Empath's read their environment by feeling it. That means they absorb the energy around them like a sponge and it changes how they feel.
Yet they don’t always know what the information means, or what to do with it. It’s not their mind that is informing them, but every atom of their energy field.
Some people are born with more empathic sensitivity, some are taught it by their family, others learn it because they aren’t safe and need to see beyond the external signals to navigate life.
The stressful part of being an empath is that you feel so much of what is happening around you. Feeling can be exhausting. You might need more time alone to recoup, have health issues from the stress of it, or find your choices confused by the energy you’ve absorbed.
As an empath you need ways to manage your sensitivity that keep the access to your intuition open, but protect you from absorbing the energy around you.
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