Empath Emotions Making Me Go Crazy

Hello, everybody.

I am Olesya and I think I may be an empath. My great grandma was a dark gypsy who used her abilities to hurt other people, and even kill. I started noticing few months ago. But my problem is that whenever I am around people (it doesn't matter how many people) I literally go crazy. All possible emotions are ripping me apart, I feel like I am going to blow up or something, sometimes I feel like I am suffocating from all those different emotions and it is hard to breath. And because of that I am tired and exhausted all the time! The fact that I am in college now doesn't help it,too. I am constantly in the middle of huge crowds, and it is draining me of energy in every possible way. There are many times when I want to get away from the people just to feel like myself again, to understand my own feelings, not somebody else's. When I am in a crowd, I can't distinguish which feelings belong to what person, they are all mixed up, but when I am with only a few people, I can tell what they are feeling. The other thing is at times I can put my thoughts in somebody's mind (I can wish a certain person to do something in my mind, then imagine how it would go, and they usually do it). But this mind thing takes up a lot of energy and concentration. I really want to develop my abilities, but I am not sure how I can do it. I would really appreciate any advice,

Thanks:)