Empathic Bunker

[innocent]

How do you explain to someone that your not anti-social, you just don't want to leave the house because you can't shield well enough, and when they drag you out into the busiest place in town filled with teenagers and you have an anxiety attack, they insist on dragging you to a psychologist who already thinks you are a bit off your trolly?

It's happening again....

[DracoJesi]

Im sorry, yeah yhat could be a problem :hugz:

[ravenmyst]

some people are hard to shield, wish I had all the answers but I still suffer them too, try combos, or if nothing works I avoid them. As to explaining it, that is hard, I had problems explaining why I knew right where my son was hiding to his friend, he was like howd you do that, I said I just know, freaked him out a bit. many empaths avoid crowds, am still working on constant block running, Draco I think you have that down better than me at this point, although mine work better if I start it before I get stressed, if I try to throw it up whilke stressed it doesnt work as well

[DracoJesi]

oh trust me, I havent qute got it down yet :rotfl: Im shure your beter at it than you think :) I dont know what makes you think im further along then you, I doubt that, I mean for one thing youve nbeen at it for how long?

[ravenmyst]

I have been doing it consciously for 10 yrs or so, but always burn my own energy, of which I have so little left. and am still doing very unreliably

[Lunacie]

Ah, just remembered this... only have a moment. My friend Albie says she can't make a personal shield at all, so when she's in a situation where she needs a shield or protection she quickly petitions the Goddess for protection. Works for her.

[ravenmyst]

I think I have that smcd stuff

[ravenmyst]

its never to late, :hugz:

[Lunacie]

Hi Skyler, yep that's a good indication. If you weren't feeling sad and then someone comes near you who IS sad, and then you find yourself feeling sad too. Some of it may be sympathy, but I think "intensity" is the marker that determines whether you're actually taking on the feelings of others. Welcome to the club.

[ravenmyst]

:hugz:

[ravenmyst]

no problem, wish I could give more. And Draco, where ever you may be isolated and imprisoned, we have not forgotten you

[CinnaMoon]

my updated tips for trying to block others' emotions: i think a big issue with not being able to block is because u do want to recieve certain emotions...like happiness and such, but if u leave urself open to feel others' emotions...the bad and bitter slips in. So, it's hard. I can't master it as much as i'd like, but I'm hoping that more positive ones will start to come to me rather than sad ones...who knows.

[Lunacie]

Thanks to PearlS for posting this link in another thread.

http://www.mastersinthemaking.com/articles/empathicgrounding.shtml

Grounding techniques for Empaths

[ravenmyst]

WOW!!!!! great page!, thanks, love the siggy too

[greenwitch]

*empathic overload* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! *rips hair out*

every time I walk into a different room I get a new emotion!!! I'm not even sure if the emotions I"m feeling now are my own or someone else's!! I've been grounding myself non-stop for the past three days and it doesnt seem to help hardly at all! I know how to shield myself, and I've been doing it but I dunno, it's not working!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! :shot:

[ravenmyst]

:hugz: niece, sit quietly for a bit, identify what feelings are yours, then as you pass through other rooms, try to reflect those that arent yours. at very least try to lowr your stress level as that makes us 100 times worse, :hugz:

[PoisonIvy]

*empathic overload* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! *rips hair out*

every time I walk into a different room I get a new emotion!!! I'm not even sure if the emotions I"m feeling now are my own or someone else's!! I've been grounding myself non-stop for the past three days and it doesnt seem to help hardly at all! I know how to shield myself, and I've been doing it but I dunno, it's not working!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! :shot:

You really should read "Witches Shield" it has a lot of good grounding and shielding techniques in it and the CD that comes with the book is awesome! It's helped me a lot!!!

[greenwitch]

You really should read "Witches Shield" it has a lot of good grounding and shielding techniques in it and the CD that comes with the book is awesome! It's helped me a lot!!!


Thanks! I'll see if I can find it anywhere, cuz grounding and my own shielding isn't workin! :noway:

[ravenmyst]

ohh, I need to be hunting that too

[melantha rose]

I have a question about all this. I have remained silent (on this, at least :hehehe: ) since I first joined in early March. But, I have read a lot of others' posts on the topic. My question is, when I see a child and read their eyes and the sea of sadness in their spirits, it's like I can see and feel what they are going through at home. I know if they are being abused and I connect with them. And they look into me, like they know I can see it. I can't explain it, but does anyone know what I'm talking about? It makes me want to grab them and hold them and shelter them. I want to cry and I can't stop thinking about that one little child for, like days, weeks, months, and in some cases, years. It is too much. I can't watch the news, because of all the child abuse stories. I was bombarded last night by the memory of the little boy who's dad used a tasor gun on him for punishment. It's because I noticed that the front tip of our tv remote control looks alot like a tasor gun, and here come all the memories and emotions from that case, which was a year or two ago, flooding back in. I couldn't speak, and I had to fight to stop from crying. My husband told me, "you can't let it bother you so much. You can't get upset over it or you will die from the sadness." But, how do I NOT get upset? How do I not let it overpower me? How do I breathe when I remember and feel so much? How do I stop the memories? And how do I Not feel the pain?

Sorry to be so emotional, but well, I am. I have battled with this problem (or mental disorder, some would say) since I was a child. It was with animals when I was a kid, but since I have had children of my own, it is mainly focused on kids now. I have lived with it for so long that everyone who knows me, knows this is how I am. Even my work buddies know the real me in this sense. They chuckle about it, but they do try to shelter me from extreme news stories. It's sweet how they care. I feel that, too. :smile: It is only thanks to RavenMyst that I am able to open up with this today. She has helped me more than she knows. (Thank you, Shadow Sis. :hugz: ) I am going out on a limb opening up like this, but I am hoping that some of you can help me cope with this problem. This seems like the best place to go. It would be much easier to go to the store if I could find a way to not feel so much that actually works. WalMart is the worst place for people like us to go, but it is like the only place in my town to go. We are fixing to go there today. My hands are already shaking, just thinking about all the kids that are going to be there. I know there are going to be little ones crying. :geez: I wish I could find that book yall are talking about.

[Earthy]

Oh Mel :hugz:
I don't know what to say, i have never experienced what you feel, and i bet it can feel like a curse rather than a blessing eh.

I have to be careful when watching news reports and stuff, cos i seem to tap into childrens emotions that way, and it's as if i'm sucked into their bodies and can feel their trauma..their fears, their terror and bewilderment...it makes me weep :(

:hugz:

[ravenmyst]

mel, as soon as I find that book or any good answers I will get them to you. Walmart kills me too, but I am able to not see most people, I focus on what I need and virtually run through the store, my kids complain cause I go so fast. pops posted a spell that is to help our shielding, do you think you could use that, I will email it to you. :hugz: :huddle: and much love

[melantha rose]

Oh, thank yall for understanding. Earthy, that is exactly the feelings I'm talking about. It is so heavy and thick. But, I am happy to report that we did not go to WalMart after all. We got to working in the garden, and my husband helped me finish up the herb garden I started a while back. It looks so pretty!! After that, we were to hungry, tired, and hot to face WalMart, so we took the kids to a seafood restaurant, instead. It was great. Today's my hub's birthday, so we splurged on shrimp, scallops, and red snapper, and he had a beer and I had a glass of wine. It was great! :smile:

RavenMyst, that could help me. It's worth a try. I really don't like being like this. I try to be hard, but then I feel like a bitch, and I can still feel the things I'm hiding from. :bangyourh

It's so nice to talk with folks who understand these things. Thanks again, friends. :huddle:

[PoisonIvy]

I have a question about all this. I have remained silent (on this, at least :hehehe: ) since I first joined in early March. But, I have read a lot of others' posts on the topic. My question is, when I see a child and read their eyes and the sea of sadness in their spirits, it's like I can see and feel what they are going through at home. I know if they are being abused and I connect with them. And they look into me, like they know I can see it. I can't explain it, but does anyone know what I'm talking about? It makes me want to grab them and hold them and shelter them. I want to cry and I can't stop thinking about that one little child for, like days, weeks, months, and in some cases, years. It is too much. I can't watch the news, because of all the child abuse stories. I was bombarded last night by the memory of the little boy who's dad used a tasor gun on him for punishment. It's because I noticed that the front tip of our tv remote control looks alot like a tasor gun, and here come all the memories and emotions from that case, which was a year or two ago, flooding back in. I couldn't speak, and I had to fight to stop from crying. My husband told me, "you can't let it bother you so much. You can't get upset over it or you will die from the sadness." But, how do I NOT get upset? How do I not let it overpower me? How do I breathe when I remember and feel so much? How do I stop the memories? And how do I Not feel the pain?

Sorry to be so emotional, but well, I am. I have battled with this problem (or mental disorder, some would say) since I was a child. It was with animals when I was a kid, but since I have had children of my own, it is mainly focused on kids now. I have lived with it for so long that everyone who knows me, knows this is how I am. Even my work buddies know the real me in this sense. They chuckle about it, but they do try to shelter me from extreme news stories. It's sweet how they care. I feel that, too. :smile: It is only thanks to RavenMyst that I am able to open up with this today. She has helped me more than she knows. (Thank you, Shadow Sis. :hugz: ) I am going out on a limb opening up like this, but I am hoping that some of you can help me cope with this problem. This seems like the best place to go. It would be much easier to go to the store if I could find a way to not feel so much that actually works. WalMart is the worst place for people like us to go, but it is like the only place in my town to go. We are fixing to go there today. My hands are already shaking, just thinking about all the kids that are going to be there. I know there are going to be little ones crying. :geez: I wish I could find that book yall are talking about.



#1 Stop watching the news and dramas! And second...start grounding and shielding yourself so that all of the pain of others won't bother you so much. And yeah,the grocery, department stores and the Mall are the worst for me. I had a hard time coping with others' feelings for awhile now,but since I've been doing yoga and meditating everyday,I've noticed a huge difference! I highly recommend the book The Witches Shield by Christopher Penczak to anyone who's having problems coping with other peoples feelings as you are. You can get that book just about anywhere. I think I got mine at Barnes and Noble,even Amazon.com has it,I believe.
I used to think that empathy was a terrible curse! I even had to go on Prozac because of it! But now that I'm a little older and have done a lot of research,I have finally come to the conclusion that empathy is not a curse,but a gift!
I hope that what I said may help you a little bit.

Blessed Be!
Ivy

[melantha rose]

Thank you, Poison Ivy. I wish I could pull some of yall out of my computer and have yall as friends out here in this world. :bigblue:

[Earthy]

I have to agree about the Christopher Penczak book.I bought it recently and it is good :)

[melantha rose]

Perhaps I should look on Amazon for it. It seems this book is one to own. :reading:

[PoisonIvy]

You should definately check it out! I'm also looking forward to getting his book and the CD companion called The Inner Temple. I just love meditating!

[BlondeNorse]

I have a question about all this. I have remained silent (on this, at least :hehehe: ) since I first joined in early March. But, I have read a lot of others' posts on the topic. My question is, when I see a child and read their eyes and the sea of sadness in their spirits, it's like I can see and feel what they are going through at home. I know if they are being abused and I connect with them. And they look into me, like they know I can see it. I can't explain it, but does anyone know what I'm talking about? It makes me want to grab them and hold them and shelter them. I want to cry and I can't stop thinking about that one little child for, like days, weeks, months, and in some cases, years. It is too much. I can't watch the news, because of all the child abuse stories. I was bombarded last night by the memory of the little boy who's dad used a tasor gun on him for punishment. It's because I noticed that the front tip of our tv remote control looks alot like a tasor gun, and here come all the memories and emotions from that case, which was a year or two ago, flooding back in. I couldn't speak, and I had to fight to stop from crying. My husband told me, "you can't let it bother you so much. You can't get upset over it or you will die from the sadness." But, how do I NOT get upset? How do I not let it overpower me? How do I breathe when I remember and feel so much? How do I stop the memories? And how do I Not feel the pain?

Sorry to be so emotional, but well, I am. I have battled with this problem (or mental disorder, some would say) since I was a child. It was with animals when I was a kid, but since I have had children of my own, it is mainly focused on kids now. I have lived with it for so long that everyone who knows me, knows this is how I am. Even my work buddies know the real me in this sense. They chuckle about it, but they do try to shelter me from extreme news stories. It's sweet how they care. I feel that, too. :smile: It is only thanks to RavenMyst that I am able to open up with this today. She has helped me more than she knows. (Thank you, Shadow Sis. :hugz: ) I am going out on a limb opening up like this, but I am hoping that some of you can help me cope with this problem. This seems like the best place to go. It would be much easier to go to the store if I could find a way to not feel so much that actually works. WalMart is the worst place for people like us to go, but it is like the only place in my town to go. We are fixing to go there today. My hands are already shaking, just thinking about all the kids that are going to be there. I know there are going to be little ones crying. :geez: I wish I could find that book yall are talking about.

I tend to be a huge mess in stores, and especially malls. I am basically housebound now, not because of that, but because I am physically disabled; still, it has made my emotional life a bit less taxing. I, too, have a strong connection with children and what they're feeling. The most difficult part is that I was sexually abused as a child, so I recognize and empathize immediately. It IS difficult not to want to grab the child who is being abused and run off with her (or him). I also have a super strong connection to canines. (I know, I know -- "aren't 'witches' supposed to be all about cats?" :dontknow: Not THIS one!) I can watch a person being killed, on a movie or something, but NOT a dog! The latter nearly paralyzes me with grief.

Sometimes people laugh at my choice of TV shows, because when I'm feeling especially "receptive," I tend to watch the "goody-goody" stuff. Not that it turns everything off, mind you. I still bawl my eyes out over long-distance commercials! :geez:

There are times when "grounding" and "blocking" work really well for me, but then there are times when they either don't work at all or they completely backfire. I have to operate on a "feel as you are" basis. "What you feel is what you get." You know?!

Does anything I've written make sense to anyone else here, or am I actually just an "oddball?!" :weirdsmil

~Namaste~
Sharon aka Beep

P.S. Haven't been online for a while -- health junque -- so "hello" to all those I don't know, and re-hello to those I knew and am looking forward to knowing better (again!). :wave:

[ravenmyst]

hello. just a snippet from my journal,

That when I am drowning in empath hell, that I can share the feelings without owning them, that I can send out love and care without giving all of me to fix them. I am not responsible..........what a thought

huh. fascinating concept

[melantha rose]

This is a very wise concept, RavenMyst. This is something I think we all can meditate on and gain wisdom from. If you don't mind, I think I will write it down and do just that. It is very eloquently and thoughtfully written. I can feel your heart in it, which is a gift you possess. You should write books. :smile:

And BlondeNorse, hello. It's nice to meet you, first off. Secondly, I know exactly what you mean about canines. I have always had a kindred spirit with dogs and wolves, or it seems I do, anyway. Especially when I was a kid. My parents would screen the news previews and if there was any animal abuse stories coming on, they would run me out of the room, esp. with dogs or horses and even chickens or rooster fight stories, so I couldn't hear what had happened to them. They knew how badly I freaked out if I heard of any horrible abuse with animals and would not let me hear. I drew a picture when I was 9 years old of a neighborhood for dogs only. It had a family of dogs playing inside the white picked (sp?) fence, a maildog delivering mail, a dog on a riding lawnmower, a car full of dogs driving down the street, etc. and under the picture I wrote, "Dogs are people too, they just can't talk like we do, so treat them right." It is still hanging on my old closet door at my parents house. My love for animals definately exceeded the human limit! :hehehehe: And I cannot watch movies with animal abuse or trauma (physical or emotional) to children, either. Thankfully, Interview With A Vampire changed the age of the little girl to about 12. In the book, she was about 5. And Bram Stoker's Dracula also changed the child's age from "a small child" (which usually means a toddler or young child) to an infant--and they didn't show what the 3 vampresses did with the baby, whereas in the book, it was 'a little more obvious'. (Sorry, I like vampires movies/books.) Anyway, what you said makes perfect sense to me. I have not been able to successfully shield myself from "the incoming", though, and I am tired. I'm just about ready to pee in a jar of nails and see if that might help!! :bigblue:

[Lunacie]

hello. just a snippet from my journal,

That when I am drowning in empath hell, that I can share the feelings without owning them, that I can send out love and care without giving all of me to fix them. I am not responsible..........what a thought

huh. fascinating concept

Yes, fascinating.

And entirely do-able.

With a bit of practice.

Yay, Raven! :thumbsup:

[ravenmyst]

by all means, use anything I write if it helps, that is why its there! :hugz: And I too have that affinity for animals more than people, animals are so straightforward, and soothing, honest. You know when they need you and what they need, people just put crap out which overloads and it can be hard to get to the point. :huddle: and thanks

[melantha rose]

by all means, use anything I write if it helps, that is why its there! :hugz: And I too have that affinity for animals more than people, animals are so straightforward, and soothing, honest. You know when they need you and what they need, people just put crap out which overloads and it can be hard to get to the point. :huddle: and thanks
Your velcome, ShadowSis!! :bat: And good morning to you, my deayr.

[BlondeNorse]

hello. just a snippet from my journal,

That when I am drowning in empath hell, that I can share the feelings without owning them, that I can send out love and care without giving all of me to fix them. I am not responsible..........what a thought

huh. fascinating concept

Hi Ravenmyst! MARVELOUS concept, and very well put! Thank you for that! Hope to "see" you around!!

~Namaste~
Sharon aka Beep!

[BlondeNorse]

This is a very wise concept, RavenMyst. This is something I think we all can meditate on and gain wisdom from. If you don't mind, I think I will write it down and do just that. It is very eloquently and thoughtfully written. I can feel your heart in it, which is a gift you possess. You should write books. :smile:

And BlondeNorse, hello. It's nice to meet you, first off. Secondly, I know exactly what you mean about canines. I have always had a kindred spirit with dogs and wolves, or it seems I do, anyway. Especially when I was a kid. My parents would screen the news previews and if there was any animal abuse stories coming on, they would run me out of the room, esp. with dogs or horses and even chickens or rooster fight stories, so I couldn't hear what had happened to them. They knew how badly I freaked out if I heard of any horrible abuse with animals and would not let me hear. I drew a picture when I was 9 years old of a neighborhood for dogs only. It had a family of dogs playing inside the white picked (sp?) fence, a maildog delivering mail, a dog on a riding lawnmower, a car full of dogs driving down the street, etc. and under the picture I wrote, "Dogs are people too, they just can't talk like we do, so treat them right." It is still hanging on my old closet door at my parents house. My love for animals definately exceeded the human limit! :hehehehe: And I cannot watch movies with animal abuse or trauma (physical or emotional) to children, either. Thankfully, Interview With A Vampire changed the age of the little girl to about 12. In the book, she was about 5. And Bram Stoker's Dracula also changed the child's age from "a small child" (which usually means a toddler or young child) to an infant--and they didn't show what the 3 vampresses did with the baby, whereas in the book, it was 'a little more obvious'. (Sorry, I like vampires movies/books.) Anyway, what you said makes perfect sense to me. I have not been able to successfully shield myself from "the incoming", though, and I am tired. I'm just about ready to pee in a jar of nails and see if that might help!! :bigblue:

Hello Melantha Rose! :wave:

I am SOOOO simpatico when it comes to animals. (Especially doggies, of course!) Remotes are my greatest salvation, even now. I still cannot bear to watch news stories about animal abuse. I grab that remote and hit the most convenient button, no matter where it takes me! (Anywhere is better than THAT!) My so-called parents (we're estranged) never shielded me from anything like that, so I had to learn to shield myself. Maybe that's why I've been able to learn to screen out the most painful of empathic feelings when necessary? (That, and the fact that I am severely OLD! _travolta_ <--- saw that movie when it FIRST came out! OLD!! :ugh: )

Would you like to see my two babies? Piper and Wilson?

http://home.att.net/%7Eshron62/wsb/media/50504/site1075.jpg

(Piper has her head on Wilson's "butt pillow!") I love my babies! :heartthro

It's so great to meet you, and to be back at MW!

~Namaste~
Sharon aka Beep!

[BlondeNorse]

BTW, this is Priscilla (a wedding gift from my late husband; they're both gone now); she was -- always will be -- my "heart dog." :heartthro

http://home.att.net/%7Eshron62/wsb/media/50504/site1086_t.jpg

~Namaste~
Sharon aka Beep!

[ravenmyst]

you arent that old, Blondenorse! glad to see you around, love the droopy puppyeyes

[Lunacie]

What georgeous fur-babies. *sigh* We sure miss our basset babies a lot. And no! You're not old! I'm old.

[melantha rose]

You're not that old, but I know how you feel about feeling ancient. I just turned 36 a few weeks ago. I've always had such a bad feeling about turning this age. Now I'll be happy to see 37. :ggrief:

Your doggies are so cute. I'm sorry to hear about your husband and your Priscilla. You may not be ancient, but you are strong for sure. :hugz: :hugz:

[CinnaMoon]

You both aren't old ! Stop saying that. Lol. Where do u find all of ur cool witchy/pagan/wiccan pictures at? I use photo shop sometimes to make some, but never share them with others unless I choose to. I'm just curious.

[Lunacie]

Well, my grandkids think I'm old. http://mysticwicks.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
Actually I'm thrilled to be crone. http://mysticwicks.com/images/smilies2/xlbirthday.gif
My friend Lyntwyn sent me this pic in an email.
I loved it and wanted to see it every day. http://mysticwicks.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[fangedeshana]

*waves* Though I would say Hi. I used to be a very strong empath, and could barely control it until I realised what was happening and saught out some help.

However, I get thr oposite end of the stick these days. After being depressed for the majority of the last 6 years and shutting myself off (I was basically a hermit, I'm serious...) from everything buy food, water and my computer I lost my ability. More recently I've been missing it actually, like a part of me isn't right without it, and I also miss the knack I had for healing that went along with it.

I'm working on developing my empathy and healing back, as I hope the have just gone dormant after not being used for so long.

[Lunacie]

Hi Eshana, welcome to the bunker. Ya do know that old saying, "Be careful what you wish for", right? :T

[ravenmyst]

seriously, I know many who would give their eye teeth to be able to shut it off so effectively. To enhance it you can try using amplifying stones, such as amethyst or quartz, there are herbs that open doorways, and simply concentrating on opening gaps in your walls.

[fangedeshana]

Hi Eshana, welcome to the bunker. Ya do know that old saying, "Be careful what you wish for", right? :T

lol, yeah, I know its sounds a bit strange... but I know what I'm signing up for! :thumbsup:

And who knows... perhaps because I shut it off completely, I will be able to controll it more now that I'm opening it back up, more than trying to close down a full blown gift from the start.

I think it was good it closed off, and perhaps it is the reason why it did - it gave me time to really get through problems within myself that normal would have almost been impossible with the empathy running amuck. :fpompoms

Thanks for the tips!

[Lunacie]

This thread has gotten very -very- long, but there is a lot of good information (and empathy :T ) in here for those who take some time to browse through it. And feel free to ask any questions you have and we'll share what we've discovered about our gift/curse. ;)

[fangedeshana]

I know this hasn't got much to do with the topic... if at all.... but....

Frisbeetarianism (n.), the belief that; when you die your Soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.

LMFAO. I loved that. It seriously made me giggle my arse off out loud.

As I progress, I'll possible update a bit in this thread, and ask you guys any questions as I go along. I'm still in the progress of reading the ENTIRE thread. But I will get there eventually ;)

[Mirrored Wolf]

well , i was talking to kaylara and i realised i am empathic , but i think i should ask you guys if you think so. when someone around me feels sad , or hurt , i immediatly start feeling that coming from them , and start feeling like they do , and i can tell what kind of mood someone is in just by being near them , and i feel what their feeling , and like when im in school everything is constantly changing and im always flustered because my feelings are changing ever milisecond and its really really annoying , but i also help people, like if someone is feeling really sad i will know exactly how they feel , and be able to help them with it ... anyway i just figured i'd ask your all openions

[ravenmyst]

I would say you are in the right place, wander around read some of our back posts there is tons of info here, for those who look, I and many others will be glad to answer questions as best as we can, :hugz: it is a challenge but still a gift

[wakywitch]

Any tips for grounding?
I tried looking back for threads, but too many OT's.

[Lunacie]

Any tips for grounding?
I tried looking back for threads, but too many OT's.

MW actually has a pretty good internal search engine.

Grounding & Centering :



http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=95571&highlight=grounding (http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=95571&highlight=grounding)


http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthre...&threadid=14029 (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14029)

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthre...=&threadid=9909 (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9909)

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthre...=&threadid=8052


Google.com is a good web-search engine, have you tried 'googling' for "grounding"?

[Avalonia]

I'm beginning to think I might be an empath, because I pick up on others' emotions. One of the few times I've actually brought it up to someone, I got this weird look (what had happened was it was Carbonear Collegiate Idol - yeah, and I was in the audience, watching one of the performers. I just got this wave of nervousness and I started to shake the way he was shaking. It was quite odd.) and nothing more said. I notice that it has to be quite strong (maybe I'm not all that sensitive), but it'll remain with me for a while.

I still have that inexplicable sinking feeling still (I'm not sure if any of you read my thread in Just Pagan about that), and I feel like it's connected somehow. I'm not sure how, but I think it's connected.

[ravenmyst]

have not read your thread, will though, but alot of times its the real strong ones that get through, easier to naturally block the lighter ones, :hugz:

[wakywitch]

MW actually has a pretty good internal search engine.

Grounding & Centering :



http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=95571&highlight=grounding (http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=95571&highlight=grounding)


http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthre...&threadid=14029 (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14029)

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthre...=&threadid=9909 (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9909)

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthre...=&threadid=8052


Google.com is a good web-search engine, have you tried 'googling' for "grounding"?




THANKS Lunacie!! :ballonsmi

[Earthy]

Haven't been here for a while.
This last few weeks have hit me terribly hard..i've had trouble shielding myself and i've been in a state of depression and tears mostly..i can hardly recognise the person i was a few weeks ago..though i'm struggling to regain her..i'm determined.

[Avalonia]

Haven't been here for a while.
This last few weeks have hit me terribly hard..i've had trouble shielding myself and i've been in a state of depression and tears mostly..i can hardly recognise the person i was a few weeks ago..though i'm struggling to regain her..i'm determined.

:hugz:

[ravenmyst]

Haven't been here for a while.
This last few weeks have hit me terribly hard..i've had trouble shielding myself and i've been in a state of depression and tears mostly..i can hardly recognise the person i was a few weeks ago..though i'm struggling to regain her..i'm determined.
you will find her, we all will.

[Lunacie]

Haven't been here for a while.
This last few weeks have hit me terribly hard..i've had trouble shielding myself and i've been in a state of depression and tears mostly..i can hardly recognise the person i was a few weeks ago..though i'm struggling to regain her..i'm determined.

Hugs :hugz: and energies to feel better, and more like yourself.

[wakywitch]

Haven't been here for a while.
This last few weeks have hit me terribly hard..i've had trouble shielding myself and i've been in a state of depression and tears mostly..i can hardly recognise the person i was a few weeks ago..though i'm struggling to regain her..i'm determined.

Earthy--I don't mean this to sound harsh, but sometimes we need to "leave" ourselves in order to find our selves once more! :flowers:

[Sowelu]

Haven't been here for a while.
This last few weeks have hit me terribly hard..i've had trouble shielding myself and i've been in a state of depression and tears mostly..i can hardly recognise the person i was a few weeks ago..though i'm struggling to regain her..i'm determined.


(((gives Earthy big bear hug)))) Ya know....if there's anything I can ever do let me know!!!!!!!:heartthro

[ravenmyst]

:D :hugz: Earthy is good now, but it was a rough patch for alot of us. Is it just me or has there been an excessive amount of drama lately?

[PoisonIvy]

It's not just you. Lot's of drama around here too!

[ravenmyst]

dont I know it, :hugz:

[Earthy]

Yea..i have been feeling lots of drama too.
it happens..every so often there is a spate of unrest here and then it settles down again :hugz:

[Lunacie]

Like most things, it seems to go in cycles.

[Contra Mundum]

I SOO know wHAT YOU PEOPLE MEAN ,i am new at this sh8t,but sometimes i need to turn away from people because i can't handle it,it's just too strong.today i found out that my aunt is dying and i just felt thid=s feeling coming up i had to block it severely .it's like it's not my own feeling and that it's destroying me ,i'm sorry i'm drunk so i may not be speaking sense,i can't explain it it's just there

[ravenmyst]

:hugz:

[DracoJesi]

hey guys im back, what all have I missed, Ive gotton better at shielding but other than that I havent been doing much, how about you guys?

[DracoJesi]

I SOO know wHAT YOU PEOPLE MEAN ,i am new at this sh8t,but sometimes i need to turn away from people because i can't handle it,it's just too strong.today i found out that my aunt is dying and i just felt thid=s feeling coming up i had to block it severely .it's like it's not my own feeling and that it's destroying me ,i'm sorry i'm drunk so i may not be speaking sense,i can't explain it it's just there

it gets easier eventualy, lets start with the basics, do you know how to shield? or ground? also, Hematite is great for grounding and relieving the headaches Empathy can cause, yeah its one of my fav. stones :)

[Contra Mundum]

it gets easier eventualy, lets start with the basics, do you know how to shield? or ground? also, Hematite is great for grounding and relieving the headaches Empathy can cause, yeah its one of my fav. stones :)
uh i'm sorry but you are talking chinese http://69.93.183.37/html/emoticons/huh.gif i know nothing about all of this.i just know that it's there,i can block it when i feel it happening but it takes alot of energy.http://69.93.183.37/html/emoticons/smile.gif

[Earthy]

Hematite is great for grounding and relieving the headaches Empathy can cause, yeah its one of my fav. stones :)

Hematite is fantastic..i absolutely adore the stone.
I wear it as a ring :)

[DracoJesi]

uh i'm sorry but you are talking chinese http://69.93.183.37/html/emoticons/huh.gif i know nothing about all of this.i just know that it's there,i can block it when i feel it happening but it takes alot of energy.http://69.93.183.37/html/emoticons/smile.gif

so you know how to block, thats good, grounding is where you discharge some energy, like negative energy produced by negative emotions, all you have to do is visualize the negativety leaving your body, its great :)

yeah I have a hematite ring to, I love it :)

hey has anyone ever had physical pain from their Empathy? and if so can I shield against it the same way if I need to?

[Contra Mundum]

i will try that!! thanks

[LyraDragonStar]

I have a friend who is an Empath and a Channeler. She says that I am an Empath and maybe even a channeler too. Now..I don't understand it. I don't know much about Empathy or being anything like that. Actually, I don't really notice my abilities much. Now I have no idea what I'm getting at...but it seems like the place to go for this..am I right?

[Contra Mundum]

i'm just reading through the thread ,and i recognise so many things.
it's crazy i never knew that there were other people like me ,oh my god now i know why i found this site.it's amazing i can't express what i'm feeling right now ,it's like it's the perfect timing i really needed a change because i was so sick of my life as it was going.the people on here are so great and understanding i am not used to it.there's alot i need to learn i know but i'm willing .i've lost faith but i think it's coming back thank you all!!

[DracoJesi]

I have a friend who is an Empath and a Channeler. She says that I am an Empath and maybe even a channeler too. Now..I don't understand it. I don't know much about Empathy or being anything like that. Actually, I don't really notice my abilities much. Now I have no idea what I'm getting at...but it seems like the place to go for this..am I right?

yep, your in the right place :) so um where to start, do you have a good Idea of what Empathy is or do you just need help with it, you seemed a little lost there LOL

[LyraDragonStar]

Yea..I'm a little lost..actually a lot lost. I've felt lost for a while..and right now, I'm getting the most amazing feeling that I am no longer lost. Does that make sense. Excuse me for rambling..but I have to tell someone. Anyway...for the longest time..I've been searching for something...I've felt so lost...and now that I've sought out help...I have the best feeling in the world. I hope I'm not sounding crazy. Oh well...I imagine you've heard worse, huh? :)

[ravenmyst]

sounds just like i felt when I got here, and many others, :hugz: always good to know you arent alone! I reccomend reading back some, alot of the info given is better said than I can do, if you have any questions Draco and I will be happy to help, along with many others that post here. And Hematite is a lifesaver, I wear alot, :D

[LyraDragonStar]

great. Well..I havn't really...recognized my abilities. I don't know yet how to recognize any of it.. Actually, I don't know anything really. I'll read back...thank you guys.

[charmedkisses1]

I have a friend who is an Empath and a Channeler. She says that I am an Empath and maybe even a channeler too. Now..I don't understand it. I don't know much about Empathy or being anything like that. Actually, I don't really notice my abilities much. Now I have no idea what I'm getting at...but it seems like the place to go for this..am I right?
how do you know you're an empath if you don't notice any abilities? (what makes her believe that?)

[LyraDragonStar]

Well..now that she's pointed it out..I'm noticing it more and more. I can't recall exactly why she thinks that, but I trust her, and I belive her. She's a very, very smart person. want to know more about her, go here: www.angelsonmoonbeams.com (www.angelsonmoonbeams.com)

Or maybe I subconcoiously(sp?) deny it all or block it all out. I don't know..is that possible?

[Sun_and_Saturn]

WOw, I never knew this existed! Good to see there are a lot more people like me.

My problem is at work. I think I just need to work on shielding myself. I can get customers now and then and get a really strong "negative vibe" from them. It makes me really uncomfortable and antsy and it kinda messes up the next few minutes of my day. They don't even have to say or do anything rude. It's just the feeling I get from them.

There's this one girl I work with who is really negative and always bitching about how horrible her life is, "oh, woe is me" and I've gotten pretty good at blocking her out, it's just other people that I come into contact with. Maybe it's because I'm not prepared for it?

[Xentor]

Welcome to the Empathic Bunker!

I haven't been in here for a long time. Quick update on me: I seem to have grasped a way to control the amount of empathy to allow. Either that, or I've lost my empathy :)

[~DarkDolphyn~]

Thanks Xentor for pointing me here. I've never been much of an empath before, never delved into divination, but I had a very scarey experiance just a bit ago...that I posted about in energy requests, but I'll repost it here.

My fingers are shaking as I type this so please pardon any typos. This has never happened to me before but I just got an overwhelming sense that something really bad is going to happen soon to someone surrounding me. I was outside smoking and just got a very distinct sense of dread and terror. I was suddenly crying for no reason at all. I've never really delved into divinatrion before so I don't think I'm very attuned to this sort of thing, but the sense I got was extremely strong. I don't know if I'm just panicing for no reason, which could very well be, but I'd still like to ask for anyone who reads this to send as much positive energy as they can spare this way. Think of it as preventative energy. Sorry if this sounds very stupid, I just really don't know where else to turn. If I called any of my family about it they'd all think I was nuts except my mother but she's working and is unreachable at this time. I'd appreciate anyone that can just send energy for strength to me as well so I can go through my day and tend to my daughter calmly until I know what's going on.


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I've calmed down considerably since typing that, but my mind is still going a mile a minute, wondering what it could be. It was a very vague feeling, as in, who it would be, and what would happen. I just felt someone I loved was in danger, and I feel really helpless...

[PoisonIvy]

Welcome to the Empathic Bunker!

I haven't been in here for a long time. Quick update on me: I seem to have grasped a way to control the amount of empathy to allow. Either that, or I've lost my empathy :)


That is so strange! I just wasn't sure how to say it! I just haven't been able to feel as much from others here as of late. I thought it was just me!
Is anyone else feeling this way?

[Teresa]

Well,until I read from You and Xentor ,I was thinking that my new practices were working for shielding.Taking the Magcal self defense class I found an exercise I really like that is for empathic peoples. I am not so sure that is the case now PoisonIvy.

[PoisonIvy]

I've been doing a lot of grounding and sheilding as of late and I thought that it was going pretty well,but I've noticed that I don't expend as much energy on sheilding as I was before. So either....I'M AWESOME or I'm not feeling as much from others. That's all I can think of.
I wonder if there's not some kinda funky celestial something going on maybe?

[ravenmyst]

mine has lessened some, till some one steam rolls me. Energy that I can spare I send to you DarkDolphyn

[~DarkDolphyn~]

Thank you ravenmyst...was starting to wonder if anyone even saw my post...lol...

[charmedkisses1]

Either that, or I've lost my empathy :)
(yay?) :)

[Xentor]

I've been doing a lot of grounding and sheilding as of late and I thought that it was going pretty well,but I've noticed that I don't expend as much energy on sheilding as I was before. So either....I'M AWESOME or I'm not feeling as much from others. That's all I can think of.
I wonder if there's not some kinda funky celestial something going on maybe?

Though that is possible, I too have been recreating my shields (people were complaining about my presence... I don't like that) and mostly focusing on my joining with Kaylara, so it's possible I simply don't pay enough attention. However, last week it's been kind-a rough, with the bombing in London.

Ah. I'll live.

[Lunacie]

how do you know you're an empath if you don't notice any abilities? (what makes her believe that?)

If you had always had those feelings you wouldn't notice them because you would just be used to them. If you haven't read anything about empathy or talked to an empath, you would probably believe that everyone could sense the same things you do.

[Lunacie]

WOw, I never knew this existed! Good to see there are a lot more people like me.

My problem is at work. I think I just need to work on shielding myself. I can get customers now and then and get a really strong "negative vibe" from them. It makes me really uncomfortable and antsy and it kinda messes up the next few minutes of my day. They don't even have to say or do anything rude. It's just the feeling I get from them.

There's this one girl I work with who is really negative and always bitching about how horrible her life is, "oh, woe is me" and I've gotten pretty good at blocking her out, it's just other people that I come into contact with. Maybe it's because I'm not prepared for it?

Yeah, I know that feeling. I can get it standing on line with a stranger or being waited on by a clerk or waitress who's having a bad day. I have learned to recognize those feelings as belonging to someone else and blocking them from my personal space with my palm turned outwards on one hand - and then centering/grounding myself with the other palm turned inwards. It's a very subtle gesture and no one ever notices. As I got used to doing it I was quicker at blocking and centering so the other influences didn't have as much time to effect me. :)

[Contra Mundum]

i'm confused http://69.93.183.37/html/emoticons/wacko.gif

[Xentor]

About what?

[Contra Mundum]

i'm so confused that i don't even know what i'm confused about.
i've got a splitting headache and i've been reading this thread ,well i only came to page 76.
i can identify with alot of the posts cause i've been feeling the same BUT and there's where i get confused.i've been on a rollercoaster of emotions ever since i joined this site ,and i don't know why or how .just confused

[Xentor]

Welcome to the Empathic Bunker. I suggest you stay away from MW for about half an hour. Relax, meditate, and return when you've gathered your thoughts and emotions.

[ravenmyst]

good advice

[Lunacie]

Whoa! Did you really OD on MW? :T

[Xentor]

It wouldn't be the first time in MW history, either :)

[Earthy]

Sometimes I have to take a couple of days break from here because the emotions that spew out at times totally overwhelm me.
Sometimes it feels like i'm drowning..so i take a break to ground myself again :)

[Lunacie]

Because of my schedule there are times when I can't get on here, so I haven't had to take a deliberate break... so far. However, when some of the emotional stuff is getting to me, I do stop and play a PC game or do a little housework. For me, washing the dishes, mowing the yard, playing a game where you just react and don't think so much, are like meditation. They occupy me physically while leaving my brain free to sort out things and make sense of them, without really trying to do that. I may be in the middle of taking a shower and will think of a response to a post that I want to make. Sometimes I can remember it clearly enough to finish the shower, dry off, get dressed, and post that response. ;)

[Contra Mundum]

o0okay i'm back amnd excuse nme but i'm drunkl!~!!
i just couldn't tqkle the pressure.
i'm off my headaches.
you know whT IT IS ,
I CAN'T UHHM WHAT DID I WANT T OT SAY??
I HAVE LOCKED MYSELF IN A ROOM,i just can't stay in the same room with my family,they make me feel so depreesed i feel the hate ND THE PAIN WHEN I'MK AROUND THEM ,AND it's tearing me aprt!!

another thing why is it that i can always help other people i can solve their prioblems ,i understand them even when i haven't experienced thr same problems myself.and noone understands me or what i'm feeling.it makes me f3el so alone and understood.i feel like a freak for feeling this way it's like i have to everything on my own .aaaaarrrrgh i'm sorry for this post i just feel so0 ,i don;t even know what i'm feeling .

i'm also haing difficulty staring people in the face i can't look people in their eyes ,there was this one time when i walked the streets of rotterdam and there was this man and i looked in his eyes and it scared the shit out of me i felt pure evil,it shocked me.

there a re millions more of theswe experiences and i don't want to bore you with em, but io feel that i need some answers to my questions.because iu simply don't undertsand i'm sooo sorry for this post!!!

[Contra Mundum]

don;t you just love my madoonapic oh yeahhttp://70.85.169.212/3421/184/emo/horsier.gif

[LyraDragonStar]

Well..I figured it out!! Sorry for not being here for a few...pages(?) lol. But I've been kinda busy...thinking and reading...and more thinking. OH! And I played Chess against my dad. Almost won too! Haha. Anyway, I can agree with my friend that I might be a little empathic because I read my WHOLE everyday Journal and my Dream Journal. I found that I did have times I wrote about that seemed 'empathic' -if you will. A lot of things I just can't recall after reading 150 some pages. :lol:

[Contra Mundum]

huh i love chess toooo!!but in don;t kniow what you are tslikng about bless you!!

[LyraDragonStar]

Lol..sorry. Are you ok, borderlinesin? You don't seem well.... I'm sorry your family is so horrible. You will get through it..I'm sure of it.

But you'd have to read back a few pages to understand what I'm talking about...lol.

[Earthy]

I definitely have to take breaks from here because of the emotions i pick up.
I wonder if thats why i am such a loner in real life, because of the emotions people flood me with..so i keep myself at a distance.

[LyraDragonStar]

Hmm...that would totally suck. MW is a great place..yet I know the feeling of having to take a break....really. Sometimes...I get really annoyed at people for no reason-or stupid-reasons. Lol. Man am I glad I don't have very strong abilities...as of yet anyway!

[Earthy]

It's not so bad if you shield...and i have found hematite has helped me so much.I wear it as a ring.

For me though, i can pick up emotions from people just through the threads i read, i have to be very careful in the energy threads cos their pain gets transmitted to me so easily.
I really do need to shield better.

[Contra Mundum]

Lol..sorry. Are you ok, borderlinesin? You don't seem well.... I'm sorry your family is so horrible. You will get through it..I'm sure of it.

But you'd have to read back a few pages to understand what I'm talking about...lol.okay ??? what is that????
fook my family i am used nto it!! i don't care !!!!
i am just drunk and i sooo will regret my behaviour in the morning!!! i am not like this when i'm sober . :ack: sorry i will read the thread tomoorow when i'm sober.

[LyraDragonStar]

Ooh. Poor Earthy! :hugz: :)

Ok...well I hope you don't have too bad of a hangover borderlinesin.

[ravenmyst]

Hope you are feeling better Borderlinesin, :hugz: it can be overwhelming at times, and yes, I can help others just fine, but feel no one can understand me too, but there are folks here that do understand, and that has been nice

[ravenmyst]

:hugz: Earthy sis, I hear you loud and clear, I avoid those threads too, havent yet got thorough enough blocking for that, :hugz: too to Lyra, you are well on the way to understanding and that is a mojor point.

[Contra Mundum]

:fpeek: i'm allright thanks!! ,i never get hangovers.
i just lost it a bit last night i'm sorry!!

[LyraDragonStar]

:hugz: Raven. Thank you! I hope I am...haha. I also hope listening to everything you guys say will help me...:lol:

[Contra Mundum]

whwre is eveybody????

[ravenmyst]

here, there, everywhere! How are you today??

[LyraDragonStar]

ooh! Hi!! haha.

[Contra Mundum]

someone i know died and i am so drunk

[LyraDragonStar]

:hugz: I'm so sorry

[Contra Mundum]

yeah me too

[ravenmyst]

the one that was shot? :hugz: sorry

[Contra Mundum]

yes him http://70.85.169.212/3615/28/emo/cry.gif

[LyraDragonStar]

aww...poor you!! :hugz:

[Contra Mundum]

i am so confused i am having fights with my friends because of this ******* i**ot.he stabbed me in the back (sort of speak)and i can see and FEEL that he is up to no good but the rest of my friends can';t see it ,how the f*** can i make them understand??
i hate this empathy thing no one understands me and they all think i'm a freak.it annoys the s*** out of me.
i am so angry now that it feels like i'm exploding.
how do you deal with these things?

[Aestolia]

i am so confused i am having fights with my friends because of this ******* i**ot.he stabbed me in the back (sort of speak)and i can see and FEEL that he is up to no good but the rest of my friends can';t see it ,how the f*** can i make them understand??
i hate this empathy thing no one understands me and they all think i'm a freak.it annoys the s*** out of me.
i am so angry now that it feels like i'm exploding.
how do you deal with these things?I've been lucky in that a lot of my family has a similar empathy to me, so the only sever case of someone like this, I wasn't alone in seeing them.

Elsewhere though, it's often that people don't believe me. I stay with my views and keep them to myself, If my friends insist on bringing it up I just become quiet and won't get involved.

Eventually something will happen that they will realise you were right.

[Contra Mundum]

then you can count yourself lucky!!
and i don't know if i can wait ,i am so f*** angry that i want to give em an ultimatum,him or me.
bad move i know but arrgh i don't know what else to do

[Aestolia]

You are right, mind you, my friends never confronted me only because they had seen me be right about people time and time again. Perhaps that is what they need.

It may seem callous, but let him burn or hurt them, then be there for them, remind them that you had tried to tell them. Some may view this as two faced, I look at it more as a the way things are. I've had many friends who no longer wish to have anything to do with me, simply because of my changes. True friends will be willing to hear your out without too much confrontation, anyone else doesn't matter.

[Contra Mundum]

i don't think they want to talk to me anymore i threw a fit.aah f**ck who needs friends

[Aestolia]

i don't think they want to talk to me anymore i threw a fit.aah f**ck who needs friends

some people aren't worth the the effort to maintain a friendship, others are.

Being trans I'd say that about 80% of my friendships have gone through such a period, where I had to put effort in to show that I am the same person I always have been, and slowly these friends are adjusting, I have also learned that some friends aren't worth fighting for, because they will never accept me.

Knowing who is and isn't worth fighting for takes time, I am still learning how to determine. Friends are important though, we all need some at one point or another, and I would be happy to number you among them. If you ever need to talk please feel free talk. ^.^

[frigga]

Aside from empathic abilities, does anyone here get anything else from people in the form of hunches, visions or what not? I started really homing in on my empathic abilities about 2 years ago and since then really weird stuff has become more...magnified, like I can tell what a person is thinking along with their feelings. I also received my Reiki attunments and since then (2 months ago), whoa, now I'm having dreams about the people I love that are coming true. I just last week had a dream that my son's adult teeth started coming in, and this Monday they cut through.
I'm curious what other abilities, if any, some of you carry along with empathy.
Also, do you find that a certain kind of people are attracted to you? I mean friends and aquantances. I have a very strong supportive inner circle of friends that I confide in and love, and another circle that come to me that have a lot of emotional and physical baggage. The latter group is very transient, and I wonder why I'm costently thrown into the mix with them, there's really nothing in common with most of them other than the fact there seems to be some sort of unfinished buisness between us. As a healer I see that I could help them, but I don't always know how, and it gets frustrating trying to help people that don't help themselves and end up just trying to suck the energy out of me. Strange to me. Anyone else?

[Lunacie]

Several years ago we were driving south from Wyoming through Colorado. I had a migraine and took some pills and laid down on the bench in the back of the van for a nap. I dreamed of flames and smoke. When I woke up and moved back up front I could see smoke over the forest off to our west and the radio reported a huge forest fire burning. Now the smoke was blowing away from us so I wasn't smelling smoke while I slept. How did I know about the fire?

(Just ONE example.)

[Charise]

I'm curious what other abilities, if any, some of you carry along with empathy.
Also, do you find that a certain kind of people are attracted to you? I mean friends and aquantances. I have a very strong supportive inner circle of friends that I confide in and love, and another circle that come to me that have a lot of emotional and physical baggage. The latter group is very transient, and I wonder why I'm costently thrown into the mix with them, there's really nothing in common with most of them other than the fact there seems to be some sort of unfinished buisness between us. As a healer I see that I could help them, but I don't always know how, and it gets frustrating trying to help people that don't help themselves and end up just trying to suck the energy out of me. Strange to me. Anyone else?



(better quote this so I don't start confusing myself!)

not strange at all to me..

I sometimes have to simply disappear from everyone for a while just so that the energy doesn't get completely drained from me..

I think that's sometimes why I can be gone from here for months at a time.. I guess I can only ~feel~ so much.

And yup...I have the 'contacts' that seem to feed off of my empathy and once they feel better... they're gone.

as for other abilities that come with this... knowing what others think of me... sometimes that's a tough one to chew up and swallow..more often then not, I wish I didn't really know! lol... also, because of this ability, I keep relatively quiet so that people don't get to know me...strange how that works.

[frigga]

That's crazy! My Aunt has that same kind of thing happen to her. She knew through dreams that my brother was close to death, and that someone's house in the family caught fire the same night. She flew into town to be with us for my brother, talked to my mom about dreaming and smelling a burning like electrical smell. My Grandpa called 2 hours later to tell us his house had burned down due to bad wiring.
Do you think stuff like that runs in families, or is somehow wired into our genes? That would be an interesting senior thesis!

[Aestolia]

In my dreams I have been able to see and describe personal possesions of my friends, that they had never even mentioned owning to me (like an old teddy bear)

Also about finding certian types of people being drawn to me, I would have to agree yes. I have my good friends, who I was fortunate enough to know that they would be true friends when I met them. But as for people who have befirended me, I am starting to feel quite depressed. Almost all of the people who 'started' a friendship with me, have turned out to be very suicidal and have major problems... I have had 3 people talk to me seriously about suicide in one day... I don't know if I can continue to handle it, I so easily pick up the emotions of others, I get drawn in with such desire to help it hurts.

as for a similar empathic experience along the same lines. One morning I was having a shower when Suddenly I fell to the floor of the tub, my vision and hearing had fadded to nothing, I felt pain, nausia and extreme dizzyness... I noted the time when I recovered... Later that I was talking to a friend from the southern states (I live in Canada) he informed me that he had attempted to kill himslef that morning, but was found and saved... I asked him what he had done and when. he emptied a bottle of pills and cut his arms.. he doesn't know when but remembers regaining conciousnous at what turned out to be the same time I recovered.

I have never had much controll over what I experience and when. at times it can be quite distressing. I hope to never have an experience like that again.

[Contra Mundum]

first of all thank you AEOSTOLIA for you help on the friends issue!! :fpraise:

and about other abilities,i have many things that i can't explain ,dreams that come true ,just knowing when things will happen,i can predict things ,often i say to my family just wait and see this and this will happen and then it comes true .and loads more i don't even know what it all means,it's just weird.

Also, do you find that a certain kind of people are attracted to you?
oh yeah people with issues 8O

[Aestolia]

I understand these all too well it's very familiar

[Charise]

as for other abilities...not sure if this applies..but my family HATES when I watch a movie with them...

I know ever time who will do what.. and which one is the guilty one etc right at the beginning of the movie... and I can't help but blurt it out just as soon as I know..lol

gawds they hate when I do that..because they know too...I will be right.

[Contra Mundum]

as for other abilities...not sure if this applies..but my family HATES when I watch a movie with them...

I know ever time who will do what.. and which one is the guilty one etc right at the beginning of the movie... and I can't help but blurt it out just as soon as I know..lol

gawds they hate when I do that..because they know too...I will be right.
:rollingla :rollingla well that's not very nice of you.

[ravenmyst]

That's crazy! My Aunt has that same kind of thing happen to her. She knew through dreams that my brother was close to death, and that someone's house in the family caught fire the same night. She flew into town to be with us for my brother, talked to my mom about dreaming and smelling a burning like electrical smell. My Grandpa called 2 hours later to tell us his house had burned down due to bad wiring.
Do you think stuff like that runs in families, or is somehow wired into our genes? That would be an interesting senior thesis!
It runs strong in my family, one can be thinking of another and they call, if ill, we will call that person, my kids are very tuned to me. we all have dreams, warnings, pick eachothers thoughts, and various other things. only a few of us are strong enough to move that outside the family though

[DracoJesi]

first of all thank you AEOSTOLIA for you help on the friends issue!! :fpraise:

and about other abilities,i have many things that i can't explain ,dreams that come true ,just knowing when things will happen,i can predict things ,often i say to my family just wait and see this and this will happen and then it comes true .and loads more i don't even know what it all means,it's just weird.


oh yeah people with issues 8O

yeah me too, but I cant control, it happens weather I want it or not LOL, I wonder if theres a way I could control it, anyone tried this?

and Deja Vu(sp) I swear It happens to me every minute of my life it seems and as for preminitions, there not that bad, I was at school one day and I saw my self falling down the stairs right before it happened so I was able to catch myself LOL lucky me

[Contra Mundum]

yeah me too, but I cant control, it happens weather I want it or not LOL, I wonder if theres a way I could control it, anyone tried this?

and Deja Vu(sp) I swear It happens to me every minute of my life it seems and as for preminitions, there not that bad, I was at school one day and I saw my self falling down the stairs right before it happened so I was able to catch myself LOL lucky me
i can't give you any advice on how to control it ,lol i'm in the dark myself.
deja vu oh yeah happens to me alot it's so weird,where the hell does it come from???
and you were very lucky to be able to prevent yourself from falling :bigredgri .

talking about control ,i was driving my car the other day and i saw this girl ,she totally grabbed my attention i could sense that something was wrong with her ,i just stared at her not paying attention to the road very dangerous offcourse,something just snapped me back and i realised that i was driving, very scary how the hell do i prevent this from happening again.??any advice??

[Contra Mundum]

hey where is the old skool gang anyhoo??ravenmyst,lunacie,earthy,xentor etc. ???
alot of newbies here and no one to guide us.http://70.85.169.212/3615/28/emo/cry.gif

[Lunacie]

Sorry, been coping with bad headaches here. Partly due to weather, partly due to allergies. Also been car shopping with my daughter and spending time with the grandkids before school starts up again.

If you have any questions go ahead and post them here. I have this thread marked so it shows up on my USER CP whenever there is a new post. Sometimes however, I don't have anything very useful to say so I don't say it. :lol:

[DracoJesi]

i can't give you any advice on how to control it ,lol i'm in the dark myself.
deja vu oh yeah happens to me alot it's so weird,where the hell does it come from???
and you were very lucky to be able to prevent yourself from falling :bigredgri .

talking about control ,i was driving my car the other day and i saw this girl ,she totally grabbed my attention i could sense that something was wrong with her ,i just stared at her not paying attention to the road very dangerous offcourse,something just snapped me back and i realised that i was driving, very scary how the hell do i prevent this from happening again.??any advice??

hmm I dunno, other than shielding or whatever I dunno, to bad there isnt a stone or anything that shuts it off completely LOL

[Lunacie]

Premonitions and precog... arrrrgh. I was taking a class in metaphysical energy type stuff last year. When we did the class on telepathy and were trying to tell which Zener card our partners were looking at/concentrating on ... I kept getting the NEXT card. I couldn't seem to stop jumping ahead.

[Contra Mundum]

yay the bunker is alive again,but i can't remember what questions i wanted to ask, aah well.
i'm glad you're here lunacie.http://www.mysticwicks.com/images/smilies2/nod.gif

[Contra Mundum]

hmm I dunno, other than shielding or whatever I dunno, to bad there isnt a stone or anything that shuts it off completely LOL
a stone ?yes that would come in handy ,sometimes ,when i'm driving for instance :alol:
one of these days i will drive my car into a wall or something :falloffch , :toofless: <love that smily.i'm in such a good mood and i have no idea where it comes from :alol:

[Earthy]

I posted this originally in my Xanga:
I had a pretty strange experience in the supermarket a few days ago. I was walking past a mom with 2 young kids and she was really shouting at them. I walked past and could feel tears in my eyes and such pain in my heart, the childrens pain,their bewilderment and hurt-it was so strange.
I know my empathic skills are getting stronger-but i didnt realise they had become quite as strong as this.

I really do need to practise with my shielding, i can see that it's getting stronger and soon it's going to be impossible to do something as simple as shopping without feeling other peoples pain.

[DracoJesi]

I posted this originally in my Xanga:
I had a pretty strange experience in the supermarket a few days ago. I was walking past a mom with 2 young kids and she was really shouting at them. I walked past and could feel tears in my eyes and such pain in my heart, the childrens pain,their bewilderment and hurt-it was so strange.
I know my empathic skills are getting stronger-but i didnt realise they had become quite as strong as this.

I really do need to practise with my shielding, i can see that it's getting stronger and soon it's going to be impossible to do something as simple as shopping without feeling other peoples pain.

yeah, and people wonder why I never go to public places LOL, even if everybody is in a good mood (rarely ever happens :( ) sometimes I get tired because its to much positive energy LOL, buts thats only when a bunch of people get into a group or somthing like at camp

[Lunacie]

I posted this originally in my Xanga:
I had a pretty strange experience in the supermarket a few days ago. I was walking past a mom with 2 young kids and she was really shouting at them. I walked past and could feel tears in my eyes and such pain in my heart, the childrens pain,their bewilderment and hurt-it was so strange.
I know my empathic skills are getting stronger-but i didnt realise they had become quite as strong as this.

I really do need to practise with my shielding, i can see that it's getting stronger and soon it's going to be impossible to do something as simple as shopping without feeling other peoples pain.


Adults have learned to shield some things, even though it's not something they consciously do. Children haven't learned that yet. No wonder you felt those kids so strongly. Notice you weren't feeling the mother's frustration?

[Earthy]

Adults have learned to shield some things, even though it's not something they consciously do. Children haven't learned that yet. No wonder you felt those kids so strongly. Notice you weren't feeling the mother's frustration?

That's true Lunacie.
I saw the mom's anger but didn't feel it..but the kids..i definitely felt them.

[Bodicia]

Just joined your site and the first word I put in to the 'search forum' option was Empath. I have been a 'sensitive' for as long as I can remember. I normally manage quite well to block other people but if I am tired or distracted, like in the supermarket, then I can get in to a bit of trouble. The other day I was in said supermarket when I passed an old man whose emotions, life etc hit me like a speeding truck. It is often not a pleasant experience when this happens and this was one of those times.

It can be quite a lonely business being an Empath as there are not many people about that you meet in day to day life who admit to being like that and so you feel very much alone and sometimes wonder if you are just a little strange. Having read the previous posts in this thread it made me feel a little better that there are plenty of us about. I tend to use mind mirrors to blocks others but will be interested to try other things out too.

Fortunately I now have a partner that I can be myself with 100% and he knows that I am an empath, he is also a lot more sensitive than he realises and it makes for an interesting future for us both! I can also look at photos and know whether a person is alive or passed on and I am aware of spirits around us. I don't want to go off topic so I will look around for a thread that covers this and expand there.

Nameste

[Contra Mundum]

welcome to the empathic bunker bodicia ,i know exactly what you mean ,and yes being an empath can be very very lonely, knowing that there are others who feel the same has helped me alot ,i hope it will do the same for you.

[DracoJesi]

Welcome :), and yes, very lonely, I found someone who understood me but she had to move, oh what I wouldnt do to see her again, which reminds me, still havent got that reading LOL, not to rush Flaire or anyone but I cant stop thinking about it :(

[ArcaneCathy]

I know how you feel, draco. I had one friend who understood how bad my empathy could get (although she didn't always consider that when she dragged me off to go "exploring" with her) but we go to different schools this year and barely ever see each other so I've gone into the isolation phase and have just been on the computer talking to other empaths for the last year and a half or so.

Anyway, hi, I just joined the site because draco up there said that this site had a place where empaths came to talk and I decided to give it a try because this place looks really nice. I've been an empath for five years and I"ve finally gotten it (mostly) under control. It really is hard because I could barely go out in public without wanting to break out and cry for days. And I couldn't just go up to my parents every time they complained about me not being social enough and say "yeah well other people's emotions rub off on me" without sounding insane.. Probably wouldn't have used those exact words, come to think of it..

[DracoJesi]

Welcome Arcane :)
the threads been moving a bit slow latly but thats because for one thing Ravenmyst isnt here LOL, why dont you check out the Longest Thread? its active :) and some of my best friends are there :)

and at least you still get to talk to her, I have no idea how to get a hold of Jaqueline

[ArcaneCathy]

the Longest Thread? That's the name of the thread, right? I guess I'll have to find it then... Do you remember what.. area, I guess I should say, it's in? That would make it easier than running around all the boards, looking for it.

[DracoJesi]

the Longest Thread? That's the name of the thread, right? I guess I'll have to find it then... Do you remember what.. area, I guess I should say, it's in? That would make it easier than running around all the boards, looking for it.

no, im going to make you read the post count of every thread hee hee :), oh course its the real name, its in Just Silly, the best of just silly if im not mistaken

[ArcaneCathy]

Hehe, yes I see that... Very long forum..

[ravenmyst]

hey where is the old skool gang anyhoo??ravenmyst,lunacie,earthy,xentor etc. ???
alot of newbies here and no one to guide us.http://70.85.169.212/3615/28/emo/cry.gif
Sorry sweetie, I am on vacation, quite literally, but will be back in fine form in a week, :D :hugz:

[ravenmyst]

a stone ?yes that would come in handy ,sometimes ,when i'm driving for instance :alol:
one of these days i will drive my car into a wall or something :falloffch , :toofless: <love that smily.i'm in such a good mood and i have no idea where it comes from :alol:
you can do warding spells on your car, might help, maybe a reflection spell like we have been playing with for shielding

[ravenmyst]

Hehe, yes I see that... Very long forum..
welcome to the bunker, :hugz:

[DracoJesi]

*sees Arcane lurking*

[Aestolia]

Has anyone ever had such a strong experience that:
A) you can no longer feel anything from the person who caused it
B) the emotions of all others seem muted?

It's like my empathic abilities were damaged from this one experience. I've noticed latley that things seem to be returning to normal, which is nice to know that there was no real permanent damage. But I still can feel nothing from the person who cause it at all.

I posted this experiece a little while ago: http://www.mysticwicks.com/showpost.php?p=1962490&postcount=1889 (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showpost.php?p=1962490&postcount=1889)

I'm just wondering if perhaps I've subconciously built the best shield I can as a defense reaction. or if perhaps, I was cut away from him emotionaly.

[Bodicia]

welcome to the empathic bunker bodicia ,i know exactly what you mean ,and yes being an empath can be very very lonely, knowing that there are others who feel the same has helped me alot ,i hope it will do the same for you.

Thanks :)

[Contra Mundum]

you can do warding spells on your car, might help, maybe a reflection spell like we have been playing with for shielding
oh sounds exciting,and how will i do a warding spell on my car?? :bouncysmi someone??

[Contra Mundum]

Thanks :)
have you read the whole thread allready??
it contains alot of information. :uhhuhuh:

[Contra Mundum]

Sorry sweetie, I am on vacation, quite literally, but will be back in fine form in a week, :D :hugz:
oh nice vacation ,have fun!! :woot:
we will wait patiently till you come back. :alol:

[Teresa]

I have to let off some steam.Today really sucked for me being an empath.My friends at the restaruant down the street from me were held hostage for a while this morning.The swat team was called in and the place was surrounded.My friend was in the restroom and she called 911 from there,while on the phone she heard shots.She thought her coworkers were all dead.She had seen them in the kitchen all laying face down on the floor and had slipped to the bathroom unnoticed.Well when my restaruant opened this morning at 11am their District Manager brought them there to eat and have a drink and talk etc.I got to be their waitress.I know better but without thinking I hugged a couple of them because I was so relieved that they were safe.I hugged 4 of them back to back.One of these people has a very strong inner turmoil going on right now.They are very scared and fear for their life they recognized who the robber was.They have not told anyone.I got this from a hug and everyone elses emotions too.This was not a good day for that and I can not shake these feelings from the person in turmoil.Everytime I close my eyes I can see glimpses of the events that took place.I want to be a regular person and mind my own business.I know the one waitress whom I used to babysit knows I am an empath and that something is bothering me.I went by there on my way home to reassure her and a couple of them that were gonna work tonite .Their store is 3 blocks from my home.She was always a bright child.she was like I could tell You saw something when you hugged XXX .You look troubled too now.I do not know what to do.It is my wish to get this outta my head and mind my own business.If it had been the one I used to babysit perhaps I would have said something to her but this other person I do not know that well.Thanks for putting up with my rant.The Robber got away as the swat team was setting up.

[Lunacie]

Oh my dear. I'm so glad no one was killed. Was it a robbery? Did they catch the person(s)?

A couple of things you could try:

... take a cleansing bath or shower and wash your hair - all the while visualizing white light energy washing over you from your crown to your toes, washing away the feelings and the memories that do not belong to you.

... go sit under a tree and ask the goddess to take these feelings and memories from you, rest your hands on the ground with your palms down and let these energies flow into the ground while divine energy enters through the top of your head, filling in all the spaces with calmness and peace and love for your friends.

Let that calm, peaceful, loving energy flow outwards from you to each of your friends and share it with them, visualizing it as a stream that flows only outwards so that you don't take on any of their trauma again.

These are not your energies, not your trauma, not your memories, not your feelings. You don't have to let them stay stuck to you. If nothing else, use a psychic knife or scissors to cut away your connection to these energies. You can always reconnect to your friends once you have yourself grounded and centered and have your shields back in place. Bright blessings to you and all involved in this event.

[Teresa]

Oh my dear. I'm so glad no one was killed. Was it a robbery? Did they catch the person(s)?

A couple of things you could try:

... take a cleansing bath or shower and wash your hair - all the while visualizing white light energy washing over you from your crown to your toes, washing away the feelings and the memories that do not belong to you.

... go sit under a tree and ask the goddess to take these feelings and memories from you, rest your hands on the ground with your palms down and let these energies flow into the ground while divine energy enters through the top of your head, filling in all the spaces with calmness and peace and love for your friends.

Let that calm, peaceful, loving energy flow outwards from you to each of your friends and share it with them, visualizing it as a stream that flows only outwards so that you don't take on any of their trauma again.

These are not your energies, not your trauma, not your memories, not your feelings. You don't have to let them stay stuck to you. If nothing else, use a psychic knife or scissors to cut away your connection to these energies. You can always reconnect to your friends once you have yourself grounded and centered and have your shields back in place. Bright blessings to you and all involved in this event.
I did take a break from here and I took a cleansing shower and I also instinctively went outside to my fav tree and sat there and let the earth asorb that energy from me.I feel much better now.I hate when I have days that my shields are not up to par something always happens then.I was not sick when I got up this morning but I almost called out.That is something I never do or ever think about.I work sick or well I have not missed more than one week in the past 2 years.

[Teresa]

_wiz_ Today was a much better day! _wiz_

[Lunacie]

It's good to hear that today was much better. So... you go to work even when you're sick and share all those nasty sick germs with all your coworkers? :hmmmmm:

[Teresa]

Not if I have something contagious!I work around food.Just other things like sprained ankle,back pain etc.

[Lunacie]

Oh. I don't call that "sick." I call that "hurting" or "in pain". I don't even call a migraine a "sick headache", but maybe that's because they rarely make me feel like I'm going to be sick.

[Contra Mundum]

:ack: eurgh had a bad week,and i have completely shut myself down, i feel nothing.
i can manage during the day but when the night comes it's hard to keep the shield up.
panic attacks,afraid to go to sleep and tonight i broke down in tears.
i just feel a bit lost.. :(

[Teresa]

I feel so lost now,I do not know what to do.I thought my SO had gone stark raving mad a couple weeks back when he left and cut me out of his life.I never related these pains I have had in my sides and back to anything before now.It was chalked up to my age.It all hit me like a Mack truck this afternoon when he came over to have a talk with me.We had talked some prior to this but hadnt had a serious face to face.He had gone to the doctor to check on how his lungs were doing. The doctor gave him the bad news. He wished to spare me from the pain and agony of this ordeal so he acted like he had flipped and left.How can someone ask you not to be sad about something that is ripping you up inside?I know how he feels and I had wondered why he felt that way, i have that answer now .How do I help him live the rest of his days as happy as possible and not be sad about it? I am a bit ticked that he tried to just ditch me instead of tell me he was dying.How was that sparing me?The fact that he knew things were more serious than he was telling me since this past Jan bothers me too.It is his request that I do not think of him as dead but transformed when it happens,do not mourn my loss.Energy never dies it just changes forms.I believe that as well but I will miss those eyes, that touch,the sound of his laughter etc etc.I need to find a way to put on a Happy Face while my heart is being ripped into shreds.I needed to let out some steam sorry for the bitch session.

[ravenmyst]

holy crap Shay! hopefully the robbery thing is better and I give you what I have to spare in energy for you and SO, :hugz: Borderlinesin, I will look for warding spells when I am home, although I make little ones up from scratch too, like spelling the truck to mirror things out instead of absorbing. My main problem with advice is that I do alot of stuff without conscious effort so hard to explain, lol, :hugz: and nice to see you around Lunacie!

[Lunacie]

Borderlinesin - it's very draining to keep a shield up all the time. You might think about setting up some wards around your room or apartment, if you tie them into the walls and doors - into the actual structure - they are self powered by the very energy that keeps the walls and doors standing. Don't forget the roof and the floor and the windows too. Just reach out and touch the wall or the door or the floor and visualize them working as a shield to protect you from anything that would bother you when you're resting. I have done this with my whole house and also tied a repulsion spell to a small mirror that is hanging on the wall beside the front door - on the outside wall. Anything negative that tries to get in here will be reflected back where it came from. Hopefully it would also make anyone who tried to break in feel really creepy and make them give up and leave.

[Lunacie]

Oh Shalaye, I'm so sorry to hear about the doctor's prognosis for your SO. He was probably running away from his own feelings as much as trying to protect you. Now that you know where the pain has been coming from you can drain it off your aura and hopefully both of you will feel more comfortable.

[ravenmyst]

Borderlinesin - it's very draining to keep a shield up all the time. You might think about setting up some wards around your room or apartment, if you tie them into the walls and doors - into the actual structure - they are self powered by the very energy that keeps the walls and doors standing. Don't forget the roof and the floor and the windows too. Just reach out and touch the wall or the door or the floor and visualize them working as a shield to protect you from anything that would bother you when you're resting. I have done this with my whole house and also tied a repulsion spell to a small mirror that is hanging on the wall beside the front door - on the outside wall. Anything negative that tries to get in here will be reflected back where it came from. Hopefully it would also make anyone who tried to break in feel really creepy and make them give up and leave.
do you have a good one for cars??? that was the original question, afraid I wasnt as much help as I would like, :(

[Contra Mundum]

thank you all so much for your help!! lunacie,ravenmyst http://70.85.169.212/3615/28/emo/hail2.gif http://70.85.169.212/3615/28/emo/hail2.gif .
i'm doing better than my last post,but i'm still feeling a bit numb.
i'm sure things will work out fine,thanks again!

[Lunacie]

For my car I have a good size crystal hanging in a small cage from the rear-view mirror. At first every time I got in the car I would ask the elements and the god and goddess to bless the car and those who rode in it, keeping it safe and running well. I would envision a bubble or shield of energy that fit like a bullet around the car. I didn't have any wrecks until the damn school bus backed in to me, but at least I didn't get hurt. Now I just ask for the elements and dieties to boost the protection when I feel nervous about driving or when it feels like the defenses are getting low. Which doesn't happen too often with a crystal holding the charge, and pulling energy from the sun and the moon and all.

Knock on wood... I've never had my car broken into or vandalized.

[Childof_theMorrigan]

I never thought I was empathic but I'm starting to think otherwise... it happens more and more over the last couple of years.

for instance, the other night I was texting back and forth on my phone with a former friend whom I hadn't really gotten any closure from. She's a really negative person and I started to feel all this negative energy surrounding me as we msged back and forth. After I finally ended it, I felt heavy, hot in the head and drained.

Called a friend to hang out and he wanted to hang out but when I got there, the tv was on full blast and he was just layin like a lump on a log. He'd been in a bad mood for a couple of days - family problems. I could feel his anger in my skin and I was getting a bad headache as well as becoming restless after about an hour.

Then people started fighting on the tv and I just couldn't hack it anymore, I felt like I was going to throw up and I had to walk outside and call someone to talk to me about happy things in order to clear my self.

Would you consider situations like this empathic or something else?

I'm a little worried because I plan to be a social worker.... and I'll be surrounded by mostly negativity I'm sure. If I can't handle it... I may have to think about a different career choice.

[ravenmyst]

not a career I could handle, sigh....good to think it through

[Contra Mundum]

it's been kinda quite in here,i've been reading the posts here in the bunker,i'm on page 125 so i have a long way to go.
i've been dealing with an issue and i don't know what to about it,i thought that maybe there would be an answer here,but i haven't found it yet! :(
i hope everyone's okay. :)

[aqua empath]

hey i have not been on for a while and have stopped by to say hi. i will not be able to get back on for awhile. so i will have to wait till the next time i get on to read the pages i have missed. till then i hope all of you are doing well.

[Lunacie]

it's been kinda quite in here,i've been reading the posts here in the bunker,i'm on page 125 so i have a long way to go.
i've been dealing with an issue and i don't know what to about it,i thought that maybe there would be an answer here,but i haven't found it yet! :(
i hope everyone's okay. :)

There are probably still questions that haven't been answered yet. I hope you're enjoying reading and learning a lot on how to cope with being an empath, both the good news and the bad news, eh? But don't be shy about just asking a question. If none of know have any advice, a group search may turn up lots more info than just one person could find on their own.

I'm an energy worker/healer and empathy can be both a help and a hinderance with that. My coven mate asked for me to send healing energy - her husband had just been admitted to the hospital and the doctors thought he might have cancer. I lit and candle and sent energy but I forgot to close the link and I could feel it when the doctors came back with the results of the test. He has cancer in his lower lung which is putting pressure on his heart and causing a heart murmur. A shield wouldn't have helped me because I opened a channel and forgot to close it. And I just attended a lecture at a psychic faire about this exact thing a couple of weeks ago. Sometimes Mama Goddess has to whup us in the head before we "get" the lesson, eh? :lol:

[Lunacie]

hey i have not been on for a while and have stopped by to say hi. i will not be able to get back on for awhile. so i will have to wait till the next time i get on to read the pages i have missed. till then i hope all of you are doing well.

Great to see you, and hope to see you again real soon. How have you been doing lately?

[aqua empath]

Is it just me or does anybody else pick up on emotions on tv programmes?
i don't just mean programmes where you're