Empath Or Mood Disorder? Advice Needed

I'm sure by now you have figured out if you truly have these abilities, meditation or reading book won't help. You need to find a person that's going through something similiar as you. Not a website where everybody says the same thing. I my self have abilities not like yours, and have gone through a lot for help. Web pages are not the answer. Your problems are not sombody elses dream or thoughts. I wish you luck in finding help for I am still looking and been to enouth doctors to know I'm not crazy. You for your help in a person, face to face. Good luck. I hope we will be able to find what were looking for.

well that s good to find many others with the same conditons,
When I'm having a good day suddenly I feel sad for no apparent reason, perhaps a dark shadow is passing by me, so I say to myself, there is no reason today to feel sad, its someone else's sadness wafting over me, so I won't let this happen, ditto with feelings of depression, which I'm prone to since finding out I'm an ultra sensitive, say aloud, only to myself, I'm not depressed, then I will go and do something that makes me feel happy, then the depression lifts. I'm sure there are people who do send out negative emotions, we sensitives just happen to pick these up, they arent ours, and we shouldnt be worrying about them, or take them on board, so just say NO, this isn't mine, and I'm not having it, toss it away, it does help.
Also a walk outside, a shower, a bath, swim, walking the dog, run in the park, caht to the cat, visit the shops, help to shift it, ditto at night, if yuI have bad dreams, wake up say aloud, NO this isn't ME or MINE, wash your face and hands, or walk in the fresh air for 5mins (cant do that if yu live in a city, but yu can if yu live in the countryside). Tell it to GO AWAY
Be happy, laugh continually, try to stop yourself picking up on other people, say this isn't from me, its them, and if we take on the whole worlds emotions, we will be end up a nervous wreck!

Hey Jamie,
You're not alone. For as long as I can remember, people have always told me I was "very empathetic". I didn't even realize there were a group of people that called themselves empaths until very recently! Its so common that I never gave it much thought.

What we have to keep in check though, is how we handle feeling so much. I definitely struggle with this, because I don't have the patience needed to keep myself in check, so I end up having this emotional rollercoaster of various feelings. My boyfriend just blames hormones (which may have a factor in it as well, I can't deny science).

Its hard to find a balance of happy feelings, and so many people rely on meds (like anti-depressants) which I find to be VERY wrong. Artificial anything is bad for your body, that I'm certain of.

I'm sure meditating helps, though I never find the time myself (not necessarily proud of that). What I find actually, though this sounds silly, is exercise. Working out really improves my mood. Its like I can burn off any negative energy I'm feeling, work out frustrations, toxins, anger, or whatever. Then when I'm all done, I feel like its trapped in the sweat I just worked out of me (gross, I know). But when I go to shower, it all washes down the drain. My body feels sore from the workout, which is a reminder that it actually happened. I always feel better afterward. I'm in a better mood, I'm proud of myself for helping out my body, and I know I will be better off for it.

Don't get me wrong, I HATE working out. The thought of getting sore and sweaty and tired doens't excite me. I'm not a personal trainer, and am not in the best of shape (want to lose about 20 lbs). But that doesn't take away from the fact that it really does work, and I should be doing it more. 😉 Maybe not the advice you're looking for, but hey, if it helps me, it might help you too! 😁

Hi Jamie,

My bets are on the fact that you are an empath. I am too, I have been since I was a child. But during my teenage years I got much more sensitive and it was difficult to deal with then.

If I were you I'd work on the assumption that you're sane. Because if you speak to any doctors for clarity they're more likely to 'find' something wrong when you're fine, you just need some reassurance.

But is your real desire to ease it so it makes life easier? Because even though your default setting is 'open' you can work on being less 'open'. I'd be lying if I said I thought you could completely shut it off, because I've never been able to.

But you can work at easing it by meditating (yeah I'm sure you knew that one was coming) and also by learning to detach... E.g. Not empathise. I like this prayer I came across "May I be well, may I be happy, may I be at ease" then you can shift it to "May you be...". I say it outloud when I can. For me I found this allowed me to reclaim a better boundary with my energy and everyone elses. When it got really difficult to deal with I started saying "That's their problem, not mine" or sometimes "Not mine" kind of like I'm cancelling their energy frequency in my aura. That might sound a bit harsh, but I've never noticed my suffering ever to help anyone with theirs... I think of it all just as an energy frequency. If it propts you to call or lend a hand that's great but you only need to feel it for a second to then take action - try detaching if the mood is still hanging around after you've taken any useful action.

You're okay! In fact, you've got a special talent, as you begin to get more comfortable with it and have more control over it (not complete - but more) then I really hope you begin to enjoy your gift.

Phoebe,x

Jamie,
From one Jamie to another, (my name is also Jamie) I do not believe this is mood disorder issues. I too am an empath and have been since I was young. Now the type of mood issue that can result from empaths is depression and that is because it can be very hard to differentiate your own emotions and someone elses. (A lot of people, including myself at one time, thought they were crazy because of these abilities.) One thing that may be useful is to do some research on mood disorders... With mood disorders, there are a lot of other types of behaviors involved other than mood. That should give you a better understanding of what you are feeling versus what people with a form of a mood disorder are feeling. I hope this helps.:)

Jamie,

You are probably an empath. I have had these same feelings. I can't watch movies where people die and I can feel it too. I feel sadness out of the blue and anger and some other emotions too. I have known about this since 2 years ago. I can feel pain or mental trauma. I have learned these abilities do develop and you can even make people feel emotions.

Ay2u,

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