If you feel worn out after socializing with people at a party or at work, you may be an empathic.
These types of people know what others are going through at all times. They are good listeners and often put their issues on the back burner to help their friends out.
If you’re an empathic, you’re a unique character. You likely have the ability to close your eyes, stand next to someone and without even speaking to them, pick up on their mood.
You may even be able to say that you’re emotionally psychic?
1. You take on the emotions of others
Anger, sadness, happiness, bitchiness…you’re an emotional sponge. You’re highly sensitive to your surroundings and you pick up on people’s moods very quickly.
You’re a great judge of character, too. You can’t describe the way you do it, it just happens. You’re very in tune to surrounding energies.
2. Your own emotions seem to fluctuate up and down frequently
No, you aren’t bipolar. It’s just a quality of the empathic person. You literally absorb the energy of other people around you.
You can walk into a party and everyone can be excited, dancing on the dance floor. You jump right in with them. On the other hand, you can walk to the bathroom and you see a someone in tears.
You’re the one that sits next to them and asks if they’re ok. Sometimes crowds can be too much for you and after a big event you find yourself feeling tired, especially if you have to mingle.
3. People flock to you for advice
You’re easy to talk to because you understand most situations. You easily relate to other people and you are the type who sees all sides of an argument between your friends.
It’s hard for you to take someone’s side, too.
4. You know what to say to make people feel better
You constantly feel the pressure to “fix” other’s problems. As an empathic, you’ve been doing this all your life so you’re good at stroking the egos of people.
After talking with you, you’ll often find people saying, “I feel much better.” They will likely thank you for the good vibes and advice.
You help people see things clear because you’re experienced in all types of ways that people feel.
5. You unintentionally ignore your own problems
You’re so busy worried about fixing others that you ignore what you need. You tend to take on the attitude that, “I can make the world happy.”
If people around you aren’t happy, you feel it and you think it’s up to you to change it. In the end, you forget about yourself.
You portray yourself as the caretaker and often people call you the “Mothering type.” (If you’re a lady). You’re usually the one taking care of your friend after a breakup.
You’re always there for people when they need you. At night when you lay your head down to go to sleep, you can feel overwhelmed. Drama can weigh you down when it’s not even your own.
You give great advice, but you fail to know what YOU need.
6. You’re often the used and abused
You always end up attracting the victims because you think people need you to help them. You subconsciously seek out others with problems you can fix. It’s not on purpose, but it makes the empathic person feel useful.
It can make you happy in the short-term, but empathic people don’t know how to express their own emotions well. Relationships can be very one-sided and you may feel like you are being taken advantage of.
You are the one usually sacrificing and giving in to make your love or friend happy. You make excuses for other people’s bad behavior towards you and are ok with it because they have a lot going on.
7. You cry a lot…a LOT
The empath is the type of person that cries when others cry. You watch a movie where a mother holds her baby for the first time. “OMG, TEARS OF JOY!” If you haven’t watched the Disney cartoon ‘Fox and the Hound,’ DON’T! That movie will have the empathic person calling into work the next day trying to recover from all the feels!
You’re the type of person that tries to avoid movies or shows that will make you cry in front of people in fear of embarrassment. Heaven forbid you display your own emotions to the world.
You hate going to weddings because…tears. You’re nephew wins an award at school and you’re so proud…tears. You get the idea.
8. You love animals
Dogs, cats, horses or even the littlest living things. You think everything feels emotion. You’re the type that can’t step on the ant hill because all the ant moms will miss their babies that you kill.
You’ll destroy their family! When watching the nature shows and a lion goes after a gazelle, you’re rationalizing in the background with your eyes covered, “Poor gazelle. I hope it gets away…”, but the lion needs to feed her cute baby cubs!” Animals are your friends.
Their innocent and you can feel their happiness and positivity.
9. People throw their negative energy at you
…because the empath is always ready to catch it. You might find yourself being the one that gets joked on a lot or picked on. Sorry, there’s not much you can change about this one.
Consider it one of the struggles of being an empathic person.
10. Being outside centers you
You feel most peaceful in the quiet of nature. You love to get away, often by yourself. You go hiking or walking through the park. Sitting under a tree and reading a book sounds like something you like to do.
Going canoeing or horseback riding in the RAIN! That thunderstorm, though! The more severe, the better. Bring on the tornado! Empathic people feel better when it rains.
It’s like the washing away of all the energy and quieting your mind. Then you take a nap.
