| How many times have you had an unexplainable | | | | figure out why you are this way. In this instance, a |
| emotion or thought only to learn later in the day that | | | | number of things are more than likely going on. First |
| one of your loved ones was having a similar | | | | thing is that you may have empathetically merged with |
| experience? Perhaps that person was going through | | | | some life situations that have made you react |
| something emotionally difficult but you experienced the | | | | negatively. Also as a result of the situation, negative |
| symptoms? What about experiencing pain that just | | | | beliefs have formed and are also lodged into your |
| comes and goes all of a sudden or lingers for a while? | | | | subconscious. What I find to be most popular is the |
| Again, later you find out that a loved one was having | | | | person who is the empath has been exposed to |
| some physical pain, but yet you experienced the | | | | someone else that is very negative or they have even |
| symptoms. Strange or is it? What did you do once you | | | | "inherited" the negativity from someone in the family. |
| discovered that your loved one was going through | | | | This is usually just empathic or energetic passing down |
| changes? Did you dismiss your experience as an odd | | | | of negative thinking and can be removed in an instant. |
| phenomenon? | | | | It is natural for us to connect with each and be able to |
| What if I were to tell you that these odd experiences | | | | relate with each other in life. What is not healthy or |
| have a name to them and that YOU are also defined | | | | balanced, is taking on the actual symptoms of the |
| within this name? The truth of the matter is that none | | | | challenges of others. It is a human characteristic to be |
| of the above is as odd or strange as you may believe. | | | | compassionate during the time of difficulty. Often times |
| If you have ever experienced other persons' emotions | | | | in being this way, we want to help the other person by |
| or physical symptoms then you are considered what is | | | | easing the pain and guess what? You may have |
| called an EMPATH. | | | | actually done that before. Ever have a conversation |
| Empathy is defined as: the intellectual identification with | | | | with someone who is going through rough times and |
| or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or | | | | then when the conversation is over, they say "whew! |
| attitudes of another. However, an EMPATH is | | | | Glad I got that off my chest. I feel so much better!" but |
| someone who energetically absorbs the feelings, | | | | then you notice as they walk away that you feel like |
| thoughts, or attitudes of others. The empath does | | | | crap? Yeah, you just absorbed everything like you |
| NOT have to be in the physical presence of a person | | | | were an emotional sponge to that person. You haven't |
| to undergo these experiences. The majority of people | | | | in fact taken away the pain, just the heaviness of their |
| that are empaths cannot determine their own feelings, | | | | load. Later when they come back to you to talk about |
| thoughts, or attitudes from others. They mistakenly | | | | their problem again, you realize that it is becoming |
| taken on these emotions and beliefs as their own and | | | | more and more challenging for you to talk with them |
| can carry it throughout their life unknowingly. | | | | about what they are going through. This is happening |
| So what's the big deal about all of this? Well, let us | | | | because the negative emotions of the person are like |
| look at this a couple of different ways and then let us | | | | a weight that suppresses the flow of positive energy. |
| see how you feel by the time you reach the end of | | | | There are many degrees of empaths. Some people |
| this article. | | | | can't even leave their home because just the mixture |
| Empath Examples | | | | of emotions in the atmosphere, makes them nauseas, |
| You're a child that gets teased over silly things by the | | | | sick, or nervous. Others can leave their home but |
| children in your school. As a result, you really don't like | | | | notice that when they touch people, they actually |
| school and have a low self esteem. The experience in | | | | absorb the negative symptoms into their body and |
| school affects you so much that a belief is created as | | | | then they have to find a way to release it. |
| a result. This belief is created by you as a form of | | | | Regardless of how minute or severe a person's |
| coping and emotional protection. The belief may be | | | | empathic abilities, it is important that everyone get it |
| something to the extent of "others do not accept" "I | | | | under control. I once met a lady that said she gets the |
| am not worthy of friendship", "I do not deserve to | | | | physical symptoms of her children's pregnancies. I was |
| have friends," or "I do not love myself". This one belief | | | | taken aback and couldn't believe what I heard. Another |
| creates many offspring that reproduces itself. This | | | | person caught me off guard and asked me if I was |
| myriad of beliefs is now lodged in your subconscious | | | | drinking water with lime juice in it and said she could |
| mind and you now carry this throughout your | | | | taste it. Well, I was drinking lime water and I specifically |
| adulthood life. What you are also carrying are the | | | | remember stopping and saying, wow, that is pretty |
| emotional expressions, thoughts, and feelings of all the | | | | deep! |
| children from back then that made them do and say | | | | You have many people that believe being an empath |
| what they did to you. You have basically merged with | | | | is cool while some believe it is a curse. Regardless of |
| them emotionally and mentally. | | | | what you think you do not have to go through the |
| Another example: | | | | physical symptoms of the other person. You can |
| You constantly have negative thoughts. You're critical, | | | | consciously choose to get the information ONLY so |
| judgmental, and skeptical. The thing is that you know | | | | that you know how to assist the other person. If this |
| this is not the real you but no matter what you do, you | | | | simple awareness is not working then you may need |
| can't really seem to change things. No matter what | | | | to remove certain beliefs and emotions on the |
| you do, nothing works. People are telling you that you | | | | subconscious level which will make all the difference in |
| are very pessimistic and you don't like it, but you can't | | | | your life. |