There is a Reason You Are Empathic
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Do You Feel Cursed by the Gift of Empathy?
Being empathic can often times feel like a curse in our stages of development. We constantly absorb energies and emotions from others around us, which can be totally exhausting in a day, especially on those days in which we may find ourselves surrounded by negativity.
I have often been asked how to turn off this ability. What I can tell you is this, you cannot turn it off. You have it for an important reason. You can try to block, but blocking only causes negativity within us, which manifests in physical illness. It is best to learn to work with it, and use it.
I, too, once felt cursed by this blessed gift. I now see it for what it truly is. It is a beautiful gift and a beautiful responsibility.
If you are struggling with the gift of empathy, then your thinking needs to be turned completely around in order for you to understand, detatch, and use this extraordinary gift, and opportunity you have been given in life.
Many people spend years wondering why their feellings and emotions are all over the charts before they come to fully realize they are absorbing emotion from others. Still, there are those who seem to be in tune with this gift early in life through natural meditation, or perhaps a bit later in life when they add a meditation routine to their day, and start on the road to spiritual development. Whatever the case, this can be one of the hardest spiritual gifts to come to terms with and ultimately learn to use for positive good.
In order to detatch from emotion, you must become one with it. Become very observant of your emotions and changes. When you know emotion did not come from you, then set to identify where it came from. Accept it as just emotion. Acknowledge it, and release it.
It is important that you surround yourself in the positive. It may not be possible to completely remove ourselves from anything negative, but we can control which environments and people we allow ourselves to spend the most time in and around.
Know That You Are Here to Serve
Although many empaths may be aware that we absorb emotions and energies constantly, the one aspect of the gift that seems to come with later understanding, is, we also have the ability to project emotions and energies.
Other gifts that come along with being empathic are a part of us, for two important reasons. One being that we need a way to release those emotions and energies that we take in constantly, and two, it gives us a way in order to project emotion and energy, which helps massive amounts of people throughout the world, and helps raise the vibration levels of our world when used positively.
Whenever one is empathic, they will have one or more creative gifts that go along with the gift of empathy such as writing, art, music, a highly scientific mind, or other creative talents. You may also find them in fields where they motivate mass amount of people such as in motivational speaking, as well as teaching mass audiences.
What goes in, comes out. Be very aware of what you allow to become part of your energy field. Also remember, it is from within that we create our lives around us. Don't ignore emotion of your own that needs to be examined, healed, and released.
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I used to think so to, but it is actually a blessing and an honor. Once one realizes its "use", and learns to "channel" it properly, the blessings are abundant.
Beth,
Just came to this hub...A gift I have tried to drown in alcohol, obscure by being busy...A gift none the less. Ignorance is not bliss as they say and denial has never stopped the tide from coming in or the moon from rising.
Knowledge is indeed power and as you share this knowledge you share empowerment with all of us, for this I thank you. Knowledge is however, a double edged sword and gratefully you have covered both sides in this article.
The keys are learning to recognize and identify which e-motion is ours and what is others.....as well as embracing and cultivating ours so we radiate our inner light which can dissolve the things we do not want to experience even as we are aware of their existence and sources, uniting and expanding with other sources of light and love. It then becomes expansive and wonderful versus being diminshing absorbing and terrifying.
Thanks again for this great article, may it be an inspiration to others to embrace and appreciate the gifts within...I appreciate the light and love you radiate here!!! Sue
Really good article! Empath here! Also psychic. Also medium! So nice not to be alone!
Many Blessings,
Marie
Thank you so much Sue, and Dr. Marie for your wonderful comments. It's very nice to meet you both!
Great information Beth. I have a request, could you perhaps offer some tips on how to project our emotions. I have read many articles on how to block the energies of others but I have yet to come across one that deals with projecting. Thanks in advance.
I was alway was the sensitiv child growing up. I never understood til I hit my late teens what was really going on. Now I sense others emotions and thoughts imediately after meeting them. I live very isolated in a sense. I keep very few friends whom I see very seldom. I keep better relationships online, since it is easier to not ease drop so much. That isn't to say that I don't still pick up on people through emails.
Hi good knowledge. I believe I'm an empath. I'm 36, up until I was 29 I was a drug addict and from 15 to 29 I was homeless and often in court for convictions relating to feed my drug habit. My brother died which shattered my world then my dad hung himself. At 30 after coming out of prison I was still alive so I thought it my last chance to live a honest life. I went to college studying social care and have been supporting peoplewith different disabilities ever since. Iv nothing but compassion and empathy for anyone vulnerable. I find my gift a curse as I am very I intuitive and feel most peoples emotions. I believe my gift of empathy is gods holy spirit. My email is chriscartwright@hotmail.co.uk. Please email me if you understand me I want to meet people i can relate to. Thanks godless chris
I just need some advice from others who know alot about this as this takes over my life, gives me headaches and causes me to not to trust very many people as know one is ever honest with you and believe me eve if its not face to face i can tell if they are lying to me! :( I would like to understand how to use this as a gift as at the moment i wish i didn't have it! Im ungrounded, un-trusting, but still loving, giving, and can never say no to the huge amount of people always wanting my help! I like to help people but the only living thing that really seems to understand and feel for me is animals. I have a lot of people say it is amazing how animals are with me as they show behaviours that they dont normally show infront of their owners?? Probably why i work with animals. I just want to be able to use my abilities to help those who want help, or people that are close to me but i feel the urge strongly to help everyone and im also to!!! Forgiving!!
Would just like to have some control :(
Becky.
hi im steve im 19 from the gold coast from yrs of dreams coming tru nd reading thoughts of thos around me, i got a spiritual reading nd i found i am a dormant psycic can someone help me fulfill my powers
hi my name is Jennifer. I'm currently dealing with feeling people's thoughts, and emotions myself. I've been right about earthquakes happening before they do, and I think I had an outer body experience when the mennisoda tornado hit at midnight cause it felt like I was actually there. I actually heard the tornado sirens. Right now tho I'm currently dealing with feeling an interest's energy that might be my future love but now we're just friends.
Anyone that could help me with that please send me a message. Thanks.
ally 2 years ago
being an empath is a curse