Empathy

[CinnaMoon]

Hi. I was wondering if any one, besides me, has experienced any type of empathic feelings about others on a more higher level than just being able to say "yeah, I know how u feel, I've gone through that before." If you have, then you might be an empath, but I just want to generally touch on this subject. I recently joined this website so please ignore the fact that I don't have cool pictures and avatars bouncing around where I have written things. Hope to expand on this topic more as soon as possible.
~Adia

[chevydevil]

With my mother, brother and several of my closest friends I just know when something's wrong. I've noticed that I pick up very strongly on their emotions even when they aren't showing them outwardly.

[Lunacie]

There are quite a few Empaths who post here. There's even a thread called the "Empathic Bunker". You can look for it by using the "search" button in the tool bar at the top of the page, but I'll warn you, it's gotten freaking huge. Lots of good information in there and many of us have shared our stories and ways of dealing with being empaths. It might be good to start a new Empath thread though.

[sarabethv]

Yes, I definately am.

[Pagan Taoist]

I'm also an empath, and I've known (on some level) that I've been an empath since early high school. I use to have feelings without having reasons for feeling them, and I finally got to the point where I could usually pinpoint who is "attached" to those feelings an confront them.

Did you have specific questions about empathy?

Also ... the cool pictures and banners and such are (in my case) a product of having too much time on my hands at work.

[Rian]

I believe I am very empathetic. I am able to pick up on "vibes" from people just by seeing images of them, as well as experiencing the same emotions as friends and family.

Like right now. I'm in an odd state of euphoria, giddy. It's weird.

I told my friend I felt like I was on drugs or something because it came out of nowhere, only to find out she is experiencing the same feelings... and this isn't the first time I've ridden on her emotions... makes it difficuls when she is having a depressive episode (she's Bi-Polar).

[Pagan Taoist]

Yeah ... that's another thing I hadn't taken into account, sometimes you "just know" things about other people. I've had too many benadryl to give you an example, but I guess ya'll know what I'm talking about.

[Kyra Kismet]

I can walk into a room and get overpowered by emotion, I also feel others pain, I mean physically!

[thornrose]

I believe I am very empathetic. I am able to pick up on "vibes" from people just by seeing images of them, as well as experiencing the same emotions as friends and family.

Like right now. I'm in an odd state of euphoria, giddy. It's weird.

I told my friend I felt like I was on drugs or something because it came out of nowhere, only to find out she is experiencing the same feelings... and this isn't the first time I've ridden on her emotions... makes it difficuls when she is having a depressive episode (she's Bi-Polar).

Yeah the depression stuff is hard. When someone close to me or around me is depressed, I'll be also, but not able to pinpoint it. When I was very young I would feel emotions from others but not know what they are. Now, I still have trouble identifying all the time where they are coming from. It makes it hard to take people at face value as well.

[DixieWitch]

yup yup...I know exactly how you feel. Imagine living with my hubby for this past week. He's been really aggrevated and angry because of all this stuff with the new house. After a couple days I finally broke down and told him something. I told him he needed to calm down..that I was tired of feeling this way because he was feeling this way and I didn't want anymore of his negative crap. It left my feeling drained for a couple days also. But I'm starting to feel better now.

[Allegra2]

Ah, to be a real life "empath".

I have felt empathy for others to the point were it becomes impossible to sort myself from all the emotions flying around me. It was in fact part of what led to me leaving high school. I'd be sitting there with hundreds of emotionally charged kids all around me, and I felt like I was litterly drowning in a pool of emotions. (More like a huricane.)

Before I learned how to "damper" how strong others emotions were to me, I would actually leave schools some days just to get where it was "quieter". Now adays I can usually control it, though there are days when I feel "numb" to others, and other days I can't see to find my self amongst the "noise".

Lots of quotations, but I don't really know a good way to say what I mean. Meditate, and learn how to sheild emotions. (Sheild, not block. Blocking emotions didn't work for me, it just made me feel alone.)

Well that was my experience,

Allx

[PoisonIvy]

I can walk into a room and get overpowered by emotion, I also feel others pain, I mean physically!


I know the feeling!

[Aconite]

Yep, My best friend Tiffany and I can sence eachothers emotions all the time. Not jsut a little but a lot!!!!!!! its crazy, but its cool.