When an empath finds themselves in a crowd of people, it can feel incredibly overwhelming. Feeling that much energy all at once is draining, and it can make us want to shrink into ourselves. But this is more harmful to us. We want to feel safe in the space that we're in, but shrinking your energy will make you feel even more claustrophobic. Rather than going inward, expand your aura or energy body. Did you know the aura can spin all around us as far as 50 feet.
We all have that personal space feeling? Well, you can expand it. Most people imagine about nine feet around them. Imagine this energy around you. And this will make you feel like you have more space energetically, even if you can't have it physically. Focusing on this can deflect the energy of others instead of being hit with it.
It takes practice like any good habit, and the more you do this, the easier it will become. The imagination is your biggest ally.