I'm an empath, but what are my boundaries

[DaughterofErebus]

Okay well, I found out I was an empath in my Freshmen year of high school. I can see what other people feel by looking into their eyes... but when I touch someone I can absorb their emotions and replace them with other emotions... My current boyfriend said that I calm him down if he's angry or sad for example just by touching him or talking to him. Is this my empath abilities?

[Lover of War]

Hello, i am an empath as well. I think they are. I'm more of a love empath. I can still feel what most people are feeling, but i'm more attuned to love and stuff like that. I can also make people feel love more strongly. I'm basically like a teenage boy Aphrodite. lol

[DaughterofErebus]

Thank you WiccanTeen7 I'm curious as to how you're attuned to love more strongly... maybe PM me sometime about this.

[Aceso]

I do not know if this post is finished but I am a physical and emotional empath. I tend to stay away from people who's emotions are so intense. I have been told many times that they feel better when they touch me or when I'm around and project positive energy. I would say the boundary would be when it starts to effect your over all well being. Too many headaches, tired all the time and my worse feeling is irritability. I try not to lash out.
To get those feeling off of me, I meditate and spray rose water over me. It tends to help calm and center me. I guess you just have to look at how you body is reacting and you will figure out your boundaries.

[p3nathan]

Empathy can often be a two way channel. I used to have quite a hard time controlling mine; like you, I would often absorb emotions and it eventually took its toll and I became pretty ill. I would also sometimes project my feelings when I was angry or upset...sometimes causing both emotional and physical pain to others unintentionally.

Since then I have gained control. I did that through meditation and personal counselling. Understanding and accepting my own emotions made my power much easier to control. Now I can switch my empathy off when I need to and I can manage the amount of emotion I'm channeling fairly easily. I can also calm pain and anguish through touch, without it having too much of an impact on me. I've also never projected my feelings onto another since.

[Aceso]

To p3nathan how long did it take you to master your control of empathy?

[DaughterofErebus]

I get headaches all the time. Everyday actually and I was wondering if there was something wrong with me . I noticed I'm irratable too for no reason. I never would have guessed it was because of my abilities. PM me some time and we could talk more perhaps

[p3nathan]

To p3nathan how long did it take you to master your control of empathy?

Well I was in a particularly bad place back then, like I said I got counselling and it took me a while to feel stable in myself. So for me it took a good couple of years before I was really in control, but I do believe that had more to do with how I was in myself and how that impacted on my abilities.