EMPATH

Empath means that you feel other people’s emotions as your own. For example, if someone around you is very angry you might start to feel angry yourself, even though there is no direct reason for you to feel this way. According to  parapsychology “observing another person’s emotional state activates parts of the neuronal network involved in processing that same state in one, whether it is disgust, touch, or pain”. Empaths have the ability to scan another’s energy for thoughts, feelings and possibly for past, present, and future life occurrences.

Empaths feel what others are feeling. Empathy means to 'put yourself in another person's shoes', to feel what others are feeling. Empaths feel other people's emotions through energy transference. Emotions are energy, like light is energy, and they carry a positive or negative vibration. Love being highly positive, and hatred being intensely negative. These energies are picked up by the empath and usually experienced as if they were their own emotions.

This often presents a problem for the highly developed empath, especially if the individual has no idea they are empathic. The emotions of others they live, work or socialize with, can be transferred to them subconsciously. The empath then experiences the emotions for themselves – whether they are positive or negative. Imagine a highly attuned empath in a crowd of people – they can become quickly overwhelmed.

As a result, empaths can become withdrawn or reclusive. Being sensitive to others who are experiencing negative energies, can bring their mood down, and even cause depression. It can be isolating knowing that someone feels negative in your presence.

Being empathic, if unwanted, can be a kind of psychic noise. A constant intrusion on the equilibrium of the mind. Conversely, during happy times, being an empath can enhance this earthly experience. Feeling the joy of your child receiving a gift, or the happiness of a lonely person receiving a visit from you, or the intense love of a partner - the empath's skills are life enriching.

So you see, being a naturally developed or well trained psychic or empath, has both advantages and disadvantages. The psychic gains concepts and thought energies, and the empath, emotional energy. We can all develop these skills – however lifestyles, social norms, preoccupation with material gain, and the unavoidable need to acquire money to survive, tend to prevent this. If everybody possessed these skills, it would give us greater abilities to create a fairer, healthier and more balanced world. Hence the powers that be, likely prefer it to remain in the realm of the unproven forever.

Many people question whether they are an empath or not. There are several ways that you can know, but most people show one or more of the empathic traits listed here:

You absorb other people’s emotions and carry these with you.

You can feel the physical pain that another person is in.

You often suffer from fatigue, both physically and mentally.

You find it necessary to have alone time in order to recharge.

You experience mood swings thought the day, along with several emotional states.

You cannot stand to witness violence or other forms of cruelty.

You are considered a good listener.

People often talk to you about their problems.

Children and animals are naturally attracted to you. Sometimes this is referred to as an animal empath.

It is in your nature to be caring and nurturing.

You are aware of the physical environment around you.

You cannot stand to be involved in interpersonal conflicts.

You find crowded places to be overwhelming and exhausting.

You do get uncomfortable in some situations due to the feelings that they bring on.

You often find yourself being overwhelmed with others problems, without asking for these problems to be brought to you.

You have been told that you are too sensitive since you feel the feelings of those who are around you, which can affect your mood.

People often comment that you have an uncanny ability to predict something happening or a situation or those who have these types of characteristics, chances are they an empath. However, what type of empath they are truly depends on a few more factors. Knowing the type of empath you are, can help you to know what to avoid if you are feeling worn down or just to better understand why you do some of the tings you do!


Types of Empaths

There are several types of empaths that a person can be. These include the following:

Claircognizant
Emotionally Receptive
Physically Receptive
Fauna
Flora
Geomantic
Medium
Psychometric
Precognitive and cognitive empathy
Telepathic

Claircognizant
Those who are claircognizant empaths often just know that something needs to be done. For example, they may talk to a person and just know that they are lying or that they are in pain of some sort. There is really no reason that has given the person the knowledge, they simply have the intuition that something is wrong.

Emotional Receptive
This empath can be around someone who may not even be talking about what they are feeling, yet they feel the emotions of that person. For example, if someone is sad from a recent heartbreak, the empath may feel the sadness, not only the emotion, but also the physical pain the person may be in from the sadness. The opposite if they are happy.

Physically Receptive
When an empath is a physical receptive, they feel the physical pain that a person may be in. For example, if they are around someone who is ill, they may start to feel the bodily pain that this person is in. This can be great when trying to pinpoint what the problem may be for someone.

Fauna
The Fauna empath is one that is going to be drawn to animals. They can often feel the emotions of this animal. It does make it much easier to interact with these animals. Animals may naturally be drawn to this type of empath.

Flora
These types of empaths deal with plants. They can even feel the physical and emotional aspects of these plants that may be of putting. For this reason, these types of empaths are often labeled as having “green thumbs”.

Geomantic
These types of empaths can often predict when something is going to happen in terms of a natural disaster. This is due to having a deep connection to the Earth. They often feel the energy that is being transmitted and know that there is something that is going to happen.

Medium
A medium empath is the one that can see, hear or even feel those spirits of deceased people. They may not be able to see, feel or hear at all times. It may just be one or the other. For these types of empaths, they may find that this sight or feeling can be a surprise and even scary at times. But, it can be controlled if you learn the benefits of this ability.

Psychometric
A psychometric empath can take a photograph, jewelry or any type of physical object that they can handle and feel the feelings that are associated with it. They may even gain information about the person whom the object belongs to.

Precognitive
For many empaths, they may have dreams or visions of things to come, yet they know that they will happen. When this is the case they are considered a precognitive empath. They often have the dream, but it is the feeling associated with this dream such as dread, excitement or anxiety that sticks with them.

Telepathic
Those who are telepathic can read a person’s thoughts without the person telling them what they are thinking. It may not be clear thoughts at all times, but they do get a good sense of what may be going on in the mind of that person.

As you can see, an empath is more than just someone who can put themselves into the shoes of someone else. There are just as many who deal with the feelings of humans, animals, plants and even spirits day in and day out. Just remember, if you are an empath, you need to take the time to keep yourself grounded instead of always focusing on the feelings or pain of others around you! You need to take care of yourself first.

By Kathrine Sorilou