune, as an outer planet), there is more of a tendency for the dynamics between the two energies to be dysfunctional.

Moon-Neptune contacts indicate the potential for your emotions to become more refined, sensitive and compassionate. However, if Neptune manifests dysfunctionally, your emotions are more vulnerable to confusion, irrationality and neurosis.

http://depthastrology2.com/MoonNeptune.html#MoonTrineNeptune

Definitely, and I've experienced both sides as I'm sure anyone with these aspects has. The "tendency for the dynamics between the two energies to be dysfunctional" though "is ameliorated through the common factors associated with the two planets that can form the basis for a more positive dynamic.", as that article goes on to say. [http://www.depthastrology2.com/MoonNeptune.htm]

Further, I definitely agree with the remainder of the article that awareness, self-transcendence to a degree, and entering into the subconscious and doing work there is necessary. I think the calamity brought about by the negatives of the dynamic propels you into that, and the energies actually facilitate the journey as the article also states. Self-hypnosis, meditation and deep trance have worked wonders for me in particular.

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Something I read recently
http://www.astrodispatch.com/2012/11/04/virgo-sun-cancer-moon-the-effective-empath/

Good read. Thanks.

Posted by TaurusLovesScorpio
Sag, I think its just a miscommunication.

When Ariette said "From what I've read, it seems very miserable. They need long periods of solitude and sleep and meditation. They're almost debilitated by it.", she wasn't talking about introverts but probably empaths. The way she wrote it, it was hard to see that she was bracketing the part about introverts, which just included "I don't think it's just as simple as "people exhaust me"...that's just simply being an introvert."

It's cool _—, I'll speak more upon my personal experiences. It's understandable to be skeptical. Before I accepted, I too was skeptical of my own abilities, until I did something I recommend no one to do. After then I kind of knew "yes okay this is real, I have these abilities and I accept."

Posted by Sagittarius2315
Before I accepted, I too was skeptical of my own abilities, until I did something I recommend no one to do.

This statement has my attention.

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Your crown Chakra but you can also use the energy from your heart chakra to create a shield

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Yes most Empaths use their heart chakras, since I'm clairvoyant I do a lot of visualization exercises and the light comes from my crown all the time.

So for Empaths, use the light from your heart chakra and expand it outward encasing your body in it, that energy will keep your from becoming drained.

Note that I'm learning myself, I also bought stones to help me continue to develop my abilities, because I have good reasons to. So I'm not skilled, I'll say at the moment I'm unskilled but as a child I've always been able to see and hear things, as well as feel others emotions. It's something I've accepted and thankfully my family doesn't judge me, or look at me any different because of it.



Interesting...

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Sag, I think its just a miscommunication.

When Ariette said "From what I've read, it seems very miserable. They need long periods of solitude and sleep and meditation. They're almost debilitated by it.", she wasn't talking about introverts but probably empaths. The way she wrote it, it was hard to see that she was bracketing the part about introverts, which just included "I don't think it's just as simple as "people exhaust me"...that's just simply being an introvert."

It's cool _—, I'll speak more upon my personal experiences. It's understandable to be skeptical. Before I accepted, I too was skeptical of my own abilities, until I did something I recommend no one to do. After then I kind of knew "yes okay this is real, I have these abilities and I accept."

It's not that I'm skeptical that empaths exist. I do believe they exist. I'm not trying to belittle the concept, that's just how I ask questions. lol.

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Lol....okay. So much is lost in translation when you don't have someone face to face.

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Your crown Chakra but you can also use the energy from your heart chakra to create a shield

+1

Yes most Empaths use their heart chakras, since I'm clairvoyant I do a lot of visualization exercises and the light comes from my crown all the time.

So for Empaths, use the light from your heart chakra and expand it outward encasing your body in it, that energy will keep your from becoming drained.

Note that I'm learning myself, I also bought stones to help me continue to develop my abilities, because I have good reasons to. So I'm not skilled, I'll say at the moment I'm unskilled but as a child I've always been able to see and hear things, as well as feel others emotions. It's something I've accepted and thankfully my family doesn't judge me, or look at me any different because of it.

Interesting...



Interesting how? Please explain_??

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Posted by Sagittarius2315
Your crown Chakra but you can also use the energy from your heart chakra to create a shield

+1

Yes most Empaths use their heart chakras, since I'm clairvoyant I do a lot of visualization exercises and the light comes from my crown all the time.

So for Empaths, use the light from your heart chakra and expand it outward encasing your body in it, that energy will keep your from becoming drained.

Note that I'm learning myself, I also bought stones to help me continue to develop my abilities, because I have good reasons to. So I'm not skilled, I'll say at the moment I'm unskilled but as a child I've always been able to see and hear things, as well as feel others emotions. It's something I've accepted and thankfully my family doesn't judge me, or look at me any different because of it.

Interesting...

Interesting how? Please explain_—



Picking up subtleties...traits when you've developed your abilities_??_

In my case I never really not paid attention to it. Many know when they are little, see , hear things, and so on. As we get older society ; even our own parents say it's wrong, so like an emotion, we suppress this abilitie(s) and lock them away.

I however, didn't do that, I was just quiet about it. So I always went back and forth whether I should be more vocal about it; and speak of dreams that I might of had to a certain family member and so on.

I finally accepted this year in the beginning of the year and I'm glad I did. Because it has helped me a lot, especially innerwardly.

Y tu se?ior? Any other tips, experience.

Posted by Sagittarius2315
Y tu se?ior? Any other tips, experience.

You've pretty much covered it_??_ The only thing I can add is calm the mind, lower the ego, and listen to your intuition...develop higher self/abilities

You guys ever run into people who fake emotions? Like, for example, you're talking to someone who goes through the motions of crying and whatnot but there's nothing there to feel. Like they're empty somehow?

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You guys ever run into people who fake emotions? Like, for example, you're talking to someone who goes through the motions of crying and whatnot but there's nothing there to feel. Like they're empty somehow?

Oh yeah and its easy to spot when you're in tune with your own.

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Posted by TMV
You guys ever run into people who fake emotions? Like, for example, you're talking to someone who goes through the motions of crying and whatnot but there's nothing there to feel. Like they're empty somehow?

Oh yeah and its easy to spot when you're in tune with your own.

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I've heard that there are dark souls that are out there. Its not to say that people that do this are dark. Some have just closed themselves off so well as to give the appearance of emptiness. But there are those who are empty

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I've heard that there are dark souls that are out there. Its not to say that people that do this are dark. Some have just closed themselves off so well as to give the appearance of emptiness. But there are those who are empty

Dark souls sounds like a good description.

Posted by TaurusLovesScorpio

>>>LOL...Capricorn, always the empiricist. I agree with all of this though. But there are a lot of ways to study things you can't quantify or observe directly. And really, this is the case with most, if not all, psychological phenomena, because conscious experience is 1st person and subjective. We can quantify neurons firing in different regions of the brain, but all of that is very different from the unobservable conscious experience that correlates with it. One way to see just how ridiculously accurate empaths can be is to seek out professionals psychic empaths, and see just how accurately they can tune into your own mindstate and those of someone else you know. I've had several such experiences that have more than convinced me of the ability. It can definitely get costly though, and its still something you can only really verify for yourself. If you have it, and its strong, you can experience precognitive empathy where you get the feelings before you meet a person who has the issue (have had this several times). A lot of mediums are strong empaths and re-experience the trauma of the deceased, and are able to iterate to the bereaved and identify accurate causes of death, etc.

teehee??_ i am what i am. and i'm also a believer in the ability as well, but i can't help a little contest to get me confidently to the truth. ;p

i may be an empath as well. i've had countless??_ countless??_ occurrences. more trivial for the most part, but a few major and anything in between. so i can definitely attest to my own experience. it really is fascinating.

and that's a good idea seeking out a psychic empath??_ i've always wanted to do it, but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. i def don't have that kind of money to blow with the holidays on our heels 😛

My morning subway rides are actually painful because there is so much swirling negativity. I'm already tired before I get to work. Sometimes if someone is sad i will feel like crying, it really messes me up 😢

what movie are we talking about

I just gave away a sodalite stone to someone who I felt needed more. Gave rose quartz to my bf actually.
I just try to pray to god..but I still feel drained. I guess I need more patience.

I've always felt I was in tune with other peoples feelings but could always control what was coming into me??_??_I'm an INTP personality type so being around people too much drains me anyway and I live inside my own head a lot of the time reading and thinking about things, a lot of the time I can't help but think about things that come into my mind so I kind of quarantine my thinking with visual exercises and hypnosis and its the greatest trick for my own psychological warfare against negativity , you can make a bad part of your life non existent or even turn it into a positive time or even If I'm at a club and feeling anxiety I put it in a box in my head and kick it off a cliff and watch a huge wave come in and take it out to sea then I turn my back on it and see theres a huge party for me and my favourite song is playing??_. If I'm on the dance floor at a club or in a situation and can't move because i'm feeling self conscious or something and do this exercise I start to feel instantly better as soon as the box hits the water and I feel like I'm on a pill when the wave takes it away??_.I instantly feel light as a feather and really happy so using visualisation therapy to protect yourself can work wonders especially if you are a visual person lol??_.I have always known when people are lying to me!??_not just lying but the feeling that something is being kept from me is always strong whenever its happening I learnt it from my mum because she is the best lier ever??_.to be a good lier you have got to only ever tell them rarely and my mum has told 3 in total to my face and I never believed her??_..I still love her though because she let me get my christmas presents and easter bunny chocolate and the made sure the "tooth fairy" never short changed me.

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Posted by anonymousheart
I just gave away a sodalite stone to someone who I felt needed more. Gave rose quartz to my bf actually.
I just try to pray to god..but I still feel drained. I guess I need more patience.

Definitely try black tourmaline, it's my favourite. Especially if I'm going to a party/busy public place. 🙂

I used to feel like you do, constantly worn down by others' negative energy. Meditate for ten minutes a day. Shower 1-2 times a day, the water is a great conductor for energy, and will rinse off all the negativity from your aura. I also recommend smudging with white sage. 🙂

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WOW! It's funny you say that because I find myself taking way too many baths a day as an escape. I feel like the water cleanses the feelings. I've been known to take 3, 4 on a really awful day.

I'm starting to feel like "its me" or I'm an emotional dumping ground. Because someone will feel awful, I will hold onto those feelings days after, brooding. Then they are happy and restored.


I realized I feed into it and I need to stop, but some people have such strong energy I can't shake it. I had to sleep like 11 hours last night. I just felt so tired. Even in my dreams I was having conversations with these people 😢

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Posted by anonymousheart
I just gave away a sodalite stone to someone who I felt needed more. Gave rose quartz to my bf actually.
I just try to pray to god..but I still feel drained. I guess I need more patience.

Definitely try black tourmaline, it's my favourite. Especially if I'm going to a party/busy public place. 🙂

I used to feel like you do, constantly worn down by others' negative energy. Meditate for ten minutes a day. Shower 1-2 times a day, the water is a great conductor for energy, and will rinse off all the negativity from your aura. I also recommend smudging with white sage. 🙂

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wow i also use tourmaline, but been using it for ages, and also obsidian works good. but tourmaline is the best. The energies are INTENSE. I feel if i use these medals, the stones kind of balances me. Maybe its because of all the spirits that are around us.

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I'm starting to feel like "its me" or I'm an emotional dumping ground. Because someone will feel awful, I will hold onto those feelings days after, brooding. Then they are happy and restored.


I realized I feed into it and I need to stop, but some people have such strong energy I can't shake it. I had to sleep like 11 hours last night. I just felt so tired. Even in my dreams I was having conversations with these people 😢

have a couple glasses of wine. It helps drown out the energies.

Haha, ok you've both identified my two new favorite things to do: drink wine in the bath.

Good talk!

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For an empath daily cleansing as described above showers, meditation basically visualizing white light running throught the body n clearing other energy out through ur first chakra through a grounding chord.
In my experience I could feel another's pain, emotional or physical but not only the feeling but knowing the whole story behind it without ever them saying a word. N what I already knew has been confirmed.
I had a horrible experience when out at a bar with ladies a man approach was loud obnoxious but the energy was bad dark energy. The ladies were trying to get rid of him nicely but I just wanted to run out. I had to leave to the restroom n my whole energy was drained my whole body drained. After leaving I became physically ill body aches, muscle spasm took days to recover. That was some bad energy I had never experience.

I have only experienced that once. It's very very scary stuff. A few months later the same guy raped a friend of mine on campus. Everyone thought I was crazy at the time I reacted to him.

Black Tourmaline. I want this one...
http://www.theofennell.com/acatalog/Black-Tourmaline-Coronet-Heart-Pendant-60780.html