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I Am An Empath

One of the main reasons I'm a recluse is because I am an empath. I pick up the energy of every place I go to, and every person or animal I'm around. It's a curse and a blessing.

A curse because it physically [i]hurts[/i] me when I am around anyone who has emotional pain or grief. When I have to be around someone who is angry, I become anxious and angry myself. It's like being a prisoner to your environment.

When I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival, I toured the Museum of Cruelty. It is a wax museum that shows every kind of torture method they used in medieval times. I'm a huge fan of horror movies and haunted house attractions, so I happily went in.

When I came out, I was so heavy-hearted and just felt "off" all day afterward. The evil that humans have committed (and still do) is just devastating and sickening.

The blessing is that because of my ability to sense these energies, my sense of compassion and my instincts are both heightened. I can tell almost immediately upon meeting someone whether they are trustworthy or not. And since I can feel the pain of others, I can truly understand their feelings and help them accordingly.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
I'm an empath too, though it sounds like you're more sensitive to the energies than I am. I've seen mockups of medieval torture chambers and felt very little, but visiting places of great tragedy gets to me. Like, I visited Pearl Harbor not long ago, and just standing there looking at the water, I could feel the weight of what had happened. It messed me up for most of the rest of the day.

But you're right about being able to pick up on trustworthiness. There's just something about some people that doesn't sit right, and I know I'm grateful for that ability.
This post kicked off some intense conversations. It's great to see that even if we all define it slightly differently that there is a common thread. I guess I'm in the middle of the pack on this. I realized that I was different before I was a teen. That I just felt the pains of others so intensely. Of course all that is complicated being a male who, back then, wasn't supposed to show empathy. So I just channeled it into being a geeky introvert.
Like others, crowds exhaust me. The pain of others exhausts me. I attract people who are trying to get their lives together, or I'm attracted to them. But some people are so damaged that I literally can not be in their presence. That often gets interpreted by others as being aloof or hating on someone. But it's really self-preservation. It just pains me too much to see what they go through and know how lost they are.
I guess I've just adapted to the condition.
DiegoWolfe · 36-40
This is such a mood for me, as i am exactly the same way... I go places that are fun and happy and i feel energized, i go places sad or full of fear i come out twitchy... I was on a tour of Alcatraz island when i was just entering college and felt like the whole world was dark and empty and there was no hope in the building and felt relief when i was on the boat leaving. I have a friend who constantly subjects me to others energies because she is dumb as a post and couldn't read a person if they were a classic melodramatic character IRL... Being an empath is hard and worse than anything, but seeing the peace that happens when you truly relate to a person in pain is so gratifying too....
DrWatson · 70-79, M
Thank you for this post. Most of us [i]should[i] feel more pain in the face of others' pain, I think.
Peaches · F
@DrWatson I even cry watching the news sometimes!😭
SW-User
I'm very sensitive to environments too. It can be really frustrating

I'm inherently trusting though so my strategy in life has become more about isolation

I don't get worked up by places with a bad history, often I just feel something else that's hard to define but involves calm and a need to align my energy with that

But I can get very worked up by injustice
DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
@SW-User I feel you.

I get vibes from places, people, and less often- objects. I've read about people who use drug/alcohol to "deaden" those feelings, but it does the opposite for me. It heightens it. 😖
SW-User
@DearAmbellina2113
That would sux!

Luckily, if I recognise that I'm running off feelings that aren't mine I can generally distance them. I'm also less sensitive than when I was younger
Peaches · F
I relate to all you've said here, ⭐️I'm the same way.
DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M
I don't consider myself an empath, but I am more sensitive than I was.
I don't like negative people and sometimes I can pick up on 'bad energy' and have to leave.
I don't like crowds as much as I did.
Are you psychic as well?
Silverwings · 61-69, F
@DearAmbellina2113 Dreaming of things that later happen...….let me guess they are always bad, right? This happened to a friend of mine who used to live close to a country store that I ran for many years. She came and told me about what was happening, she would have a vision of it, and sure enough soon it would happen. People got scared of her, because she was always right. But I told her that was not God, he did not act like that. He would never show someone that something bad was gong to happen to them, then allow it to happen. But Satan will.
He is out to steal, kill and destroy, everyone that is created in the image of God. He plants his wicked ideas in the minds of men, in order to get them into our realm. We have two choices, to ignore them, and let them happen as he showed us, or to bind them and rebuke them and call them void, in the name of Jesus. However we can only do this if we belong to Jesus. We must accept his Lordship of our lives in order to have his power.
I bound the spirits of evil that were working against this woman, rebuked them in Jesus name, and commanded that they cease working in her life. I also pled the blood of Jesus over her daughter, and asked that the angels watch over her to keep her safe.
She had just told me that she had just had a vision of her daughter, having a wreck and being hurt bad.
That very night the curse went off the girl and onto the dog, it died mysteriously, but the girl is safe to this day.
The power of the enemy of our soul is deceptive, very cunning, and dangerous. But if we are believers in Jesus Christ we have authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt us. But Jesus also said that my people are destroyed by lack of knowledge. Be wise as serpants and harmless as doves,and nothing shall by any means hurt us. But Jesus also said that my people are destroyed by lack of knowledge. Be wise as serpants and harmless as doves.
DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M
@Silverwings You are a smart woman, very perceptive. A good person. I REALLY hope things get better for you.

I agree with what you said about the devil. He is deceptive, but his greatest trick is convincing people he does not exist.
Silverwings · 61-69, F
@DallasCowboysFan Thank you for your very kind words, I appreciate you, but I am really doing ok, and have been for years, I am not sure what gave you the impression that things were otherwise? Maybe you misread something that I posted?
Fantasyproject · 26-30, F
completely understand how you feel 100%. I hope you know how to ground yourself and stay protected so it won’t affect you so negatively. These women in a Facebook group were telling me about it when it became too much
blendednotshaken · 51-55, M
I have felt things so strongly and known it wasn't me. So now I have to buttress my self from outer to inner and see what's mine. It's taken a long time to understand, but it gets better.
revenant · F
Try put a wall if you can. Sensing too much drives you crazy
grayhalo · 41-45, M
It the general tension and hostility in the air getting to you?
josh84 · 36-40, M
I am an empath as well this really resonates with me
Driver2 · M
I can relate

 
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