I think there are many more people out there who are Empaths – some are not even aware of it. Having empathic abilities can be viewed as both a curse and a blessing. I became aware of my abilities quite a long time ago,but had no idea how to handle the extreme emotions that came with it. It certainly served me well in my earlier job working in Welfare – however, it drained me so much that I got extremely ill and had to leave my job.
For a long time I was teaching subjects on Wicca/Witchcraft and I felt drained then too.
The String Theory is just that – a theory, however, most people would admit that everything on earth is connected in some way, which gives String Theory a lot more weight. When we start a conversation with someone in the street, for example, there is not only a connection open (ie communication), but another one on the astral plane as well. These ‘connections’ can become sticky and attach themselves to us, so depending on the kind of job we do, and how many people we come across, we can come home at the end of the day feeling tired, exhausted, and with an Empath, very often a range of emotions that do not make sense. I would sometimes come home feeling angry, or more often than not, depressed, and yet personally, I did not feel there was anything to be depressed about. I realized what was happening and had to take measures to protect myself.
For me, that meant meditating before a meeting with someone. As I work in a Healing environment at the moment (Pranic Healing), many people come to me with a lot of hurts, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, I would have to make sure I was protected to begin with. My meditation was simple: just calling upon the Goddess and my Spirit Guides to protect me and help me work with this person, whilst keeping back the emotional baggage that would inevitably attempt to attach itself to me. That cleared my mind to be able to work with this person and give them over 100%. After the appointment, I always take time to cleanse myself (usually with meditation again and/or Sage incense) before going to my next appointment.
This has worked for me, though sometimes when I’m really busy, I let these little rituals go and before I know it, I’m affected again. So I know it pays to take the extra time (really only 5 minutes needed if that) and I not only deliver a better service to my client, but I’m helping myself as well.
On days that I don’t have appointments (which is rare lately), I still cleanse myself before walking out the door.
As an Empath, you’re going to be picking up on a lot of emotional baggage from people, in all different sorts of situations. I remember doing grocery shopping once, and I was in a great mood, and then suddenly I was overwhelmed with complete sadness. It hit me hard and this woman walked past me, and I could see that she had death around her. Obviously she had not long ago buried someone and was still grieving. Having psychic abilities definitely helps, but not all Empaths have their psychic abilities tuned, and in my early days, before discovering my psychic abilities, I had no clue whatsoever.
This can lead to an Empath having all sorts of problems, from depression, to weight gain or loss, and a host of other problems, including insomnia and/or nightmares.
So you have to take control of your situation and figure out how you are going to live your life as an Empath. What measures will you take to protect yourself? How can you improve your abilities so they affect you less, but help other people? Empaths are beautiful, emotionally charged, and in tune people, who are able to give so much to others – but they can’t ignore the most important aspect here: looking after themselves.
