#empths

Are you wondering what an empath is and what types of empaths there are in life? Do they have psychic abilities? Are they spiritual? What is the difference between someone who shows empathy and being an empath?

An empath is someone highly sensitive to energy surrounding them. That means the ability to be able to think about, understand, and feel compassion for other people. This is cognitive empathy for people’s feelings and emotions. Empathetic people do not just show concern or act sympathetically. In fact, they are so sensitive they have the ability to feel others' emotions, or in some cases their physical sensations, as if their own.

Are you wondering if you are an empath? If you are, you may find you can relate and connect with many different qualities that empaths exhibit. Some of these include.

In public spaces, you feel overwhelmed with inexplicable emotions.

You are often labeled as overly sensitive

You physically experience other people's physical ailments.

You feel overwhelmed and incapacitated when watching something horrible, even if it's only on television.

You always know what someone really means, and are acutely aware when you are being lied to

You find joy and fulfillment in being able to make other people feel better

People open up to you—even if you don’t want them to.

Kids and animals love you, they seem naturally drawn to you and your energy

You have a calming, soothing, restorative effect on people. You might even be able to heal them.

Types of Empaths:

Emotional

Emotional empaths will sense and absorb the emotions and energy of other people, and feel the energy and emotions as well. They will just know whether someone else is sad or depressed, or happy and overjoyed. An emotionally receptive empath will feel the same and know how the other person is feeling without having to ask. They display natural emotional empathy because they get how the other person is feeling. They will also see through any front that another person may be putting up to hide how they are really feeling.

Physical

Physical empaths will feel or know where other people’s pains, and illnesses are when they are in their presence. This may be an intuitive awareness or sense of what symptoms someone else has. They may actually feel the same physical symptoms or pain in their own body. If they are with someone with low energy, their energy levels will drop as well. They often sense what the other person may need in terms of healing.

Intellectual

Intellectual empaths are able to communicate with different vocabulary and jargon. This can happen in different contexts and without thought. They may find their communication style and use of language and phrases just adapts to what another person is using. They do not consciously think about this behavior, it just happens.

Intuitive

Intuitive empaths have an innate sense of knowing. This may be something that cannot actually be physically seen or be something that is about to happen. Their dreams may be become reality and actually happen in the following days or weeks. They know when someone is lying, and are very perceptive about other people’s overt or covert intentions.

Spiritual Empaths

Spiritual empaths may have a direct connection to other realms. They may feel they connect with the deceased or other spiritual beings from their belief systems. Their psychic empathic ability will include being able to feel emotional and physical symptoms from their communication with the spiritual world. This works in the same way as an emotional empath connects with other people in the physical world. Spirits, both good and evil, often seek spiritual empaths out.

In this deeply broken world, empaths often feel depressed and exhausted. Being this sensitive to other people’s emotions, energy, and the environment can be extremely draining. Some tips for empaths include knowing the different types of empaths. That way they can develop skills needed to look after themselves and maintain their own space and boundaries. There may be times when an empath needs to step away from their empathic, psychic, or spiritual side. Finding a way not to absorb and take on other people’s ‘stuff’ will help with regaining a sense of individual self within their lives. On the plus side, being an empath is a considered a gift that comes with extreme responsibility to handle it wisely.