Empathy

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Empathy is the recognition and understanding of the emotions of others. Empathy is mainly not a paranormal phenomenon but is simply one's ability to read another’s emotions through facial expression and body language. Some consider empathy to be a lower level form of telepathy where the empath can mentally receive another’s emotions.

Empaths are often poets in motion. They are the born writers, singers, and artists with a high degree of creativity and imagination. They are known for many talents as their interests are varied, broad and continual, loving, loyal and humorous. They often have interests in many cultures and view them with a broad-minded perspective. They are mother, father, child, friend, nurse, caregiver, teacher, doctor, sales people... to psychic, clairvoyant, or healer. That is not to say that any of these categories are all empaths. The list is extensive and really unimportant. It is more important to notice that empaths are everywhere in every culture and throughout the world.

The illness of others may manifest in the Empath's own body in the same place while emotional distress may manifest itself as depression. These conditions are picked up from people as well as places. Some Empaths also have the ability to sense illness or distress in others before the person even knows that there is a problem.

1 Traits of an Empath
2 Downsides of Empathy
3 Differences from other phenomena
4 Related Paranormal Phenomenon.
5 Related Links
6 Relevant Discussion Threads.

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Traits of an Empath

Empaths are often quiet and can take a while to handle a compliment for they're more inclined to point out another's positive attributes. They are highly expressive in all areas of emotional connection, and talk openly, and, at times, quite frankly in respect to themselves. They may have many problems talking about their feelings do to the broad ranges or deepness of there own feeling or those of others that may get confused with their own.

However, they can be the exact opposite: reclusive and apparently unresponsive at the best of times. They may even appear ignorant. Some are very good at blocking out others and that's not always a bad thing, at least for the learning empath struggling with a barrage of emotions from others, as well as their own feelings.

Empaths have a tendency to openly feel what is outside of them more so than what is inside of them. This can cause empaths to ignore their own needs.

In general an empath is non-violent, non-aggressive and leans more towards being the peacemaker. Any area filled with disharmony creates an uncomfortable feeling in an empath. If they find themselves in the middle of a confrontation, they will endeavor to settle the situation as quickly as possible, if not avoid it all together. Empaths whether knowingly or not are often the mediators and peace makers where ever they are.

If any harsh words are expressed in defending themselves, they will likely resent their lack of self-control and quickly apologize no matter how tense the situation

Even complete strangers find it easy to talk to empaths about the most personal things, and before they know it, they have poured out their hearts and souls without intending to do so consciously. It is as though on a sub-conscious level that person knows instinctively that empaths would listen with compassionate understanding.

Here are the listeners of life. Empaths are often problem solvers, thinkers, and studiers of many things.

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Downsides of Empathy

Some empath especially those who do not know what their gift is or how to deal with it struggle day to day in dealing with their own emotions and then stacking up those from the people around them as well. Because of this Empathy is not always look upon as a gift but as a curse. Empaths can often be the loners and outcasts of society avoiding public places do to the intense feelings the may come across.

For some it can it can be worse in public because not all Empaths simply sense others feelings some can get a deeper fuller read of persons feelings by touching.

Imagine walking down Time Square and how many people you could bump into and each time feeling that persons childhood fears, their untold love for someone, or their deepest hate...

This is why many Empaths can become deeply depressed or suffer panic attacks by doing something as simple as buying their groceries

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Differences from other phenomena

Often Empathy can be confused with sympathy, emotional contagion or mind reading. There are, however, profound differences:

Sympathy – Sympathy is the feeling of compassion for another, the wish to see them better or happier, often described as "feeling sorry" for them.

Emotional contagion – This is when someone, especially a child or someone in a mob, identifies with the strong emotions of others and tends to become subjected to the same emotions themselves.

Mind reading – This is considered a controversial paranormal phenomenon. So far it is known that this technique differs from that of Empathy because empathy is more based not on the paranormal but upon sophisticated processing of what is seen and heard in the usual way.

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