Emotional Association

[KC Destroyer of Worlds]

I've been working with my empathic abilities for a few years off and on, pretty steadily for the past 18 months.

I've been running headlong into the issue of the directionality of emotion. I can tell someone is upset or happy or whathaveyou about something, I just don't know about what.

I know that empathy is sometimes a precursor to other psychic abilities, now that I'm getting a handle on my empathy; is it possible to hone other abilities in order to get a better grasp on what I'm reading?

[Lunacie]

I found that doing tarot/rune readings pretty often helped me to fine-tune my people reading empathic ability. Not saying that would work for everyone though.

Sometimes people themselves aren't quite sure what they're feeling or why - or they may be "of two minds" about something which makes reading them tricky.

Some people I connect with better than others. Some days I feel too connected to everything and some days I feel quite shut out and closed off.

And sometimes I just pick up wayward energies that have nothing to do with me at all. I can just acknowledge them as I would a piece of paper being blown past by the wind and then forget them.

[KC Destroyer of Worlds]

I found that doing tarot/rune readings pretty often helped me to fine-tune my people reading empathic ability. Not saying that would work for everyone though.

Sometimes people themselves aren't quite sure what they're feeling or why - or they may be "of two minds" about something which makes reading them tricky.

Some people I connect with better than others. Some days I feel too connected to everything and some days I feel quite shut out and closed off.

And sometimes I just pick up wayward energies that have nothing to do with me at all. I can just acknowledge them as I would a piece of paper being blown past by the wind and then forget them.

Thanks Lunacie:thumbsup:

[Nesta]

I've been working with my empathic abilities for a few years off and on, pretty steadily for the past 18 months.

I've been running headlong into the issue of the directionality of emotion. I can tell someone is upset or happy or whathaveyou about something, I just don't know about what.

I know that empathy is sometimes a precursor to other psychic abilities, now that I'm getting a handle on my empathy; is it possible to hone other abilities in order to get a better grasp on what I'm reading?

I'm an empath too. I've come to the conclusion that if I can feel the emotion but not the reason for the emotion then I'm just not supposed to know. I don't necessarily feel that I'm prying when I feel emotions because they're usually so strong they're just jumping out at me. Having said that I do feel it would be intrusive to delve into why a person may be feeling a certain way so I don't push for it.

There's also the fact that sometimes people get confused about situations and how they feel or want to react. This would make it difficult to sense where the emotions are coming from. Sometimes people don't know why they feel a certain way eg, if they've had some emotional news and haven't had time to adjust or gather their thoughts.

[swapmeetmomma]

I found at first I could tell why and where the emotions where coming from with the people I was closest to. Then I just concentrated on trying it with others, but then I was with a wiccan high priest and he called me on it. Told me it was inappropriate without permission. Sometimes I still do it on accident, but it has been coming to me naturally so now I try to not do it to people when someone in my family is around to catch me. Most the women in my family are wiccan and empaths so I get alot of help there. As far as opening other abilities, I had premonitions and saw/ communicated with alot of spirits way before I learned I was an empath and as I developed my empathic abilities the others just kind of weakened or went away. Dont know why.

[Kaileena O'shea]

For me I've always been so strongly empathic I can sense what someone is feeling and about what with little effort I don't have to be touching them at the time. I had an instance just tonight where someone sent me a PM on a different site which had me in quite the state not because of anything I had done but I had absorbed her emotion myself. For me it was just that easy I just knew. Generally if i'm not touching them I see a picture of how they are reacting in my head. Its a little weird but that's how it is for me *laughs* I'm not really sure how you would hone your talents empathically it comes naturally to me. I would say that if you REALLY want to know what the situation is with someone else I would try and figure it out. So if someone is feeling angry see if you can't "see" a little more about why they are upset? If that made sense.

[Johnathan Brisby]

I've been working with my empathic abilities for a few years off and on, pretty steadily for the past 18 months.

I've been running headlong into the issue of the directionality of emotion. I can tell someone is upset or happy or whathaveyou about something, I just don't know about what.

I know that empathy is sometimes a precursor to other psychic abilities, now that I'm getting a handle on my empathy; is it possible to hone other abilities in order to get a better grasp on what I'm reading?

you may or may not experience second sight when your abilities begin to peak, but it will hopefully go away-- trust me theres nothing really to see, i think its just a learning tool to help you better understand and control your feelings

as for what others are feeling-- just train yourself to calm and center and allow the fragments to coalesce into a clear picture. think of it as recieving pieces to a puzzle