What is an empath?

June 30, 9:51 PMDallas Psychic Gifts ExaminerJen Whitten

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When people think of psychic abilities, the most common image is often that of the psychic claiming they have seen a vision of the missing child’s location and the authorities rushing in to save the day based upon that tip.  While there are precognitive and clairvoyant individuals, this is far from the full range of psychic gifting present in the world.  Perhaps the least well-known class of psychic is the empath, which is odd considering so many possess empathic abilities without ever realizing it.

So, what is an empath?

Although the term empathy is a close cousin of empath, one with empathic abilities goes far beyond being able to understand the feelings of another person.  The empath experiences their feelings, emotions and – sometimes – even their physical ailments.  The ability does not stop with picking up the emotions of other people.  It can extend to spirits of people already passed on or animals of all kinds.  It is widely speculated that horse whispers were able to be successful in soothing jittery steeds by first understanding their hang-ups and later speaking in a way the horse could understand there was no need for fear.

Unfortunately, not all empaths are able to put their gifts to good use by reassuring those others cannot.  In fact, most people with empathic abilities experience only the negative side effects of the gift.  As most never understand why they may feel angry or sad for – to them – no good reason, they are often labeled as moody, depressed or mentally unstable.  Rather than being taught psychic shielding techniques, the typical empath may spend the better part of their life taking pills and seeing psychologists.

An individual who believes they may have empathic abilities should take heart in the fact there is much they can do to avoid a life spent popping pills.  The best way for one to determine if the emotions they experience are theirs or someone else's is to get in touch with their own feelings.  Thorough understanding of how different things might affect their emotional state of being is the only way to know for sure when the feelings of another are encroaching on their personal space.