I Don't Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life

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Understanding why someone feels a certain way will also help separate their emotions from yours. 5) Ground yourself But it doesn’t always have to be like that. Just because we can take other people’s emotions on doesn’t mean we have to keep them. I know I have the tendency to “ignore” people when really I’m connecting with them more than they realize. Being empathic gives you an extraordinary connection with others. Having a strong sense of your own emotions, keeping rigid boundaries, and maintaining the ability to care for your own emotional health will equip you to mitigate the downsides.

It’ll also help them process their own experience. In all likelihood, you’ll both be a little uplifted for sharing that experience.Even when you aren’t sure what you are feeling, empaths can read your body language and tell you what you are experiencing. Setting boundaries is a very healthy thing to do. As an empath, these boundaries will be crucial to your mental health and ability to cope with the downsides of your gift.

I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best LifePlace that shield between you — your energy, feelings, emotions — and the energy of those around you. Nothing makes an empath more angry than when someone is trying to be something they are not. What’s more, people who follow around fake people make empaths crazy. There’s really no shame in it, even though it’s unhealthy. It’s a survival technique, a form of self-preservation. Evaluating your habits for any signs of addiction or abuse is always a good idea, empath or not. Your needs, wants, energy levels, and mental health will dictate what your personal boundaries are. When you follow them, you’ll be all the healthier and happier for it.