Have you ever wondered why you can pick up on other people’s emotions?  How can you do this?  Do you have a special gift that you weren’t aware of, something in you that is in tune towards others emotions?  There is such a thing, whether you believe it or not, and this special gift that you have is called ‘empathy’ or we are known as ‘empaths’.  Again not everyone believes in such things as this but for others it is very true and very real.

          Empaths must learn how to control this or it can and will take over their everyday life, making it difficult for them to function because of other’s strong emotions.  Especially when you are in a crowd, things can get difficult unless you have the tools and the support you need as an empathy.  It is an interesting topic to research especially when someone you know is an empath or you yourself has this gift.  But if you abuse this gift, you would be considered a psychic vampire, sucking the life out of others and using their past, present, and future against them.  To not abuse this, you must learn to control your gift and to definitely not use it for evil.

          Empathic is said to be a gene trait that is passed from one generation to the next and is actually inherited in ones DNA.  It is said that empathy has both biological aspects, genetic aspects and spiritual aspects, creating an interesting topic of talk amongst friends who also believe in this as well as shares the same gift as you.

I have found out that I myself am an empathic thanks to the help of my friends.  they had answered my questions about what was happening to me this weekend because I thought it was weird that I felt overly anxious and stressed when i had entered my friend's parents' house; learning that his mother is stressed because of work and school and about other factors, thus myself picking up on everything.  I had always wondered why I was sensing other people’s emotions, why I was able to feel like myself and then the next feel hyper for no reason. I myself am adopted and don’t know my birth parents but I do have this trait that will most likely passed down to my children. I do not know that much about this topic and will be doing more research, buying books that I have found online about the topic, and learn as much as I can so that I will be able to help my children in the future once they realize that they too can sense other people’s emotions.

You should be understanding if someone you know tells you that they sense other emotions from the people around them. Do not laugh at them nor treat them horribly because it is in fact very real for them and they need support from their friends and family in order to help them control this. If someone you know is in fact an Empathetic person, then read up on the information so that you to know and understand exactly what they are going though.

As I have said, I have just recently learned that I have this gift so I too am in the learning process of what exactly it is, how to control it, and other aspects that make up this interesting gift/curse. Good luck to all who are empathetic towards others emotions!

 http://healing.about.com/cs/empathic/a/uc_empathtraits.htm

http://www.eliselebeau.com/empathResources.php

http://www.drjudithorloff.com/Free-Articles/emotional-empath-EF.htm