You might be an empath if..
- You can’t sleep because of what someone else is going through
- You have unexplained aches and pains, especially after being out in public be it at an outdoor festival, grocery store, party, or family gathering
- Your emotions are not congruent with what is happening for you
- You feel responsible for other people’s woes
- You try to rescue others in attempt to heal your pain because you can sense so strongly what the other person is feeling.
Empaths are often the last to know they are empathic. They often don’t realize they are carrying pain and emotions that do not belong to them. That was certainly true for me. I took a lot of ibuprofen and spent more than a little time under the covers for reasons I didn’t understand. More than one unsuspecting empath has taken up drinking and antidepressants to tune out all the energy coming their way. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Your empathic tendencies can become skills that help you navigate the world with greater awareness and clarity. Once you figure out that a certain pain or emotion does not belong to you, you can also learn how other people hold on to that pain as their own personal shield.
If you are an empath there are steps you can take to protect yourself from the emotions and pains. Otherwise, they might as well be yours because they will take your physical and mental health as if they are. I spend time with my clients to better understand what belongs to them, how to discern what they want to let in, and what to resist.
If you want to know if you are an empath and how to draw better boundaries for yourself, please schedule a free 30 minute discovery call. Focusing on you in this way may well be the best gift you give yourself.
