Date: 5/7/2008 2:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 64154
It might.:]  |
Date: 5/7/2008 3:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 63366
More so than most I would say.  |
Date: 5/7/2008 3:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 15070
The same way you know when you are enjoying a good book, or you like a song on the radio. It is just a "knowing". I have heard it explained the people unconsciously look for "clues", in people's body language, or their tone of voice. I think it is a bit more primal than that. Maybe going back to when Humans had to trust their instincts about potential threats. But being an empath is more than that. It is not just "knowing" what a person feels, but "feeling" what they feel. (That is not always easy to deal with, because our brains try to rationalize the "why"'s of the things we feel.) Almost everyone can walk into a room and have a sudden gut-feeling that they were being talked about. Being an empath is more of a someone is smiling, and trying to act cheerful, but you "feel", you "experience", their worry/concern/anger. Most people are not comfortable knowing that someone else can feel what they are hiding. So it is not always a good idea to let on you know what they are feeling. I hope this helps.  |
Date: 5/7/2008 6:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 14909
You just may be.  |
Date: 5/7/2008 6:53:00 PM
From Authorid: 51393
You don't it just happens,the feelings will be strong,you can connect through them somehow just by their vibes,emotion,body language,and know when their lying.See,the problem with me is that when i do feel something is going on i will speak my mind without thinking of concenquences.I will speak what i feel about the person,without beating around the bush.When,i do such things i tend to hurt someone's feelings mainly i hit it hard,the thruth on what they truly feel,so they tend to feel defensive.Sometimes,i try not to say anything mainly i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings,and just let them go along whatever they wish.It's difficult to be an empath sometimes,and think your helping,and yet turns out you don't it just makes you look nosy and stuff.....That's just thoughts running,and organizing it at the same time.Good post....Much love and God Bless...  |
Date: 5/7/2008 9:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 35720
I've always felt that I feel for people more than a lot of people.. what you do sounds kind of like me.  |
Date: 5/11/2008 8:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 19871
It might be but it could also be sympathy or close to the line between sympathy and empathy. One of the ways I realise about being an empath is mostly that you can feel what the other person is feeling though they don't show it. Like a person is being happy and enjoying something but you'd look at them in the eye and ask them "What is bothering you?" or "You aren't really enjoying this are you?" At least thats how I run.  |
Date: 6/3/2008 4:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 30647
For me, whoever I'm around, I start picking up their emotions, mannerisms and thoughts. I honestly hate it because often times, I notice myself feeling a certain way, and I know it's not my own emotion, it's someone else's. So I have hard time discerning the difference. I think we are all empaths to some degree though  |
Date: 12/8/2008 6:15:00 AM
From Authorid: 21903
I think I am just the same as you! Do you feel almost a physical pain when you see someone injured, like you know exactly what that pain feels like almost? That’s how I am. I literally can’t watch shows with lots of injured people or surgery shows b/c I feel pain when I see something cut into someone (a knife, a needle…anything that isn’t natural). I also pick up on vibes of people’s emotions. When I can feel someone is very defensive, I pick up on it b/c I start feeling that way. I actually chose not to go Christmas shopping at the mall this year (I am in a bigger and more unknown city this year than last year) b/c people are always rushing around and feeling flustered and I know that I’ll end up feeling flustered and I hate that. So I just did it on line! Lol.  |
Date: 1/27/2009 2:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 49710
An empath is someone who can feel what the other person is feeling, no matter what connection you may have to them or how strong or how weak it is. I'm an empath myself, and I can tell you, from what it seems like, you are. The best piece of advice that I can give you is that you have to train yourself to distinguish your feelings from the other person's, because if you don't, you can have it override you and it may make you very confused. Just make sure you ground and protect yourself.  |
Date: 8/28/2010 10:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 26733
truly its not uncommon to be an empath an not know it. you go through life, looking at people and events and you get intense emotions. Unexpected emotion. You've felt these intense vibes all your life but never truly paid them any attention you just grown accustomed to your emotions. You need to seperate the two emotion. That of your emotions and that of the individual you are sensing. You do this with nothing but practice by paying attention to your solar plexus (chakra) both alone and most importanrly when you come in contact with people. You need to build a mental catalogue of emotion that you can recall so when you sense it again in the future you can then analyze and ask yourself is could this be my emotion. eventualy you be able to tell that the emotion isnt yours and sense the source of the emotion like a magnet. Dont allow someones negative emotion to take root into your system. It takes root if you dont look at it in a third party perspective. Look at all events and people in a third party perspective...outside the box looking in. passing no judgment just feeling.  |
