Empathy

I don't know exactly how to totally shut them out, because they don't overwhelm me like they used to, but it started in eighth grade, we had a commons that the whole school would gather there before going into our classes. It used to be so overwhelming I would vomit in the bathroom, hide in the stalls from my friends crying. Eventually it go to the point where I really didn't want to go to school, but I was forced to go anyways, but then I felt a depression, like a large hole in someone's chest and I focused on it for a while because though it felt dreadful it seemed to swallow all those other emotions. It took me a while to remember that emotion and use it as my own, but in these last few years I have it mastered to the point where if a friend slaps my boyfriend, I will shake, I will almost cry, I will almost tear her hair out or any other emotion that is pressed against my gut and chest, but I will look emotionless and I can control the over whelming feeling so it dose not master me but I master it. Find a feeling to make your own to drown out the others is my advice, but make sure it is strong, practice.

I've been an empath for as long as I can remember, and I can't really imagine not being able to feel everyone else around me. That said, it does get overwhelming at times, and there are ways you can deal with the stress which such a burst of either positive or negative emotion generates.

Mantras are good, humming or singing softly to yourself, preferable under your breath while vibrating your diaphragm also works well. The basic idea behind doing that is to turn your thoughts and vision inward and concentrate on your own emotional state, so that the stray thoughts and feelings of others cannot gain a hold over you. Hearing your voice vibrating in your chest helps shut everyone else out audibly as well, which is also good.

Once you have a little more experience with controlling your emotional state in the presence of others you might try earthing the bad energy instead. This is a little harder to explain, but you absorb the 'bad vibes', feel the negative emotion, and instead of breaking down and allowing it to gain a hold over you, you accept it and overcome it as you would if it was your own negativity.

An alternative to this, and the system which I personally adhere to, involves storing the negative emotions you experience on a day to day basis up somewhere deep inside yourself, and releasing them healthily at regular intervals through an energetic and cathartic action, dance or martial arts, for example.

Hope that helps everyone.

Thats called empathy. And I have that to. Dont worry you not the only one. I know how you feel. Its like the people comtrol you and give you emotions.

i know exactly how you feel! Because aside from having psychic dreams, I also am able to feel other peoples' emotions when they are around me. I hate it because when someone around me is feeling angry or depressed, I sense it and I start feeling angry or depressed. On the other hand, it's good when those other people are feeling happy! Lol. But I just wanted to let you know that I can relate to your story very much.