Are You an Empath?

~ A recent study suggests that 1 to 2 percent of the population are Empaths meaning they have difficulty distinguishing themselves from others.  While defining people in this manner has been traditionally used as a spirituality or new age term. …

~ A recent study suggests that 1 to 2 percent of the population are Empaths meaning they have difficulty distinguishing themselves from others.  While defining people in this manner has been traditionally used as a spirituality or new age term.  It is becoming more mainstream.

The dictionaries define empath and empathy as:

empath
/ˈɛmpaθ/
noun
1. a person with the paranormal ability to perceive the mental or emotional state of another individual.

2.  the ability to share others’ feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person’s situation.

3.  being aware of the emotions around the individual.

When an empath is in an environment that is especially emotional or around an emotional person they tend to experience panic attacks, anxiety, depression, physical symptoms and chronic fatigue, that not be easily diagnosis by a doctor.  Some research has suggested that this “emotional contagion,” like any modern virus it has the tendency to not only be caught by the sensitive person, but also has the ability to spread virally to all others at varying levels through a  process called brainwave entrainment.

You are an Empath if you are any or all of the following:

• You always exhibit Major empathy in virtually every area of your life.
• You are Easily overwhelmed and are fluttered easily
• You have razor Strong intuition.
• You Love of nature
• You Dislike being in crowds and tend to be a lone wolf although you are very social.
• You have a Deep caring for everyone and everything.  Animal vegetable and mineral.
• You tend to have exceptional Problem solving abilities as you feel the right answers.
• You have Highly sensitivity to issues and tend to take things personally.
• You feel you always Need for rest and may sleep for over 8 hours a day.
• You Dislike of conflict and run away from it like a house on fire.
• You have Trouble fitting in and believe that you should have been born at another time and place.
• You tend to feel Isolation although you may be in the company of others or have a family.
• You have challenges establishing Boundaries and that causes issues between you and others.
• You have a Unique view of how life should be but don’t always speak up and let others know.
• You have difficulties saying “No” and are Easily overloaded by the demands of others.

If you found that you have answered to more than 5 of those statements you are definitely an empath.

How to Change?

They say that the first steps are the hardest, so step you must.  The first thing you must do is have a firm understanding of yourself, your needs, and values.  With this understanding your next create a system of priorities which requires that you know when your value-boundaries have been crossed.  The second thing that you should do is understand the priority of your values.  You must also understand your must haves would like and unimportant.  The third thing is establishing what  you are and who you are then you can start projecting that image to others.  You must exude total confidence as you are projecting your truth to others.  Read the article on The Aura: Life Protection.

Do Not Expect Others to Listen to the New You.

It may be difficult for you at first as family and friends will be so accustomed to the “old you” that they will be reluctant to let you change but you must train them to accept the new you.Imagine that you have a bubble that extends out from you.  This is actually your aura.  This aura infused with your mental and emotional needs and values will then start to protect you when you are in an environment where people have high emotional charges.

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