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Post by ambrosia on May 18, 2005 1:36:18 GMT -5
To many empaths I talk to empathy can be almost like a curse. Empathy has it's pros, such as being able to sense when a friend is feeling sad but is trying to act normal, and it does have its cons, examples enclude an empath walking pass a cementary and feeling the pain of morners or being near an annoying person and having their annoyance amplified. To you is empathy a blessing or a curse? Please explain your answer.
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Post by WinterWitch on May 23, 2005 10:48:46 GMT -5
It can be both I would think, depending on which situation your involved in. I know that when I have attended funerals its been a curse. Blasted by so many different emotions in such a small space.
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Post by Masticina Akicta on Jun 3, 2005 8:42:46 GMT -5
A Blessing AND a curse, it depends how you handle it!
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Post by backlash on Jun 22, 2005 15:27:05 GMT -5
I think it starts out as a curse.Mainly because when we first become aware of what it is we are it can be an extremely confusing period of time to say the least.What with the constant bombardment of emotion after emotion.With time though and lots of practice with shielding and filtering techniques.It can become a blessing.espeacially in the buisness world.I mean think of it like this, being able to tell who is truely stable emotionally can save you a whole lot of heartache and hassle down the road. PEACE OUT
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Post by Obscure Thoughts on Jun 23, 2005 14:26:56 GMT -5
Definate both.. I work in retail, so it can be a major pain in the butt at times, but there are always the perks. Everything in life has upsides and downsides. ^_^
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Post by shadewalker on Nov 11, 2006 23:09:14 GMT -5
I agree with the other people in the thread. Empathy is both a blessing and a curse. It is an invaluable tool that you can use to help people. The main problem at first, or atleast it was for me when I began to experienced it, is being able to tell wether the feeling was your or theirs.
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Post by Amenthyst on Nov 13, 2006 8:27:45 GMT -5
its neither a blessing or curse for me. i can feel others emotions when i feel the need but i have no problems.
well, maybe there is one problem...when my grandfather died i never cried once and recently when one of my best friends passed i didnt cry either and i dont fell sadness over their passings.
i wonder why?
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Post by angelic on Jan 15, 2007 8:01:06 GMT -5
Im an empath. Odd i found out what it was only 6 months ago. And now ive learned so much... its amazing. In truth 4 me empathy isnt that bad once you know you have it. I dont know any tecniques of shielding wich would be useful but i learned 2 accept the emotions as if they were my own and release them as my own. It works 4 me 2 prevent depression, wich i used 2 have a lot, but its very tiering.
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Post by Elix on Jan 23, 2007 17:40:19 GMT -5
As many above have said, as long as you know how to control the wave of feelings and ground yourself, I do nt think it is either a blessing or curse as it is part of living. I'm somewhat empathic. I don't react well to emotions. As with most kinships, especially the fairy/elf types... we tend to take on the energies from the emotions around us. Basically if you are in a bad mood, I will sense it, not the same way an actual "empath" would, but I will all of a sudden be in a bad mood. So I try to ground, and block certain emotions from myself, but it's not easy. I can't shield that well either, and usually, can't think of one thing for long enough to concentrate on sheilding.
An easy shield for me is humming in the back of my head while thinking of whatever else I may be thinking of. Usually I hum the tune to Peter and the Wolf. Seems to work for me in most cases.
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Post by vorlahusian on Apr 23, 2007 12:40:39 GMT -5
Hmm. A blessing or a curse, to be 'gifted as an empath'?
I'll tell you. It is a curse. For my whole life I have felt the emotions of others and I can tell you, first hand, that to feel things, knowing it's not your own feelings, is a major curse.
Until you know what it is that causes such feelings, it can mess you up real bad, like it did with me. I thaught I was a manic depressive at one poind. Consiquently I found I was allegic to Prozac.
And then when you finally come to the realisation that it's not you it's them. It can make you feel just as bad cos you know that everyone else has complete control over your life, even if they don't know it.
It might have a few fringe benefits for those that only have a mild empathic ability, but I feel all emotions with full force.
Also I know of no ways of blocking or shielding myself from all the emotions that keep flooding into me.
No, it is a curse.
I have tried to use it as a gift, but if you can feel the lust some guy has for the girl walking past the two of you, or the anger some woman feels to a guy who just slighted her, or any other emotion in the whole plethora of human interaction, then it is nothing but a curse.
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Post by Toby on Jan 23, 2021 18:16:25 GMT -5
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