I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore is a gift for the jaded empath searching for authenticity in spirituality, and spirituality in being authentic—something beyond the clichéd, positive affirmations that seem to invalidate our anger, sadness, and pain. When we feel broken—and when real damage has been done, it’s not always helpful to ignore our feelings and tell ourselves that we are perfect and whole. When you’re by yourself, you pull out your journal and start singling out each emotion. After you think about and remember each one, you completely let it go. Imagine each emotion flowing down a river, washed away by the rain, or blowing away in a warm breeze. And once it’s gone, it’s really gone. For good. You can pretend all you want, but an empath can see right through you. Whether it’s because you took something, broke something, made something, won something – whatever it is, they can read you like you wouldn’t believe. At that point, it becomes so much easier to manage the constant flow of emotions that bombard your senses day in and day out as an empath.

People who judge people, talk about people, or have racist tendencies should be aware that empaths can smell that bullshit a mile away. Empaths give everyone an equal chance, but if you mess it up, you are gone. 6) They Know your Feelings When I’m constantly overstimulated by the intense emotions from the people around me and my environment, I almost adjust to it. As an empath, you bring their pain into your body and feel it intimately. It’s hard to shut off, and impossible to turn off completely. Even when you feel like you are on the straight and narrow, an empath can sense that something might be missing from your journey. Maybe you took a job, but you really wanted to start your own business. Empaths can tell you what you should be doing with your life, whether you want to hear it or not. 9) They Can See Fake People There’s nothing wrong with finding an escape from our day to day troubles (what else would you call relaxing?) But abusing addictive substances to avoid facing problems, or avoid dealing with emotions in a healthy way, will be destructive. Both in the long term and the short.

This one is close to home for me, too. I’m almost always drained. When people ask me how I am, I pretty much always say, “tired.” Kathryn L. Robyn, healer, artist, author of Spiritual Housecleaning, and coauthor of The Emotional House“Ora North is the wise, witchy aunt I never had, who has arrived on the scene just when this heartbroken world needs her most. How I wish I could’ve read this bracing tonic of a book when I was sixteen, and so overwhelmed by confusing, painful emotions that all I could do was bury them. Ora reassures us in her straight-talking way that it’s never too late to witness and integrate our dark, scary feelings—and regain our equilibrium. Goddess bless her for doing this groundbreaking work, and for writing this compelling, enlightening book to empower sensitive souls like me!”

It may seem foreign and strange, but self-compassion is vital for empaths. Giving yourself the grace and self-care you need will benefit you immensely. You shouldn’t feel guilty about doing it. That’s not a good environment for an empath. Especially if it’s a customer-facing position: the toll on your energy leaves you listless and numb. First, we’ll run through 8 common difficulties. Then we’ll talk about 6 ways you can cope as an empath.

10 superpowers every empath possesses

If your job, your school, or domestic life is boring, you’ll find your thoughts drifting far and wide, lost daydreaming and wishing to be somewhere else. Even when you aren’t sure what you are feeling, empaths can read your body language and tell you what you are experiencing. The problem is that you, one person, can’t help everyone. An empath can feel the pain of every person they meet in their life, but they can’t help them all. Even if they want to. They know when people say one thing and mean another. This makes for interesting relationships, breakups and more. 7) They Hate Posers