Signs of being an empath losing your sense of self. This feeling is when you can't tell where your emotions and and others begin. Many times an empath will take them on the emotion of others. They have a strong urge to help others being able to feel their emotions and this can make them want to join in solidarity. When you know exactly how someone feels. You don't want them to suffer alone.

Have you ever watched a sad movie and felt sad too? That's empathy. an empath may feel obligated to feel bad about it because they can feel it. This doesn't help though it just causes the empath to feel badly to. On the other hand, feeling someone else's joy can be an amazing experience. Have you ever watched a child laugh and just couldn't help but smile?

That is also empathy. Everything in the grand scheme of things is made up of energy. our emotions give off psychic energy. empaths are like psychic kik sponges absorbing the emotional energy of others around them. Imagine a sponge you haven't bothered to clean in a while. This can happen to anyone if they are surrounded by negativity and don't do anything to rid themselves of that energy.

Empaths will sense this energy overload in others as well. Being bogged down with too much negative emotional energy is very unhealthy. The empath that has taken on too much can feel distressed depression, maybe even like they're going crazy. It can make them feel trapped with no end in sight, even suicidal, it's important to do inner work to help clear this negative energy being carried. If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, take it seriously and get help. I've included a link to the suicide hotlines for international sensitivity to light and noise.

There are non empaths that experience seven sensitivity to light and noise to so experiencing this may not mean you're an empath, but empaths do experience this. This will happen when an empath is exhausted feeling the emotions of others as well as their own can be very mentally draining. This is a warning sign that you need to rest downtime is needed so the empath can recharge time alone doing something relaxing is a perfect way for an empath to recharge. sensitivity to crowds, an empath will feel overwhelmed and crowds almost claustrophobic. From all the energy of the emotions of the people around them. malls, concerts, movie theaters, and large parties are some examples of places an empath will feel overwhelmed.

There are non empaths that experience this as well, such as those with sensory processing disorder, where the sensory input is processed in an exaggerated way. If the energy around the crowd is very positive, it might be easier for the empath to cope. being grounded is important for an empath. Just because a place feels unpleasant, doesn't mean you don't belong there. The key to being grounded is self confidence. Know that you have a right to be there, especially if you want to be there are even empaths that enjoy going to public places and experiencing all the different emotions around them.

It's all in the perspective, physical activity is a great way to stay grounded like yoga or even just walking many empaths feel grounded when they spend time in nature. Only you know what works for you so do something that makes you feel content and confident. Anxiety an empath may experience anxiety out of the blue for no apparent reason, they will get a feeling something is wrong, but won't be able to figure out what it is causing them to feel anxious. This can be caused by having a lack of faith in themselves. Learning how to know when a feeling belongs to you or someone else is very useful for an empath which will be covered in this course. empaths are natural warriors and if they aren't focused on themselves, they are focused on someone else.

Worries fear letting fear lead you is never a helpful choice. Fear is there for us. To know when there is danger. Currently, there is too much fear in the world, an empath will worry about others like they would worry about themselves. If an empath is close emotionally to someone, they will pick up on the stress levels of that person. It's also caused by a lack of faith in themselves or that things will work out.

Guilt is Another cause of anxiety and empaths. Feeling another's pain can make the empath feel responsible, and therefore guilty. It's important to communicate these feelings getting them out will help you feel better and help others understand it's a good idea to surround yourself with supportive people as much as possible. Some are impossible to avoid like family members, but do what is possible set boundaries and know what will and will not tolerate clinical depression. This is something that anyone can suffer from not just empaths but many empaths have clinical depression. The reason why empaths are much more susceptible to depression is because they tend to take on Take things on a more personal level and they try not to let these things affect them.

So they tend to push things that they should deal with away and ignore them. unresolved emotional trauma will only worsen if it is not dealt with and let go. It can take years to get back to yourself. Due to the way empaths feel so much more than a non empath they are prone to depression. Guilt, many empaths carry guilt for others, even if they have nothing to feel guilty about. The empath experiences guilt more intensely, because they tend to be in a natural state of wanting everyone to be happy.

When something goes wrong. They feel like they should have felt at coming and done something about it, even if they aren't involved. They also feel that if they give advice or someone helps them and it doesn't work out the way it was expected that it's all their fault. Remember that you can't control what others do or how they react. Do your best to have good intentions and know that you have no control on how others respond only how you do Over sensitivity empaths can feel very oversensitive to how other people feel about them. They will worry if they are wanted around or not.

Due to an empath being able to feel the negative thoughts and emotions being directed at them and they will usually put the blame on themselves, and then more guilt happens. feeling this way leads to depression, self loathing, feeling not worthy of being in the company of others. When this happens, you must stop trying to please others and just be who you are. There is nothing wrong with you. You just experience the world in a different way. You may lose some people in your life from this, but those are the ones that aren't going to bring any good into your life anyways.

It's like the trash taking itself out. You never have to apologize for who you are. empaths do this too often prone to daydreaming. If an empath is bored, they will go into their mind and Daydream. It's a way to pass the time that would be very unenjoyable, otherwise an empath has a difficult time doing something they don't want to do. It's very frustrating to force themselves to do something that doesn't excite them.

Daydreaming is also a way to escape depressive thoughts and feelings like a distraction. There is nothing wrong with this. If the empath remembers to disconnect from it after picking up on other people's feelings, and paths pick up on and sense how other people around them feel and literally feel their emotions. The problem is that if they focus too long on someone's negative emotions, they will get sucked in and forget that the emotion does not belong to them. When trying on purpose to pick up on another person's emotions. It's a good idea to check in with yourself.

First, see how you are feeling in the moment, then focus on another person and only for a short time. That's all you need any longer you may end up feeling badly too. Having healthy, healthy boundaries and knowing yourself well are great preventative ways to get better at controlling your focus. It takes time and practice to stop and realize if in a moment You are feeling belongs to you or not, it's a great way to find out if someone is lying to you to giving others the benefit of the doubt. The empath tends to give people the benefit of the doubt they will give someone every chance they can just to make sure they aren't wrong or judge them unfairly. This can be a sense of guilt, or a fear of being wrong or hurting someone.

An empath will want all the information before making any judgments. It can lead to enabling the other person taking responsibility away from them for their own actions, you can end up resentful to the other person. In the end, we can't make someone act the way we want them to. It's a good thing to give people another chance. Just make sure you have set healthy boundaries, so you're not taken advantage of. strong connection to nature and animals.

There are non empaths that simply love animals in nature that will have a strong connection to them, but empaths are more likely to experience this an empath can feel the energy of other living things. Such as animals, insects and plants as an empath needs to take what I call people breaks to rest and release any excess or negative energy picked up many fields spending time in nature, very healing, feeling the pain and suffering of others. If an empath is around someone who was suffering or in pain, they will feel bad with them and even possibly take on sympathy pains. This has been heard of in the delivery room where the father gets sympathy labor pains, and empath can also match their vibrational energy to another person, which then makes them experience the same feelings and possibly physical issues as the other as the other person. It's always a good idea to clear the body of negative energies by doing inner work, meditation, yoga, tai chi, time spent in nature, anything that helps you feel relaxed physically and mentally even visualizing the energy in your body flowing smoothly all around you.

Each empath has their own unique ways do what feels right to you. desire to help others empaths can feel an overwhelming desire to save people from themselves. Be sure that your intentions are from a place of love and not just trying to appease your ego. Every event in our lives is a gift we learn and grow from it. lessons and blessings in our lives can come from unpleasant experiences or happy ones don't try to fix someone without their permission. ability to sense dishonesty empaths can often feel if something is true or not.

It's like having a built in lie detector. Being able to feel the anxiety of lying from the other person is helpful but can be disappointing too. It never feels good to be lied to. Don't forget that feelings can change from moment to moment. perceptions can change what is being felt about a thing now may change tomorrow. So try to keep an open mind.

Ability to heal others, many empaths are natural healers, this would be considered a higher level empath. ability, they can tune into the energies needed and send this energy to another. Reiki is a form of energy healing. You will find empaths in all kinds of helping or healing jobs from doctors and nurses to animal shelters and counselors. When it comes to energy healing. Though it's important to remember that you are not healing the other person, you are enabling them to heal themselves.

This can be done over long distances as well. But no healing will last if the receiver is not ready to heal. Feeling like you don't fit in empaths can feel like they do not belong in this world like a fish out of water. They can feel alone or feel like they are an alien. When an empath is amongst others that do not share the same perspectives the empath can feel like they don't fit in or belong. They can feel misunderstood and even feel victimized.

It's important to do that inner work take those people breaks, spend time in nature, find like minded people, other empaths there are many support on social media that you can join to To learn and meet others just like you feeling overwhelmed, it is easy for an empath to feel overwhelmed at times. This can be due to there being too many people around or too many things going on at once. It's too much energy and information coming in at once. This is another reason why doing inner work and cleansing yourself of excess energies is important. This can be as simple as taking a shower and visualizing all the extra yucky energy washing away or keeping certain crystals around you that are healing. I personally like incense or I smudge my home myself.

We will get into these strategies more in the course. It's a good idea not to allow yourself to feel overwhelmed for too long or you can become fatigued or even ill. Being a highly sensitive person. empaths are considered highly sensitive people. They can pick up on the slightest changes of energy in an area. Have you heard of the old fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen called The Princess and the Pea.

A princess had to prove her royalty by doing Physical sensitivity tests, she had to sleep on several mattresses and a small p was placed under one of them. She couldn't get comfortable on the mattresses and didn't know why this was how they determined she was highly sensitive at that she was an empath. Changing the energy empaths can feel the energy of another but they can also change the energy of another two people will feel very comfortable and assured around just the presence of an empath. If you sense negative energy in a room or from a person, you can just imagine positive energy moving towards and removing the negative visualize it however it feels good for you. This is very similar to what Reiki practitioners do. It's not magic or healing but simply sending positive energy to remove the negative.

Try not to look at it as good or bad. Look at it like a spectrum. We couldn't know one without the other. They both have their purpose in this existence. The key is finding a balance. You can do this to help relieve anxiety in yourself.

Others difficulty accepting help or gifts. For an empath it can feel like failing, accepting help, they can feel as if they are not competent enough to do things on their own. You must allow people to experience who they are and giving or showing gratitude or helping does that for them and for you. Don't let fear decide what your actions are. If you are setting healthy boundaries and making sure you're not always in a taking position, there is nothing wrong with letting people help you or show their appreciation of you. Putting your needs last many empaths feel the drive to help humanity and never feel like they have done enough.

This leads to taking on more than they can handle. It's a very wonderful thing to want to help others make sure that you fill your own bucket first though because then you will have enough to give others remember those healthy boundaries and that it's okay to say no sometimes no one should expect you to run yourself dry for them. Avoid those types. I have included a video from my free Course choose happiness now all about how it's important to put yourself first and why. shyness, many empaths especially younger ones tend to be very shy. This can be because of a lack of self confidence.

Feeling things that you do not yet understand can make you feel like you don't fit in, or you'll be made fun of or misunderstood. This happens more as a child or a teenager. The older we get, the less shy b we become, because we care less what other people think of us. Try and remember that each human is basically their own universe, living their own lives with their own mind and perceptions. what others think about you does not matter. Be who you are and love yourself for your unique way of experiencing this existence.

Being drawn to sociopath and narcissists, sociopath and narcissists are drawn to empaths and empaths are drawn to them. The empaths desire to help and fix people as strong sociopaths and Narcissus have little to no empathy, they can be hard to read even for an empath. This makes an empath an easy target for abusers to take advantage of emotionally, mentally financially. Due to the empath tendency to give many chances and take on other people's problems as their own. This can become a very unhappy trap. If you are in a relationship of any kind where you are always feeling guilty that everything is your fault, that something is wrong with you that you are never right and always wrong.

These are just a few red flags that you may be dealing with a toxic person, be sure to get help and never stay in a situation like this. The best way to deal with a sociopath or narcissist is to avoid them completely. Sometimes that is not an option in which case as little contact as possible and never give a reaction. That's what they want. They get enjoyment out of taking away someone's power. If you feel like you're being abused, I have provided links to places to get help in the USA and Canada.

Drugs and alcohol. Why do some empaths turn to alcohol and drugs to ease their stress? Some empaths have a hard time coping in this reality. This world has a lot of pain in it. Humans are very warlike in general, but an empath is not and will take on the pain of the world. Therefore, it's so important to keep doing that inner work, filling that bucket having those healthy boundaries and taking people breaks rather than dull the pain with harmful drugs and excessive alcohol.

Why not find solutions to the problems such as taking this course i'm not saying not to have fun, just use moderation. And if you're an empath, be aware that these things can increase your sensitivity. If you are someone you know has an addiction. I have provided a link for help. no tolerance for war. War is trauma and fear and anger and hate.

Nothing good comes from war. There needs to be a peaceful balance and agreement made by both sides compromises needed not killing. For power, and empath understands this what an empath may struggle to understand is how there can be so much war in our history and to this date, feeling everything is challenging enough. Keep on loving others and doing your best to live a happy life without hurting people. We can't force people to act how we wish they would, but we can set a good example. death in the empath, the empath will feel the movement and loss of energy of someone they are close to dies as empaths feel guilty so easily, they may feel guilty for someone passing away, they will wonder what more they could have done to stop it or help should they have felt this coming and done something if it was a suicide, it will be even more traumatic for an empath to get over empaths need to give themselves a break and remember that we are not in control of anything other than ourselves.

Look to your religion if you practice or spirituality or even just your own inner voice for help and guidance and healing. We are here for a reason. We are made up of energy Quantum Physics shows us this when our body dies, we don't stop existing. We just exist in a different way. I've included a link to a video on this that I recommend you check out and I've also shared a link to grief counseling internationally.