We’re a blog that’s dedicated to helping people come into and navigate their spiritual and psychic awareness. We cater to beginners and we’d like to reach out to those that regularly comb this tag. This blog is ran by a clairaudient dominant medium (me) and an empath. We’re sharing our experiences and the gradual knowledge base we’re building in hopes that it helps anyone out there who’s reading :)
In addition to this post, the empath on this blog - Christina, is going to make an audio post to help motivate those that are curious or need help with their empathy. Keep an eye out open for it. It’ll be moving through this tag very shortly.
Being an empath can be an extremely tricky thing. You walk into a room and you feel the full blast of the emotions around you - whether the people that are feeling them are conscious of it or not. Sometimes you may inherit other people’s emotions and they “stick” with you and it’ll be tough to shake them. The problem with this is that there aren’t enough guides out there that are helping people slapped silly by their empathic abilities.
As you’re learning to accept your empathy or to simply live with it, its important to learn how to set boundaries. Thick, impenetrable boundaries. Many empaths have yet to master this because they think that there’s no way to “turn it off.” You can’t necessarily turn off your empathy, but there are ways to manage it better .
> When you absorb people’s emotions without your permission and they dominate your OWN emotional flow, you need to set up a wall. You can form this wall by telling yourself that “you” have personal power. You build that castle, set up that moat, or make that 50 inch thick wide cement wall that separates them from you. Its fine to feel emotional energy, but not to the point where you fall victim to their own.
> Sometimes empaths fall into the trap of martyring themselves or being too selfless because they think that they always have to carry everyone’s weight. They’ll tend to be the nurses or caretakers amongst their groups of friends and it can become very destructive if they think they always have to “save” people. You can help someone, but you should never think you have to “save” them because you’re naturally more sensitive, especially to humanity.
> Do not fall into playing the victim. In addition to that trap, sometimes empaths can use their empathy as a tool to manipulate other people because it can be difficult to manage that they paint themselves as powerless. Lower octave and destructive empaths tend to take on this habit. Being an empath is a gift used to bridge a gap to others and is also a gift to yourself. It is not a weapon.
If you learn to set up a wall and to constantly remember that you’re in control, you’ll be fine. At some point you’ll be able to determine how much of someone else’s emotional flow you want to take on if they’re smaller and less intense. But naturally, if someone’s emotional flow is too intense you won’t always be able to stand it or be around them. If this happens, let their emotions ride through yours by letting them run their course, and promptly flowing out of you. By being an empath, you are a wave. If you take on too many emotions, you get stuck and if you try to block them out, you’re also stuck. The trick is to just let go and the experience of their emotions will happen quickly if you don’t become fixated on them.
We’ll be posting more about empathy over time. I personally know that there are a lot of people out there who might need advice because it can be incredibly difficult to straddle. Don’t worry, though. The Doctor thinks you’re the most compassionate people out there.
- Kami