Being an Empath

What Is An Empath? 

An Empath is a person who can psychically tune in to the emotional experience of a person, place or animal. In the paranormal and in some works of science fiction and fantasy, highly developed empathy is a psychic ability to sense the emotions of others and often highly aware of the health and state of mind of their loved ones, no matter how physically near or far away the individuals may be

Being an Empath is not easy... you feel all the sadness.. . the stress... the anger. Yes the happiness and the joy.. but it always  seems to be so much more of the other...

You find yourself avoiding public places... the news... 

Just remember they're out there... try to understand what they go through...

This is a basic categorization of Empaths:

• Non Empaths have completely shut down their Empath skills and use other cues to get emotional information (such as verbal and non-verbal indicators). Over time, they completely lose their Empath abilities.
• Impaired Empaths might have some basic filters but can easily get overwhelmed, especially in a crowded venue or during emotional turmoil. They tend to experience emotional distress (i.e. feeling the weight of the world) and physical symptoms (i.e. exhaustion, headaches, depression)
• Functional Empaths are able to control the flow of emotional information so that it is comfortable and doesn’t overwhelm them.
• Trained (or Professional) Empaths are able to interpret complex emotional information accurately and use it for specific purposes (such as healing work).

If you are an Empath there are techniques that can be used to help... there are people or groups that can help... just remember it's not just you... you're not alone.

Found an interesting quiz... not sure how accurate it is... but it was worth the time...
http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/Pangelic/what-kind-of-empath-are-you/