empaths - what's possible

By Annie Bush M.A. & Christel Broederlow
It's possible and not unlikely for empaths to experience one or more of the following:

Feel the emotions [depression (including self-destructive feelings)*, anger, joy, elation, etc.] of another person in their bodies and know their origin

Feel the emotions [depression (including self-destructive feelings)*, anger, joy, elation, etc.] of another person in their bodies and realize they belong to another person, but not know the origin

Feel the emotions [depression, (including self-destructive feelings)*, anger, joy, elation, etc.] of another person in their bodies and believe the feelings are their own

*If you feel depressed or self-destructive, please consult your physician or mental health practitioner.

Feel the physical pain, illness, and/or disease of another momentarily and/or exhibit their symptoms and know their origin

Feel the physical pain, illness, and/or disease of another momentarily and/or exhibit their symptoms and realize it belongs to another, but not know the origin

Feel the physical pain, illness, and/or disease of another momentarily and/or exhibit their symptoms and believe the feelings are their own

Feel the emotional trauma of another person and believe the trauma is their own

Feel the emotional trauma of another person and believe the feelings are their own

Feel the emotions of others in neighboring houses and know their origin

Feel the emotions of others in neighboring houses and realize they belong to another, but not know the origin

Feeling the emotions of others in neighboring houses and believe the feelings are their own

Feel the emotions of spirits and know their origin (medium capabilities)

Feel the emotions of spirits and realize the emotions are not their own but not know the origin

Feel the emotions of spirits and believe the feelings are their own

Be from mildly affected by the emotions of others, with little consequence, to intensely affected by the emotions of others to the point that they become physically exhausted, and/or physically pained

Be so intensely affected by the emotions of others that they seek relief in avoiding being in the presence of people (such as crowds) or individuals with intense feelings

Feel the emotions and/or traumas of the author of a written piece, such as e-mail, having to do with what is written and/or having to do with the author's life in general

Be easily triggered emotionally by other people's emotions, music, or the media, such as TV, videos or movies, so that one's past memory of a like circumstances is brought vividly to the surface

Be sensitive to the well-being and needs of animals

Be sensitive to nature, the earth and the environment and actively participate in their well-being

Touch anything of substance and sense/know the history of that item

Find their abilities are enhanced by physical touch or the act of focus (including trance, hypnosis or intentional focus on a person)

Self-medicate with drugs, alcohol, food or other substances to dull or numb out the effects of having empath abilities because of difficulty coping with a world that is most often unacknowledged and unaccepted

Be easily persuaded or influenced by another's emotions including those in advertisement or political agendas

Be easily persuaded or influenced by someone who has understanding and control of emotions and the desire the manipulate the empath's emotions

Be easily persuaded or influenced to do things that they ordinarily would not do

Consciously send positive and/or negative emotions to a person or a room of persons

Experience global emotions to tragedies/trauma in a profound manner yet not be an original participant of the tragedy or trauma

Experience pain, overwhelming emotion, or another's death prior to an actual event occurring. Pain and overwhelming emotion disperses the instant they occur.

**Being near by or distant to the source of all of the above may not be a factor in the sensitivity

Have difficulty with relationships due to others being uncomfortable with an empath's abilities

Have difficulty maintaining a relationship with others due to not comprehending the empathic experience occurring

Have difficulty with relationships due to the empath's knowing the hidden aspects of another's behavior or character

Be sensitive to participating in groups (small or large) and/or speaking in public

Be sensitive to sources of electricity so that it affects their physical and mental health

Be sensitive to changes in weather so that it affects their physical and mental health

Be sensitive to highly sensitive to light, sound, smell, taste and texture--some (particularly light and sound) to the degree it affects their sense of well being.

Be sensitive to man-made chemical substances in one's environment so that it affects their physical and/or mental health

Likely to have other abilities such as telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, or clairsentience to varying degrees

Because empaths are very likely to have telepathic abilities (the ability to send and receive information mind to mind), the following are possible and not unlikely:

Know the thoughts of another person or persons and know their origin

Know the thoughts of another person or persons and realize the thoughts are not their own, but not know the origin

Know and/or speak the thoughts of another person or persons and believe they are their own

Be pulled into/influenced by another person's thoughts with little to no control to alter the circumstance-a form of mind control

Be pulled into/influenced by another person's thoughts with an ability to detach from those thoughts

Send thoughts to another person for positive or negative effects, including manipulating their behavior in ways aligned or not aligned with their views, desires, morals or beliefs

Have the ability to move into another's dreams, along with the ability to know and affect the contents of the dream

Be pulled into the dream of another without conscious choice to do so

Be affected by another's inability to maintain focus (when one generally can) to the extent that one's focus is lost

Find that the method in which they think (analytical, logical, intuitive) changes when they communicate with a person with a different method of thinking, thus aligning with that person

Find that they easily adopt or are influenced by philosophies of another even when in opposition to their original philosophy

**Being near by or distant to the source of all of the above may not be a factor in the sensitivity

Copyright (c) 2002 Annie Bush M.A. Christel Broederlow
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EMPATHS - WHAT'S POSSIBLE
Annie Bush is an empath and has a Masters Degree in Body-Oriented Counseling/Psychology.
Christel Broederlow is a natural born empath Researcher, Webmaster & Author of Empathy.