We have decided to start this thread because of the number of Empaths,both old and new we are getting in the coven.
This thread is not for Empaths alone.Anyone that wishs to comment is more than welcome to.
Some of you may have known your ability for some time.
Others of you may just now be discovering your gift.
What ever the case there are a few things we all share,both good and bad.
Empathy is the 'capacity' to share and understand another's 'state of mind' or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself. Empathy does not necessarily imply compassion, or empathic concern because this capacity can be present in context of compassionate or cruel behavior(wikipedia)
There are baically 2 types of empaths.
#1 Those people with other Physhic abilities that are taught to recognize Empathic senses.
These people may be able to descern feelings to a certain degree,but will always have limits on what they can successfully recognize
#2 The Natural Empath is someone that is born with the ability or gift to read the emotions and feelings of others .
This is something that the user doesnt have to work at having but they can have to work very hard at controling.
As it starts to reveal itself it can be very frightening,and the user may have no idea whats going on
When you start to feel the flood of emotions that come with empathy,you may experience a wide range of emotions in a very short time.
This is because you are receptive to the emotions of those around you,but you have no control over what they are feeling..For instance,your around a happy person-you feel their happiness.Your around an angry person-you feel their anger.
In groups of people it can be down right confusing and very upseting at times,many different emotions may seem to flood in all at once.
With time and certain techniques you can learn to control what you experience.
There are different ways this gift can be used.
It can be used to help people better understand whats going on within themselves,and sort out emotions that may be all mixed up.Empathy often goes hand in hand with Healing and may be used to isolate injuries,or other medical issues.Be warned that most people may say they want you to read them and their feelings...But when you start to reveal their innermost secret feelings to them,they feel violated and may react in an angry manner.
Its for that reason I always ask the permission of anyone that wishs to be read(I literally ask them is it ok for me to go in their head,lol)wether for serious reasons or just for fun.
Some Empaths use their gift in a totally different way and prey on people by useing their emotions against them.
You can often predict what a person wants or needs if you can see what they are feeling at certain times.Then use that to your advantage in any number of ways.
I would like for those of you ....New or old empaths...wether youve known for a while...just found out you are an Empath...or maybe your not sure ,you just think you may be.
Post here what is the biggest problem you face or have faced,or think you may face with being an empath.
Once this is done we will be addressing these issues.
Some of the things will be:
*How to practice and strenghten your ability
*Shielding and Grounding yourself against the flood of emotions
*Isolating the feelings of just one person,,and one feeling
*How to tell if what you are feeling is real or imaginary *How to deal with people when you read them
*Finally how to turn off the flood of emotions from others ,without turning off your OWN emotions completly.
The biggest issue I face now with my Empathy is controling MY OWN emotions in certain situations.
If I have no emotional attachment to a person Im able to objectively read their emotions and give an unbiased reading.
If on the other hand I am emotionally attached to the person,I may feel all thier emotions and my own ,The more I feel for somone the harder it is to seperate the two,My emotions become unstable and I become irational and totally unpredictible.
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