Yes! This video is brilliant on being an Empath and the difference between empathy and sympathy. Its hard to be an Empath! People ask me all the time, what is an Empath? Why does it hurt you and why is it hard? For me, its an automatic unbidden response i get instantaneously - like a second sense, if you will, to feeling, seeing or hearing the pain someone else in my immediate vicinity is going through. Be it physical pain because they have been wounded and may be scared, or a type of physical pain they have asked to receive for masochistic reasons, my empathic alarms automatically go off in my head, even if i have never met the person before. Just because i do not know them, does not mean i can just turn my Empath switch off. I will get the same empathic reaction to mental and or emotional pain experienced by someone around me as well. I get an almost instant knee jerk reaction to that right away, i can usually relate to the other person by instantly matching it to an experience i have had and the understanding of what they might be going through just pours out of me. Weather or not they wanted it, i am now connected to them on a deeper level. Of course, if i approach and they do not need empathy from me, i will quietly give them their space, but it does not stop my empathic feelings from flowing. You can see how tiring this can be. At times, upon attending small to medium house parties the feelings of others at the party can totally overwhelm me. For some reason i do not have a problem with this at large events or gatherings as much.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 07:59:38 +0000
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