Comments on: The Real Traits of an Empath http://sherryandrea.com/2009/04/06/the-real-traits-of-an-empath/ All things related to empathy, psychic ability, spirituality, and ascension Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:31:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Sherry http://sherryandrea.com/2009/04/06/the-real-traits-of-an-empath/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Sherry Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:01:38 +0000 http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-283 Melissa, One of the first steps is knowing what's not yours. The next step is in understanding that you are not meant to have to feel everything and anything throughout the day. For example, the reason you continued feeling your friends emotions was because the connection was still there and still in need of being broken. Also it is more than just feeling anothers emotions...that is the part of the connection that you experienced but what you may not have experienced was the energy exchange. Often empaths pick up connection(s) and as the days pass more and more of their energy is drained because the energy exchange is not equal. This can lead to fatigue, feeling ill, and even becoming violently ill. Or it is also possible that the energy exchange could have gone the other way...that you were getting the most energy in the exchange. So the next step would be to learn to break connections and learn basic methods of protection which I have post on this blog that explain how to do those things. After you feel you have some control of breaking connections and preventing them you can begin the process of practicing feeling (picking up emotions) purposely, reading them and then practice breaking the connection. As you will see as you read more many things you learn are a matter of visualization. The more you practice the better at it you will get. <a href="http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/developing-your-empathy-part-ii-protection/" rel="nofollow">http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/developing-your-empathy-part-ii-protection/</a>, <a href="http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/developing-your-empathy-part-i/" rel="nofollow">http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/developing-your-empathy-part-i/</a> Let me know if there are any other questions you have. Sherry Melissa,
One of the first steps is knowing what’s not yours. The next step is in understanding that you are not meant to have to feel everything and anything throughout the day. For example, the reason you continued feeling your friends emotions was because the connection was still there and still in need of being broken. Also it is more than just feeling anothers emotions…that is the part of the connection that you experienced but what you may not have experienced was the energy exchange. Often empaths pick up connection(s) and as the days pass more and more of their energy is drained because the energy exchange is not equal. This can lead to fatigue, feeling ill, and even becoming violently ill. Or it is also possible that the energy exchange could have gone the other way…that you were getting the most energy in the exchange. So the next step would be to learn to break connections and learn basic methods of protection which I have post on this blog that explain how to do those things. After you feel you have some control of breaking connections and preventing them you can begin the process of practicing feeling (picking up emotions) purposely, reading them and then practice breaking the connection. As you will see as you read more many things you learn are a matter of visualization. The more you practice the better at it you will get. http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/developing-your-empathy-part-ii-protection/, http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/developing-your-empathy-part-i/

Let me know if there are any other questions you have.

Sherry

]]> By: melissaq http://sherryandrea.com/2009/04/06/the-real-traits-of-an-empath/comment-page-1/#comment-282 melissaq Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:48:52 +0000 http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-282 I told my story on psychic-experiences.com and people responded with that I am empath psychic. Here is the website address. I couldn't tell all my story cause short on the space. http://www.psychic-experiences.com/real-psychic-story.php?story=2505 All this time I thought I was sensitive. Cause other peoples emotion would effect me for example my bestfriend was going through a rough divorce. I was always there I would feel all her pain and then get all her anger. Then I would just leave the room and break down and cry. Well now we are not that good of friends cause, I feel the reason is that she started talking to a new guy and I could feel all her excitement. fast heartbeat butterflies in my stomach the more excited she go the more I could feel it to the point where I would have to get up and move. Well now for me now for me being excited for her and out of the blue one day she must have been thinking about him or something for me to all of a sudden ask her have you heard from bob. She thinks I am after people she dates.. I could not help myself at the time to get excited. I could careless about so called bob. I was feeling her emotion and couldn't control it. It might be nothing .. but now after researching more I feel deep down that I must be empath. The traits fit me to the T. I want to develop my empath self and I would like to know how. Could you please tell me where or how I can work on this. You can email me. melissakayetx1@aol.com I told my story on psychic-experiences.com and people responded with that I am empath psychic. Here is the website address. I couldn’t tell all my story cause short on the space.
http://www.psychic-experiences.com/real-psychic-story.php?story=2505

All this time I thought I was sensitive. Cause other peoples emotion would effect me for example my bestfriend was going through a rough divorce. I was always there I would feel all her pain and then get all her anger. Then I would just leave the room and break down and cry. Well now we are not that good of friends cause, I feel the reason is that she started talking to a new guy and I could feel all her excitement. fast heartbeat butterflies in my stomach the more excited she go the more I could feel it to the point where I would have to get up and move. Well now for me now for me being excited for her and out of the blue one day she must have been thinking about him or something for me to all of a sudden ask her have you heard from bob. She thinks I am after people she dates.. I could not help myself at the time to get excited. I could careless about so called bob. I was feeling her emotion and couldn’t control it. It might be nothing ..

but now after researching more I feel deep down that I must be empath. The traits fit me to the T. I want to develop my empath self and I would like to know how. Could you please tell me where or how I can work on this. You can email me. melissakayetx1@aol.com

]]> By: Sherry http://sherryandrea.com/2009/04/06/the-real-traits-of-an-empath/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Sherry Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:05:42 +0000 http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-281 Submitted by Pamela Glasner April 7, 2009 11:37pm: Thanks for posting to my site, Sherry - always happy to hear other points of view - and I agree with a lot of what you say. However, I must respectfully disagree with one thing you said: Empathy is NOT necessarily inherited - no “Empathy” gene has ever been empirically identified. More likely, if it shows up in families it’s because, from one generation to the next, it has been accepted and understood, so it is not treated as some sort of aberration. It is therefore, under those circumstances, easier and safer for the Empath to be open about his or her ability - something which is difficult to be in the beginning when you do not understand what is happening to you. Nurture vs. Nature - in this case, nurture winning out. If you are surrounded by people who do not accept this as a natural phenomenon and treat you as though there is something wrong with you, you are more likely to hide it and never know if there were others in your family who ‘had’ what you ‘have’. So how would you know? There are many Empaths who are from families where there never was one before. I believe it is within us when we are born, just not passed from generation to generation like blue eyes or brown hair. Submitted by Pamela Glasner April 7, 2009 11:37pm:

Thanks for posting to my site, Sherry - always happy to hear other points of view - and I agree with a lot of what you say. However, I must respectfully disagree with one thing you said:

Empathy is NOT necessarily inherited - no “Empathy” gene has ever been empirically identified. More likely, if it shows up in families it’s because, from one generation to the next, it has been accepted and understood, so it is not treated as some sort of aberration. It is therefore, under those circumstances, easier and safer for the Empath to be open about his or her ability - something which is difficult to be in the beginning when you do not understand what is happening to you.

Nurture vs. Nature - in this case, nurture winning out.

If you are surrounded by people who do not accept this as a natural phenomenon and treat you as though there is something wrong with you, you are more likely to hide it and never know if there were others in your family who ‘had’ what you ‘have’. So how would you know?

There are many Empaths who are from families where there never was one before.

I believe it is within us when we are born, just not passed from generation to generation like blue eyes or brown hair.

]]> By: Pamela Glasner http://sherryandrea.com/2009/04/06/the-real-traits-of-an-empath/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Pamela Glasner Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:10:16 +0000 http://myjourney11.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-280 Sherry, Good read! I can certainly understand where you are coming from. Yes, I suppose it can be hard to know, though I did not have that problem so it's actually harder for me to relate to what you're saying. May I suggest you check out my blog? http://lodestarre.blogspot.com/ Some of Katherine's musings might help, I don't know. She speaks to feelings rather than facts. Just a thought... Sherry,

Good read! I can certainly understand where you are coming from. Yes, I suppose it can be hard to know, though I did not have that problem so it’s actually harder for me to relate to what you’re saying.

May I suggest you check out my blog? http://lodestarre.blogspot.com/ Some of Katherine’s musings might help, I don’t know. She speaks to feelings rather than facts.

Just a thought…

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