Talk:Empathy/@comment-72.93.40.182-20150617052436

In my opinion from personal experience is that most empaths are in one of two groups. 1. They are very open emotionally, and have a very heightened sense of feeling. Mainly w/ the use of their heart chakra. Or 2. They became too overwhelmed w/ picking up eveyone else's garbage, negative thoughts, unspoken words, and came to a decision to shut down themselves emotionally. In some sense they do something to nullify against everything they don't want to perceive.

I find myself sometimes very sensitive at the drop of a hat. I start tearing up for reasons unknown, and I use to find crowds really nerve wrecking. Being around tons of people is draining sometimes. So I find physical contact like a hug or something is replenishing in a sense, but it has to be positive. Negative environments are draining and disruptive. Sometimes there's a sense of knowing when someone has a problem and wanting to interact w/ them instinctively to lighten their day. Empaths tend to draw wounded people to them...they often spill their troubles and ocassionally a life story.

There's a huge awareness of the emotional plane of existence that's experience by empaths and ignored by others. Being receptive to others opens a doorway for suggestions, manipulation, and mind games if used incorrectly. My personal experience is one I tapped into a friends emotional / energy field quite unawares. It was like a switch got flipped, then suddenly I knew every word she was going to speak. I couldn't control myself literally. It was like tapping into a stream and I had to let it run it's course. So the spontaneous mimicking began and I matched her word for word. Gesture by gesture and etc...It creeped her out, but it couldn't be helped. That's a drawback of natural empathy. Over the years my sensitive nature has been hidden behind a tougher shell. When I'm too exposed emotionally it hurts to be around other people....I'd rather be by myself sometimes. So I learned to shut down. It' not the best method, but it works for now.