Definition

Before I start to share my experiences, if you are unfamiliar with the term, below I have shared a few explanations.  

1:  Empaths are highly sensitive, finely tuned instruments when it comes to emotions. They feel everything, sometimes to an extreme, and are less apt to intellectualize feelings. Intuition is the filter through which they experience the world. Empaths are naturally giving, spiritually attuned, and good listeners. If you want heart, empaths have got it. Through thick and thin, they’re there for you, world-class nurturers.

The trademark of empaths is that they know where you’re coming from. Some can do this without taking on people’s feelings. However, for better or worse, can become angst-sucking sponges. This often overrides the sublime capacity to absorb positive emotions and all that is beautiful. If empaths are around peace and love, their bodies assimilate these and flourish. Negativity, though, often feels assaultive, exhausting. Thus, they’re particularly easy marks for emotional vampires, whose fear or rage can ravage empaths. As a subconscious defense, they may gain weight as a buffer. When thin, they’re more vulnerable to negativity, a missing cause of overeating. Plus, an empath’s sensitivity can be overwhelming in romantic relationships; many stay single since they haven’t learned to negotiate their special cohabitation needs with a partner.

When empaths absorb the impact of stressful emotions, it can trigger panic attacks, depression, food, sex and drug binges, and a plethora of physical symptoms that defy traditional medical diagnosis from fatigue to agorophobia.  Judith Orloff MD,

2:  An Empath is a person who is gifted in sensing other peoples emotion and is allowed to feel other people's pain to help cope and to help heal with others emotional scars.

3:  Another definition of Empath is that of the Empathic Guru. The Empathic Guru is someone who believes it is their mission in life to do outreach to others and help guide them on their spiritual path to perfection, enlightenment, or infinite peace. In the doing, they willingly set themselves, their needs and wants, aside and sacrifice themselves for others, because this is where their sense of self and self worth rises out of.



QUIZ: AM I AN EMPATH?  Judith Orloff MD,

Ask yourself:

-Have I been labeled as “too emotional” or overly sensitive?
-If a friend is distraught, do I start feeling it too?
-Are my feelings easily hurt?
-Am I emotionally drained by crowds, require time alone to revive?
-Do my nerves get frayed by noise, smells, or excessive talk?
-Do I prefer taking my own car places so that I can leave when I please?
-DoI overeat to cope with emotional stress?
-Am I afraid of becoming engulfed by intimate relationships?
If you answer “yes” to 1-3 of these questions, you’re at least part empath. Responding “yes” to more than 3 indicates that you’ve found your emotional type.