And Now I Want It Back

[zombi]

Probably about ten years ago now, I figured out that "Empath" was the name for what I was experiencing and starting trying to hone these skills. I for some reason (I think in large part because of my eating disorder, honestly, it consumed me for a long time) seem to have blocked off my empathic abilities. I don't mean all of them, but the more specific and honed ones.

Anyway, long story short: how do I open that door back up again? I pretty much slammed the damn thing shut and padlocked it, but now I want it back open. Thoughts?

[Lunacie]

I think meditation would be a good way to start. Become in tune with your inner spirit, and then begin to open your awareness to the world outside yourself. Do a Google for "exercises to develop psychic abilities / power" and try some of those suggestions.

By starting with really getting to know yourself first, you will be better able to have good boundaries so that you don't take on all the thoughts and emotions that others broadcast willy-nilly and absorb them into yourself. It can be helpful to feel what others are feeling, but it can be a burden to actually let yourself begin to feel those feelings yourself.