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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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!
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I feel empaths are wayyyy deeper than a category
Would love to talk in depth with you, chat me up.
Am a Christian, it seems Christians don’t have names or room for certain gift.
This is a great article! Thank you so much for sharing this information! I have a question about being a Heyoka empath. I have read other articles about this type and I am curious as to why you didn’t include it in your article.
Thank for sharing, when I was younger I would feel vibrations in my spine and ask those around me if it was an Earthquake but they didn’t feel anything. A week later their was an Earthquake on the news or near by. So I thought I lost until yesterday, there was an Earthquake in LA recently. I wrote about it on Twitter and people were tagging that I predicted it. I amaze myself. Also I can read a person’s emotions and intentions pretty well. I’m going to look into being an Empath.
When I was 14 years old, I was told I have Precognitive Clairvoyance. I could tell who was on the phone before anyone picked it up. I could also ‘see’ what was going to happen before it actually happened. It wasn’t until just recently, when I learned the word Empath. That’s me to a ‘T’. I have this thing with animals and babies, that’s uncanny. And when I worked in the hospital, I could feel what my patients were feeling. When I speak to my daughter or granddaughter on the phone, I can tell if they are sad, mad, or just tired. I can actually do that to many other people, as well. Now that I’ve learned the word, Empath, I now know why I am able to do all of this. Thank you for this website and your insight. You’ve helped enlighten me so much.
This test I feel is not refined enough for me. I am a little bit of all of these? It says I am a Fauna but i know i am more, I feel it.
I am 55. Lived in the San Francisco Bay most of my life. Ive battled with addiction since 13 or younger, lots of sexual assault, physical and emotional abuse as a consequence of the places, things and people I was around. Ive experienced seeing things happen, like a flash or movie behind my eyes before they did. Our Motorcycle accident in 92 and an earthquake around the same time. With ptsd and being empathetic in a family thats divided. Its very difficult to stand in my truth but I AM. I started getting clean in 1996. Had a few in n outs. They ALWAYS put me on psych meds thru my life. I had 10yrs clean when I dis the interferon treatment for a year. DARKEST TIME IN MY HEAD. I chose to use Cannabis and i cut myself off from my recovery peeps, no sex or a man for 5 yrs. I began pain meds. It all led to a rwlapse. Captain SaveAbro. I experienced every sin over the last 5 years. Shame and guilt haunt me. I became homeless, lost my furbabies one by one and told my narcissist to kick rocks, and he took the dog. My… Read more »
Thanks for the articles,I really enjoyed every bit of it,
Just need a help pertaining to my ability,
I feel almost all the abilities of the ten kinds of empaths
I believe an empath should not be put in one box. Yes, I am drawn to flora for healing and beauty. I have a very strong pull and knowing of one human soul in particular that drives me nuts. I can predict when something bad is around him, going to happen when he is with a bad person but not in a dream (although that has happened in the past. I don’t remember my dreams now due to medication.), feel his sexual energy. I feel when he is happy or very sad. I know his body and where his pain is but I don’t take on his physical pain I guess because I have physical pain of my own. Its the emotional pain or the predictions that are overwhelming. He had a spirit in his home that committed horrendous suicide that presented to me when the living person and I were arguing. The message from the spirit was he regretted what he did and he should have accepted his situation. He felt I should accept my situation. I have not been exposed to too many places where spirits are restless. I had one in my home for many years. As… Read more »
I am one of those all of the above empaths i am 35 years young and i figured out all the things listed in this sites articles long before i read them but after reading them it truly clarified everything i believed to be true about myself yet there are things i can feel and do that are not listed anywhere i search for example i can literally talk to the universe in all aspects anyone else out there that has this gift please reach out i have met so many beautiful empaths but never one like me not even close and i guess it would be nice cause even the strongest of empaths can never seem to understand me even if i explain it verbally ive realised i will only be able to expain it through vibration which will only be able to felt by another empath like myself i know there are others like me i can feel it so far only animals seem to absorb my energy so if you are like me reach out i love this site its one of the first sites that truly gets it and i can actually feel how many souls… Read more »