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Are you empathic?

simple question isn't it ? lol

yes unfortunately.

simple answer isn't it? lol

Yes I am. when my friends are hurting, or emotionally in pain or need, I always know, no matter how far away they are. I then feel the need to have to try to help

Its kinda sad but yeah. Its the way i'm programmed.

Blind empathy no. It depends on the situation. I'll do my best to help people no matter who they are but if they're full of it I let them know.

hmmm one doesn't need to have empathy if one is simply observant.....

"my friend looks upset... I will offer shoulder and hot chocolate"

I think most people whom say they are empathic are simply more observant than they are willing to give themselves credit for. It's easyer to explain away why you knew someone was hurt by saying your empatic than trying to figure out that their shoulders slumping and them shuffling ever so slightly tipped you off subconciously to their state.

yes i am and i hate it at times but i cant do anything about it

Yes, Mordes, on one hand you are right. But on the other-what if your friend lives in another state or country-you haven't talked in a while, but you know something is wrong and call them and find out you are right? In that case-empathic

Yes. Very much so.

yes and sometimes its a pain

yes, very much. i find it a weakness sometimes

yes yes a little to much

yes alot

sorrowfully
yes

i'll sit on the fence...I feel i am..but i have to agree with mordes at the same time....
I think there is a lot of both happening in empathy

yes it suks cus i can sense them... it brings me down with them, knowing they are sad.

heh I'm not saying it doesn't exist but I do think it is a vastly overused term.....

if empathys meaning becomes a synonym for investigation or intuition.... it looses it's meaning

interesting that this question would be raised now.

i have been having some serious issues happening recently to me...i have come to the belief that i am an empathic vampire and have been one for 9 years or so now. I started out as only an astral one in order to feed, but in the past month or so I have been having much stronger empathic situations occurring.

tonight i almost passed out while speaking to a stranger because something was not right about her energy and i forgot to focus on grounding my own engergy. i was trying to help this person who was in trouble and i forgot to even protect myself in the process....this coupled with not eating much today made for a very dangerous situation for me.

sorry this is so long, but it is still bothering me and it happened around 8:30 tonight. it was the closest i have been in years to wanting to go to the hospital...i was that afraid for myself.

because of this scare..i am in search now of individuals who have experienced this and that might be able to help me. i seriously don't want this to happen again!

if anyone has or knows anyone who knows ways to deal with shielding and grounding energy...please send information my way if you are willing...i am seriously in need of help and welcome all replies...

thanks for the chance to post this.

Yes as lots of u wrote, I have the same "problem", but I try to take it as an advantage, because with an empathy u can help a lot to others.

Mordes makes a good point.

But here's the thing, I would have thought empathy was more about the ability to identify with or understand the other person's feelings. As in, I know she is sad...but I also understand the pain she is going though. (Needless to say, not in a psychic sort of way)

But then again, there might be many other interpretations as to what empathy is.

Main Entry: em·pa·thy
Pronunciation: 'em-p&-thE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -thies

1 : the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it

2 : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for empathy .

I think that being observant and intuitive is part of being empathic....being able to 'pick up' on something...whatever it is ...

I love it when you can walk into a room and sense what has just been happening in there between the occupants of the room ....or when you have a sense that someone is in need of you and you call them and sure enough they cry their eyes out ...it is a mixture of lots of things I suppose and there are varying degrees of it.

There is someone on this site who is incredibly empathic...I mean spookily so ..I love it ....we shall hope he posts here..he has so much to tell.

Yes, I believe I am.

I love all of your responses. I am learning a lot from this thread. Thanks very much all of you *hugs*

such a wonderful thing
this empathy
for a so called psi vampire
knowing the feeling
from first hand feeling
helping absorb sorrow
stealing joy

all the fun
of a life without a life

rather get a life than deal with this nightmare

more then i want to be

yes I am

yes I am empathetic when it comes to certain situations. Most of the time, I know how someone feels about something like going to a mental hospital or having been denied love from that one special person in your life.

Yes i am, and most times its not exactly a good thing

Yes.

sometimes it makes movies better..
sometimes it makes them intolerable

sad to say i am an empathetic person. It has ruined my chance to achieve many goal in life. and you know that quote nice guy finish last. ITS TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEE

...even girls

hmmm. nice girls finish last? iono that usually is mixed ith superficiality

Yes, I am.. but at times I find it very disadvantageous to be so, just as much as I do find it advantageous in business meetings. There are times I would rather not know what someone else was feeling or thinking, as it can be awkward.

Great topic and feedback. For myself, I exprience empathy frequently but had to learn how to do so without allowing others to drain me. One can be to open. I have learned to respect my feelings and senses and yet still honor those around me. Its a tough balancing act. I am a great believer in that enenergy can be shared or drained from us...empathy can drain us or it can bond us to another person, strangers and close ones alike.
Just my two cents :-)
~Lady~

I tried the control thing it works at time but yeah i still end up getting drained

mainly, yes...but there are times when my empathy is worn thin by those that cry "wolf" too much. in the ER, we see the best and the worst of people. I try to not be so caustic, because the ones that deserve the empathy do not deserve the negatism.

I'm full of emphaty, and that sucks sometimes

this subject makes me happy that i can't feel other peoples emotions. I have enough time with my own. LOL It can be handy but if someone knew how to "trick" an empath into feeling something they really weren't, could be their downfall.

Depends on the situation. Like Mordes said, sometimes it's just being observant and there isn't really any emotion tied to it.