05-25-2010, 11:36 AM
It cost me some pain initially. But as soon as I figured out the emotion wasn't mine I stopped being bothered by it...
I can feel a fairly huge load of stress. But still be calm myself. Just like I can see something red without being red myself. Or I can hear music without actually playing it. So I think that's possible for empaths. Being sensitive doesn't mean being uncontrolled.
I've had an experience a long while back where due to an accident with fireworks which fortunately hurt no one but could have been devastating. Someone shot an illegal rocket which spiralled out of control and impacted a balcony in a highrise building. Me and 10 to 15 people were on the balcony above it. It was impossible to see with the trajectory of the rocket where the rocket would hit and it seemed like it was going to hit on our level. And it looked like a huge ball of fire as it came in.
People panicked and climbed over each other to get away through the only door available. The emotions in the air were very wild, anger, fear, shock, all kinds of drama. I felt totally calm, helped people get up, checked out bruises calmed people down and even had the sense to send someone to the floor below to check if everyone was allright there.
Get it? It's just perception. Emotions being there isn't a problem, the hardwired response to go into some kind of drama mode due to their presence however is...
Fear converts to avoidance. Anger converts to violence. Depression converts to stagnation.Those sort of hardwired links. We consider them normal and natural. And people who suffer from them cannot help themselves. They're not, they're learned responses. So we're really doing a strong disservice to those experiencing those emotions. We're reinforcing their drama mode which in the end is their worst enemy.
I can feel a fairly huge load of stress. But still be calm myself. Just like I can see something red without being red myself. Or I can hear music without actually playing it. So I think that's possible for empaths. Being sensitive doesn't mean being uncontrolled.
I've had an experience a long while back where due to an accident with fireworks which fortunately hurt no one but could have been devastating. Someone shot an illegal rocket which spiralled out of control and impacted a balcony in a highrise building. Me and 10 to 15 people were on the balcony above it. It was impossible to see with the trajectory of the rocket where the rocket would hit and it seemed like it was going to hit on our level. And it looked like a huge ball of fire as it came in.
People panicked and climbed over each other to get away through the only door available. The emotions in the air were very wild, anger, fear, shock, all kinds of drama. I felt totally calm, helped people get up, checked out bruises calmed people down and even had the sense to send someone to the floor below to check if everyone was allright there.
Get it? It's just perception. Emotions being there isn't a problem, the hardwired response to go into some kind of drama mode due to their presence however is...
Fear converts to avoidance. Anger converts to violence. Depression converts to stagnation.Those sort of hardwired links. We consider them normal and natural. And people who suffer from them cannot help themselves. They're not, they're learned responses. So we're really doing a strong disservice to those experiencing those emotions. We're reinforcing their drama mode which in the end is their worst enemy.