On March 11, 2010, we posted our first piece about planetary empaths – those individuals who seem to have such a deep connection to the planet that they experience physical symptoms days and hours before a natural or manmade disaster. The day before, we had received emails from three women who didn’t know each other, but who commented on our blog, who were experiencing similar physical symptoms they believed were connected to an approaching disaster.
That’s how the term was born. Ever since, we’ve been trying to keep track of their symptoms and how close they occur to natural disasters. If you enter planetary empaths into the search box, you’ll get a list of the posts.
The most common symptom of empath sickness is a fear of crowds, also known as agoraphobia. In the early stages of empath sickness will just be uncomfortable around crowds, and then later being noticeably agitated by them. As the agitation and discomfort get worse, th person may start actively trying to avoid crowded places, and this is the point where it really starts to affect their day to day life. At its worst a person may become terrified of crowds, and may be averse to any action that would put them into contact with a crowd.
Empathy is the ability to control or feel others emotions, or send others your emotions. For an empath on a day of little balance, they could broadcast their emotions to others unintentionally. In some cases, they would be in a cheerful mood and thus everyone around them is also in that pleasant mood, and responds pleasantly to the empath.
On occasions when the empath is upset or angry, the entirety of the people surrounding them would become overwhelmed by this emotion and act out at others including the empath, or end up with sporadic emotions ranging from rage to uncontrollable laughter. Empathic suggestion fits normally in this same package, for they are suggesting to others how to feel in general, and how to feel towards them.
This week’s interview is with empath Yvonne Perry (soul name LavendarRose). Yvonne is the author of “Whose Stuff Is This? Finding Freedom from the Thoughts, Feelings, and Energy of Those Around You”.
This is a guidebook for empathic people who have been unknowingly carrying energetic burdens that belong to someone else. You can find a link to Yvonne’s book here.
Being an empath is a double edged sword. It can be both a curse and a blessing. On one hand, you have the ability to intuit exactly what you need to do to make someone comfortable. On the other, it is easy to lose track of what you need, because you are so accustomed to caring for other's comfort before caring for your own. You have easy access to information about what is going on with the people around you, but sometimes it is hard to know your own mind.
On this website, we often talk about empathy and all of the different issues that are associated with it, directly or indirectly. One such issue, we generally only touch upon indirectly, is that of trust. You see, empathy and trust go hand in hand as a platform for effective communication, understanding and relationships.
Empathy is about understanding another person's point of view. And part of the empathic process is about establishing trust through listening, without judgment, and offering understanding, even when one personally disagrees with the other person. All of this is done in order to develop a rapport with another person, in order to interact with them on equal footing.
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Since childhood I have always felt ‘different’. I was always the ‘sensitive’ one out of my Brother and I and a huge daydreamer – I still am infact. What better and cheaper way to escape real life then by drifting off into your own mind for 5 minutes or so at a time.
I have always been able to read others body language without trying and I have always had a strong ‘need’ to help others,
The Communication Empath is someone who is an Empath, possibly hypersensitive, and who utilizes things like Empathic Communication, linguistics, verbal communication, Nonviolent Communication, and Empathic Listening.
In the Empath Quiz What Empathic Type Are You? there is one result in particular that is little understood. It is that of the Communication Empath. Here is how it is described: As a Communication Empath, you possess the ability to feel emotions from fictional characters in books, games, movies/TV and from works of art.
Empaths are people who are very sensitive and are able to link to someone obtaining a high level of understanding of the person’s situation without having to know very much about them. They are in fact able to be acquainted by means of things that they cannot have had any previous knowledge or understanding of. They have what could be described as a knowing, the empath is able to link closely to another person and be very perceptive of that persons life situation. As Empaths are able to tune into the feelings of those around them they are able to feel the hurts of others very acutely.
Empath Yoga is a unique combination of yoga and meditation with elements of hypnosis (including guided imagery and visualizations) and empathic listening for a transformational healing experience. Here we create and hold a space for ourselves and others to move through stuck emotions, transform limiting beliefs, and heal our minds and bodies.
Yvonne Perry's book, Whose Stuff Is This? thoroughly explains the whole process of being an empath in today's world. She provides cognitive, emotional, physical, energetic, and spiritual explanations for the origin of deep empathy, while sharing her own amazing story and the stories of others Finding Freedom from the Thoughts, Feelings, and Energy of Those Around You is a resource for empathic people who have been unknowingly carrying energetic burdens that belong to someone else.
“I believe I am an empath,” she said. ” Can you help me?” I wasn’t sure I could, but I thought I could give it a try. She was, after all, my best friend. You might want to know what an empath is before I tell you the whole story. There was one on the original Star Trek series:
When the Enterprise stops by to pick up scientific staff Linke and Ozaba from the planet Menarian 2 (which is in orbit around a star which is about to supernova), Kirk, Bones, and Spock discover the station has been abandoned for three months. Here, they discover a timid, mute, woman and McCoy dubs her Gem.
Empaths absorb the emotions and energy of others which can lead to emotional fatigue and physical symptoms of stress and exhaustion.
Empaths are considered to be those who possess the ability to feel the unspoken emotions of other people, often without conscious intent. Some empaths can also literally feel the symptoms of another person’s physical ailments as though they were their own. As a consequence, empaths can find themselves becoming emotionally overwhelmed and can begin to exhibit symptoms of depression, exhaustion, anxiety, and even chronic fatigue syndrome.
It’s crucial we make our health and well-being our number one priority. Why? Because many of us are busy taking care of others needs first while completely ignoring our own needs. If this becomes a habit, it’s easy to start feeling resentful (even towards the people we love). We can feel like no one truly appreciates us after giving and giving till there was nothing left for us to give.
When we are feeling great and in our optimal state of well-being, things flow easily. Giving become more effortless. Time sort of flies by. Many individuals can tap into this state of being when they are doing what they enjoy.
I'm reminded by this card the world is full of evil, always has been. But used to be, you only heard about the evil in your own neighborhood. Time passed and the world got smaller and we learned the evil wasn't a one-of, these atrocities were common.
Then the newspaper and internet ages were upon us and we found the world was drowning in evil...so much so that good seems like an aberration.
Evil seems the norm and empaths must shield themselves with whatever tool they can find. What a shame because they could offer a path to the light for some of the harmed.
As an empath, or sensitive, I've found it absolutely necessary to find productive and healthy methods to release negative energy and traumas from the body, and subconscious. Shielding, clearing, and grounding are also important practices to incorporate into your daily life, if you find yourself sensitive to, or overwhelmed by the sea of energy around you.
Empaths typically have to release much more than most, as they are the energy sponges of the world. A sensitive empath can be brought to tears by touching someone, many are healers, and use the gift to feel where the body needs healing.
So, as always, I'm on the prowl for information, videos, and tools that can help Empaths in their development and growth. And in that pursuit, I found these lovely videos. This series is called: Empaths: Keepers of the Heartlight. Watch them at your leisure, if you feel like it.
In Michael Stone’s lecture on caring for the caregivers and burnout, he presents some unique perspectives that help deepen our interconnectedness with compassion and loving kindness.
His discussions on burnout and compassion fatigue relate directly to animal lovers. I see this happen regularly when animal lovers want to work with animals and help rescue them succumb quite quickly to emotional exhaustion and empathy fatigue.
Empaths are loving, caring, kind people who want to help others. They are often found doing volunteer work and may serve others through emotionally-demanding careers as childcare givers, medical professionals, hospice workers, midwives, and such.
Between fifteen and twenty percent of the population have an excess amount of sentient ability.
An empath has the neuro-system in tuned with incoming waves of any type so to speak. And there are as many types of empaths as empaths themselves.
So, some can feel emotions, but others can feel animals, and yet others can feel atmospheric disturbances. Some will process them as emotions, others as physical disturbances. Some will acknowledge the source, some can´t. Some can feel remanent emotions in places (for example where battles took place), some can feel electromagnetic waves.
Have you ever walked into a room full of people, and found yourself feeling as though you are suffocating? How about feeling overwhelmed when there is an emotional current running through a crowd you are among, like intense anger, immense sadness, or even joyous elation? As Empaths and Highly Sensitive People (HSP), we tend to be hypersensitive to the emotions and emotional states of others.
“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.” ~ George Eliot
As an empath and intuitive it gives me a little chuckle to notice that same gift in animals. My cat is one of those elements of nature that constantly reminds me of the predominance of feelings as a mode of communication instead of words. When she is in the same room as me and I think a positive thought she begins purring.
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