Empowered by sensitivity? It sounds strange, doesn’t it? Sort of ironic, contradictory, even mutually exclusive.
How can you be empowered by something so soft, subtle and delicate, in a world full of hard, overpowering and loud people? Indeed, many of us Empaths get trampled, used, thrown around, and taken advantage of. But we have a secret.
Deep down inside, beyond the veil of our superficial appearances, we harbor something quiet, but powerful. Our gifts don’t dominate, tyrannize or overthrow people, but that doesn’t detract from their strength, or usefulness. If anything, our powerful but subtle gifts benefit us more in the long term, allowing us to gather emotional, psychological and physical information from our surroundings that is often inaccessible and undisclosed to the average, unreceptive mind.
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While we can’t bully, back-stab or use brute force, we can heal, guide, protect and deeply understand the lives of the people around us. In essence, we can gather immense amounts of knowledge. And knowledge, as they say, is power.
If you would like to discover whether you are an empath, take our empath test. Also, if you would like to discover what type of Empath you are, you will discover the 10 types at the end of this article.
Are You An Empath?
If you are an Empath, you will experience a combination of some or all of the following symptoms:
- You absorb other people’s emotions like a sponge, carrying them as your own.
- When someone close to you is physically ill, you can feel this as physical pains in your body.
- You often suffer from physical or mental fatigue and tiredness.
- You find Solitude immensely refreshing, and you require it to “recharge”.
- You often experience many mood swings or emotional states throughout the day.
- Witnessing violence or cruelty is unbearable to you.
- You are a very good listener.
- People often come to you with their problems.
- Animals and children are attracted to you.
- You are caring and nurturing by nature.
- You are hyper-aware of the physical environment, e.g. to smell, taste, sight, touch, hearing, etc.
- You can’t stand interpersonal conflict.
- Crowded places are very overwhelming and draining to you.
10 Types Of Empaths
While being an Empath can have its many positives and benefits, it can also weigh us down heavily with confusion, disorientation and anxiety. That is why it’s important to put a name to what we individually experience to better understand ourselves, and identify others who share the same abilities as us.
For this reason, I have included below a list, and small description, of each type of Empath. By understanding who you are, what gifts you possess and where you stand in life, you will be able to begin working with your soul. I elaborate on these types in our awakened empath book.
Claircognizant Empath
This is usually defined by the ability to simply know something needs to be done, or is true or misleading, without having any basis in logic or reason. Often this type of Empath will just “know” when something is right to do, or not, or when someone is lying or hiding something.
Emotionally Receptive Empath
Most Empaths are emotionally receptive, and can physically and emotionally feel the emotions from other people before they are even expressed.
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Physically Receptive Empath
Many Empaths are also physically receptive to other people’s illnesses and bodily pains. This often manifests itself in the Empath’s own body, and can be an especially useful skill in healing.
Fauna Empath
This type of Empath can hear, feel and interact with animals.
Flora Empath
This type of Empath can communicate with plants, being able to receive physical and emotional signals.
Geomantic Empath
The Geomantic Empath can read the energy and signals transmitted by the earth. Many are able to feel/predict natural disasters before they occur.
Medium Empath
This type of Empath can either see, hear, feel (or a combination of these elements) spirits, usually from deceased individuals.
Psychometric Empath
This manifests itself as the ability to receive information, energy and impressions from physical objects, e.g. photographs, clothing, jewelry, utensils, etc.
Precognitive Empath
This type of Empath can feel the occurrence of an event or situation before it actually happens. This is usually manifested in dreams, or as physical/emotional sensations, for instance: dread, anxiety, or excitement.
Telepathic Empath
The ability to accurately read a person’s unexpressed thoughts is the main defining feature of the Telepathic Empath.
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Free Test (Discover Which One You Are)
If you have trouble identifying which empathic gift you have, feel free to take our Empath Type Test
Being an Empath can be difficult and confusing, but with awareness of your gifts and abilities, you can refine them and use them to guide, heal and protect yourself and the people you love.
My hopes are that the information within this article can continue to make ripples within your life. Please share with me any stories or experiences you have below. This will help all of us broaden our knowledge and understanding of what it is to be an Empath!
If you would like to keep reading about empaths, you’re welcome to click on one of our other empath articles below:
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I’d say I identify with being a claircognizant,precognitve and telepathic empath. Would any of these have to do with having a particularly strong intuition? Excellent read Luna.
Lately, I’ve had aches in my breasts, then my friend found she had to have a double mastectemy. I had another friend who found she had bleeding ulcers while I was having stomach issues. I have often thought that i could feel other people’s bodily problems, but was never sure because I had nothing and no one to refer to about it. I may be empathic, I have to read further.
Thank you kindly for waking me up with your article.
I had trouble growing up as a kid having all these different things going on at the same time and not knowing what they meant or were.. I was able to tune them out as I grew older as it was quite overwhelming at times and ignorance can be bliss.. I had an event happen that reopened those channels and I’m learning more and more how to use them and control them… Or should I say understand that a lot of the thoughts and feelings were not mine.. I felt alone for along time because not many people had the same instincts and that was daunting.. I have come to realize that the true path of enlightenment is a solitary one but self awareness is the next step to human evolution.. Thanks for your posts.. They inspire me :)
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Thank you both for what you are doing to make this physical manifestation of life a little easier to negotiate. Late in life you are guiding me to understanding why I have lived a life on the outside looking in, and for the peace that is coming with the acceptance that that is where I will always be. There is so much I would prefer not to feel or sense or see, but what you share here is making it easier to accept that my soul chose this incarnation for a purpose I am not privy to, however, I am here for the duration, to learn so much, and as much as I would often prefer to NOT see + feel, I surrender to a journey now made easier by knowing that I am not an alien here + that I am not alone in being ‘different’. Thank you
I am HSP in many ways but not really an “empath” although I can be empathetic. I do suffer from what I call “mood by osmosis” and my husband and I often “pick” thoughts out of each other’s heads!
This is a very interesting article because it has given me insight into a lot of my emotions and thoughts. I find it difficult to gauge what type of Empath I am, without having anything to really measure it by. Cruelty to animals or hurt animals distress me very much. I can ‘read’ the undercurrents in people’s interactions, but it’s usually as a ‘feeling’ that I can’t immediately recognise, so I can’t respond to them or the situation at the time. I also recognise that I am very inwardly concentrated… so I have very little peripheral vision of my settings. I get emotionally distressed very easily, and sometimes have an awareness of upcoming situations that I can’t explain. Normally nice people tend to bully me – in all sorts of little ways and I can’t account for it – but I do tend to pull out the worst in them. This also means that I have had very little encouragement and so few affirmations in my life. I know to pay attention to dreams that imprint on my consciousness. These are some of the thoughts and recognitions this article has stirred up in me…
I can relate to at least three types… I have Geomantic, Precognitive and Telepathic.. I have history of feeling when an earthquake would occur, at least 2 days in advance, also, I have regular dreams which kind of predict the idea of what will happen, though not the specifics, it is in the symbols. And Telepathic, because I can finish other people sentences and when provoked, even say what they wanted to say before they express the idea or the news. To me it’s like “guessing” but it’s what I am feeling in that very moment that I should say.
Is it ok not to feel connected to any of those points? I sure am an empath but just don’t feel connected to any of the sub points
I already know I am an empath, the trouble is learning how to limit the negative effects of feeling my clients’ emotional hurt, pain, confusion on my own mind and body – in a healthy way, of course! Thanks for the article, it just clarifies and confirms things for me….