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Anonymous Coward User ID: 42079795 United States 05/28/2014 03:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe that some people are capable of sensing/feeling/internalizing others' emotions or is it just a bunch of baloney? Quoting: Tinfoil Couture I believe it to be true. I once saw a small little girl, a toddler, who took it upon themselves to walk out of queue in a store check out line so she could randomly hug this elderly woman. But it was not random. The elderly woman looked down at the child and touched the top of the little girl's head and began weeping. She said she has not been hugged by a child in so long, she had missed being touched and hugged, she just wept with joy from that simple act. I will never forget this. |
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(OP) User ID: 58328485 United States 05/28/2014 03:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe that some people are capable of sensing/feeling/internalizing others' emotions or is it just a bunch of baloney? Quoting: Tinfoil Couture I believe it to be true. I once saw a small little girl, a toddler, who took it upon themselves to walk out of queue in a store check out line so she could randomly hug this elderly woman. But it was not random. The elderly woman looked down at the child and touched the top of the little girl's head and began weeping. She said she has not been hugged by a child in so long, she had missed being touched and hugged, she just wept with joy from that simple act. I will never forget this. That's really cool! Children are amazing creatures who often can sense things we cannot. "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell. --David Bowie |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 42079795 United States 05/28/2014 03:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe that some people are capable of sensing/feeling/internalizing others' emotions or is it just a bunch of baloney? Quoting: Tinfoil Couture I believe it to be true. I once saw a small little girl, a toddler, who took it upon themselves to walk out of queue in a store check out line so she could randomly hug this elderly woman. But it was not random. The elderly woman looked down at the child and touched the top of the little girl's head and began weeping. She said she has not been hugged by a child in so long, she had missed being touched and hugged, she just wept with joy from that simple act. I will never forget this. That's really cool! Children are amazing creatures who often can sense things we cannot. I agree with you! Children have not yet built an image to protect from another's judgment. They don't have that filter. The elderly woman was so thirsty for a hug, for human contact, it was other-worldy, almost, to see this small child, without word, just hug the woman's thighs. Hugs to you for bringing this wonderful memory back to me for me to share! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 56387136 United States 05/28/2014 03:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Real, and it is not an easy thing to live with. Being in crowds can feel like hell. Being with those you love and knowing what they are saying is not true because you can feel what they are really feeling is difficult. Walking through a hospital is hell. There is too much suffering and it becomes too much. |
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(OP) User ID: 53671501 United States 05/28/2014 03:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Real, and it is not an easy thing to live with. Being in crowds can feel like hell. Being with those you love and knowing what they are saying is not true because you can feel what they are really feeling is difficult. Quoting: ella Walking through a hospital is hell. There is too much suffering and it becomes too much. That's exactly what prompted me to post this. I had a painful phone conversation with a family member earlier today and I could feel the disapproval and judgment oozing through the phone. She didn't actually say anything hurtful but it was there. I hate crowds....they're exhausting. And I don't get close to many people because I don't have the energy to take on more external emotions than I already do. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell. --David Bowie |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 49531429 United States 05/28/2014 03:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | However I think the label 'empaths' is more or less a social construct whereby some people will take certain qualities or personality traits and create an identity and/or classification around it. Similar to how people proclaim they are an "INFJ".... I really don't think that's necessary. There is a whole wide spectrum of human qualities, attributes, and capabilities that various people exhibit to different degress - not sure that they need to be made into titles/classifications. In the case of 'empathy', some people are more sensitive than others, but I don't think you could identify any dividing line that would somehow enable you to categorize people.... |
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°Lucy°
User ID: 58547301 Germany 05/28/2014 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its real. Have discovered I am one. There are many others and some don't know they are Empaths. Some Empaths are having a hard time if they don't know about being a Empath and accepting it. Made a thread about it to help people which might be Empaths Thread: To all Empaths and those who dont know it yet "He who people call a fool is not a fool, but he who takes flattery for Truth, is." |
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(OP) User ID: 53671501 United States 05/28/2014 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Empathy = real deal.... A human capability which people exhibit to varying degrees (or sometimes not at all).... Quoting: ANHEDONIC However I think the label 'empaths' is more or less a social construct whereby some people will take certain qualities or personality traits and create an identity and/or classification around it. Similar to how people proclaim they are an "INFJ".... I really don't think that's necessary. There is a whole wide spectrum of human qualities, attributes, and capabilities that various people exhibit to different degress - not sure that they need to be made into titles/classifications. In the case of 'empathy', some people are more sensitive than others, but I don't think you could identify any dividing line that would somehow enable you to categorize people.... People like to classify...it's how we're made, lol (people also like it when those classifications make them feel special). You do agree that some people can more easily sense the emotional state of those around them, though? That's my opinion, at least. I think that perhaps we're all capable but some of us, for whatever reason, are better able to hear. Often I wish I couldn't. "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell. --David Bowie |
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(OP) User ID: 53671501 United States 05/28/2014 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its real. Have discovered I am one. There are many others and some don't know they are Empaths. Quoting: °Lucy° Some Empaths are having a hard time if they don't know about being a Empath and accepting it. Made a thread about it to help people which might be Empaths Thread: To all Empaths and those who dont know it yet Thanks...I'll take a look! "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell. --David Bowie |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 42079795 United States 05/28/2014 03:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree it is real. In another example, that little girl, of whom I spoke earlier, would know when someone's spirit was letting go of the body. Empathetic to spirit's struggle with or without pain to body. But the body would pain in death but the spirit would not. Odd. |
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(OP) User ID: 53671501 United States 05/28/2014 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely. Quoting: StonedMonkey We are all made of the same material and seemingly come from and return to the same place when it's all said and done. How could our minds NOT be connected? A very succinct reply...and I agree 100%. "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell. --David Bowie |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18401048 United States 05/28/2014 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely. Quoting: StonedMonkey We are all made of the same material and seemingly come from and return to the same place when it's all said and done. How could our minds NOT be connected? A very succinct reply...and I agree 100%. btw, hope you are doing well maybe we can chat later |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18401048 United States 05/28/2014 04:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a question for you T.C... What's the distinction beteen involuntary empathy (sensing someone else's energy (emotions) without the conscious intention to do so) versus experiencing empathy through the conscious decision to place yourself in their shoes and to try and perceive their circumstances through their eyes? Both instances bring about an emotional response but they occur through a different means.... I guess 'empathy' is multi-faceted? Quoting: ANHEDONIC :mindblown: maybe the only distinction is the voluntary v. involuntary aspect of your scenario. imagine being able to tap into someone's mind and feel their experiences for yourself, amazing. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 58601934 United Kingdom 05/28/2014 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Empathy are very real, I believe it to be a survival skill that's long forgotten. It's serves me how to take another's mood and keep safe if need be. The difference between knowing and understanding is you can't understand how another truly feels only how you would feel in the same situation, and that's quite different to another person. Being truly empathetic is you just know. Have to be careful of psychic vampires empathetic people always get sacked in. |
°Lucy°
User ID: 58547301 Germany 05/28/2014 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a question for you T.C... What's the distinction beteen involuntary empathy (sensing someone else's energy (emotions) without the conscious intention to do so) versus experiencing empathy through the conscious decision to place yourself in their shoes and to try and perceive their circumstances through their eyes? Both instances bring about an emotional response but they occur through a different means.... I guess 'empathy' is multi-faceted? Quoting: ANHEDONIC maybe the only distinction is the voluntary v. involuntary aspect of your scenario. imagine being able to tap into someone's mind and feel their experiences for yourself, amazing. Well, sometimes you would come around people which are nice and all, but you would know if it is just an act. You would feel their anger, fear, depressions and all for/in yourself. Then you have to figure if those feelings are yours or the other persons.... And arguments... you would instantly get and understand the other persons point of view, which makes you quiet useless in arguing. Imagine shopping with lots of people around - feelings of anticipation, frustration and whatever else. I hate shopping! "He who people call a fool is not a fool, but he who takes flattery for Truth, is." |
°Lucy°
User ID: 58547301 Germany 05/28/2014 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | here is a good read [link to www.academia.edu] "He who people call a fool is not a fool, but he who takes flattery for Truth, is." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26143631 United States 05/28/2014 04:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes I am an empath. The way is to consider every feeling and to take the higher vibration of that emotion and radiate it out. I'm still sensitive and perceptive to others, and clairvoyance is the same thing but I can also.be riding the wave of love joy and positivity. however in low dense vibration places... Especially here.... Its tough. |
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