How Can Empaths Buffer and Protect Themselves?
There are people who feel the moods, emotions and intentions of other people when they come upon them or think about them. In some cases when there is a close family connection, like spouse or children, they will spontaneously feel it when a dramatic change in emotions occurs in their loved one. We call these people an empath. When walking into a room full of people they can be overwhelmed with all of the emotional content of the room; it can be quite trying at times. If their loved one has hurt their back, or has a migraine, or feels panic, or unrest, or whatever, before the loved one even comes home or calls, the empath’s back hurts or they feel a sense of panic, just like their loved one was feeling. Often these empaths heal those who suffer by taking on the injury or emotional stress themselves.
My late wife Kathryn had this gift, which can sometimes feel like a curse. When I first met her she did not know how to buffer and protect herself. Some members of her family and some of her friends would think she was crazy if she ever talked about it with them. Kathryn knew she had this gift, but she did not know how to buffer and protect herself. I have had more than one friend write me with this same problem asking…
How Can Empaths Buffer and Protect Themselves?
First you need to know that being an empath is normal and natural, but perhaps only one percent of the population (a guesstimate) is empathic like this. However it is quite common to find such people due to the fact that one percent of 6.5 billion people comes out to 6.5 million people with such ability.
Did you read my blog Helping Others – Reiki, Energy, and Physical Support? The story in that blog is about my first Reiki experiences with Kathryn taken from my book Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story. It describes how her empathic and psychic abilities came out and how she taught me to use my mind properly for energy healing. My book gives more real life examples of how this gift manifested in Kathryn and how it impacted our lives. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is learning how to deal with being an empath.
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Click here to read the comments left by those that read the full blog. You will see that MANY people found a lot of help in the content of my blogs. Unfortunately I had to remove the content of most of my blogs for the reason stated further below.You can continue reading my blogs by joining my relationship healing group, the details of which you can find at http://RelationshipAdviceSite.com
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Why did I Remove my Blog Content from MySpace & gr8Wisdom.com?
I spent more than a year doing free spiritual and relationship counseling on MySpace. If you review the comments on my blogs (which I have left intact for you to review) you can see that I have spent a great deal of time, covered a lot of topics, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HELPED BY MY ADVICE. I have really enjoyed it and thank all of you who have participated. Many of my friends have touched my heart very deeply. I love you all!
Unfortunately doing it for free has resulted in me not being able to write new blogs or serve as many people as I would like too. Doing it for free has caused me to maintain a fulltime job with not enough time to coach those people who want and need the help I have to offer. By charging for my services I will eventually be able to quit my job and do my spiritual counseling work full time.
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Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story
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May 5th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
It is true - we need to somehow protect ourselves so that we do not get drained.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
It is true - we need to somehow protect ourselves so that we do not get drained.
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May 5th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Thank-you so much for this article. You just don’t know how much this has explained to me, about me.
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May 6th, 2008 at 3:21 am
I got a message from blogcatalog that you joined my neighborhood. I was not aware I had a whole neighborhood, but thanks for walking the streets. You are either very confident or fool-hardy. Honestly, your post is too long to hold my interest. My knowledge of empaths comes from Star Trek: Next Generation. I would be the complete polar opposite of an empath. Ironic that you offer romance counseling. My greatest desire is to share my meager life with some I can love, trust and cherish. All online attempts dead end; god forbid I should approach someone in person.
Destined for the devil.
King Leo
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May 7th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I recieved a email from blog catalog that you have joined my neighborhood. I’m sorry I must say, you’re blog is a little far fetched from my world. I donot understand all the hype you’re into. I live in a real honest to goodness life with my feet and body attached to my honest to goodness unalyered brain. When My energy is drained, its because I have worked my little ass off all day on the farm. If ya like to read about farm life and crafting and garage sales, then knock your socks off reading, but I.m just not that into to you to continue reading. Sorry.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Thank you. I came looking for this information. By the looks of the other replies it is obvious that one has to experience this to understand it and “empathize” (go figure) with what you have written. Thank you again, all the best to you.