Comments on: Is Overactive Empathy Ruining Your Life?

By: Krit

Krit — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:10:59 +0000

I enjoyed the article I have been having a lot of problems lately though I am more interested in the animal empathy. I feel people to but not as strong.

It has never been a problem until recently I saw a kitten mauled by a dog. My family just thought I was very upset but I can’t describe how I felt it was just pain. Pain all over. She wasn’t even my cat but I was on the ground screaming as if I had just seen my own child die.
I am having a hard time shaking it.

By: Kim Tamer

Kim Tamer — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:35 +0000

ok ok ok. I am figuring stuff out of this article here.
Thank you for such a useful blog!

One comment: the empathy of over empathic people, I believe, is channelled through their own subjectivity…

so the things we empathize too much about must be telling us something about our own individual self? or is empathy independent of my own self?

talking about physical spaces where empathy fires up:
also, I am an aspiring performer and dancer (not a pro, it doesn’t pay my bills, but passionate about it), and this overempathy business is really frustrating when I have to get down and do a battle (I practice dance styles that requires one to show their dance skills by battling someone else).

I feel this over empathy most felt when I have to perform or battle lately is some sort of self-sabotage mecanism…

I feel people’s broken dreams, loneliness, self hate, what they are hidding behind smoking marijuana, I know why their face looks grey and I feel their every fear, etc…and it just pins me down. I just lose all my dance: my friends tell me that I am: “not present”, that I am “internal”, “that they sense my dance but don’t see it”. But If I am home or with a friend or a dance peer on a one-to-one level, that I am not reading, I am fine.

I feel like I have this mecanism going on most and affecting me the most when I challenge myself in a stressful situation, that could lead me to success in the arts. It is like I chiken leg, and all I can do is feel other’s pains.

Just rambling here, my thoughts as they come.

How can I build this shield?

I am reading on Anna…I want to, and I am determined to being happy.

what I am posting feels so personnal, and I hesitated before I post this one but what the heck…let’s go!

thank you

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:15:30 +0000

a really fascinating read, I connected to almost all of this. the worst experience for me was a relationship with a violin teacher, she told me i wasn’t working hard enough and all of her emotions of disappointment came flooding into me and made me less willing to work because with each lesson the emotions got stronger as I didn’t progress fast enough. It got to a point where I refused to practice because all I felt were negative emotions with the music. It took some time to realize the negative emotions came from her and not me, and I am currently trying to learn how to block those emotions from her. So the articles on empathy you have are very fascinating because it explains a ton about me in how that works some. thanks.

By: kelethian

kelethian — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:02:55 +0000

Thats funny, because i had the same problem, but it was a matter of not having the ability open enough! It was kind of like looking at things through a cardboard tube vs. actually being able to see.

Ive actually been trying to find a way to teach the art of psionic empathogenesis to others. Its possibly the greatest thing ive discovered.

No, drugs are not involved, but people will think youre on them. I find that hilarious.

Any questions or comments can be forwarded to kelethian@gmail.com or my FB.

By: Lyn Burgess

Lyn Burgess — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:05:54 +0000

Oh, my word. I cant believe it! All this has happened to me and I ended up making myself very poorly. You ve just made me realise what I ve been doing wrong. I automatically take on other peoples problems. I have had some very painful experiences through this and not being able to sleep. Or,feeling totally ill at ease in the presence of some people. I tend to get so wrapped up in other people I forget about myself and ended up feeling very much worse for wear. I am slowly learning though and with your help I will improve immensely.

By: Anita

Anita — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:34:04 +0000

I wonder is it possible to pick up people’s emotions if you’re not around them physically. Like if you’ve developed a friendship online.
Does anybody know?

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:57:30 +0000

sorry I keep forgetting to mention things. this girl who claims to be able to see aura’s, read me one time, she was very accurate in what she said about me. but one thing I didn’t understand, she said my auro was a bunch of different colors, as if I picking up on a little bit of everyone elses, everyone else she read only had one or two colors in their aura. I’ve always felt different.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:54:12 +0000

oh and I totally thought I was a hypochondriac, this makes much more sense, considering I live a pretty healthy lifestyle

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:51:51 +0000

I used to be really social and get pleasure out of going out and interacting with everyone’s energies….now I hate going anywhere with a lot of people, if I know it’s going to be a crowd, I avoid it. just the thought of going into a big crowded area drains my energy. i thought I was becoming agoraphobic, but lately strange things have been happening to me. I see energies/orbs at night in my room. actually I’ve always seen this, but never gave it much thought til now. I get anxiety out of nowhere, for no reason at all. when I finally decide to mention it, one of the people I’m around will confirm it. I also get deja vu and strange “coincidences” ALL THE TIME. this article really helped me, thank you.

By: Ashwin

Ashwin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:54:11 +0000

This message is for Ana. Yes Chronic Fatigue/Adrenal Fatigue can be the source of weak boundaries where you’re just feeling overwhelmed. This is particularly striking for me where there are a lot of people like malls. I don’t know why it happens but I’ve heard several people with Adrenal fatigue complain about this.