Talk:Empathy/@comment-107.77.68.93-20150118214828/@comment-173.209.212.199-20150119043541

It is empathic absorbing. Your sensing the emotion, then absorbing the emotion from the person to enter into that emotional state, a state which enhances your ability. Its possible to enter that state on your own without "riding their coat tails", figuring out how to access it on your own is a challenge but dude its something no one else can do for people like us. It is also separate our sponging/empathic absorbing from empathic sensing. Instead of deliberately soaking up emo gunk, we recognize when it happens with practice and then we choose to let it go(detach), keep sensing it(sense) or pull on it (absorb). No extra meditation necessary, just a consciously aware choice. Im sure hoping this helps you, it took a long time for me.