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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This is a good article. My question about the 10 types of empathy. Im a claircognizant, emotionally, physically, and telepathic. Is this normal? I also wanted to know more about the healing thing.
I have just stumbled across this after doing some research and I’ve read all the different types of empath. Is it unusual to be more than one type? I feel like I relate to a number of them..precognative, psychometric, telepathic, fauna, physically receptive, emotionally receptive and claircognizant. I have felt things deeply my entire life and never right much of it but after reading this is like my world finally makes sense! Thank you so very much
So I’ve got a question… I have a friend who’s an empath; I don’t know that she experiences exactly what other people experience, but negative moods make her feel sick or tired or upset. She also has an unusual number of supernatural experiences. On top of all this, she can never keep a charge on a watch or cel-phone battery; it’s like she absorbs the energy. Do you think that’s all related?
Hello, I found your article after googling (I was desperate) about Empath traits. I have had anxiety my whole life. I’m 34 now and it gets worse and worse every year it seems. I was even certain something was wrong with me and went to doctor after doctor praying for am explanation. What I got was “it’s anxiety, you’re stressed”. I am a very highly sensitive woman, I feel deeply for people, death terrifies me and I seem to have a hard time moving past that. Then there’s things like this morning, I woke up very anxious, started to feed into my panic attack and my husband who has bad allergies took two allergy pills (ok don’t know this when I woke up) and he felt really woozy and sick. I didn’t know this and woke very anxious dizzy and sick to my stomach. I don’t know why this happens or how to shake it off me, it’s scary and I fight constantly with my fear and faith. I’m still not sure I believe this is what I am but some help would be appreciated. I have questions and don’t know where to find answers. If you’re able to help… Read more »
I just recently found out that I am an empathy. I can read people very well and can tell automatically what a person is like by their energy. I can feel negative energy. It makes me feel really sick like I need to back away from that person. The air around me feels thick and dark. Being able to read people and lloking into their eyes I can tell if they are lying to me or not. I love being alone. Going into public places is so frightening. When I am around someone who is toxic to me I feel physically and emotionally upset and am unbalanced for days at a time and become sick with throat infections and colds. Maybe it is because my immune system shuts down. Being an empathy for me is such a curse. I absolutely hate it. When I was 21 years old my mom got a referral for me to see a counsellor and the counsellor referred me to a psychiatrist and insisted I was “borderline” because of my rollercoaster emotions. I am subjected to medications that I don’t want to take. I can’t share this with anyone because people think I am “nuts”.… Read more »
Hi luna! This is a really nice article and it really caught my attention. I read yr article about old soul as well and i could feel that i am one. Im not really sure if im an empath. But I feel really drenced and tired around people. Nobody understands me. I have a fear of speaking myself out not because of my social anxiety disorder. Yes, I was diagnosed with that. And since that everybody thought that I was sick, so that was the reason I always back out from events. So my friends and my family just leave it as an disorder. As a matter if fact, I could still do my presentation in my course really well. I even got an A for my presentation. That was when I spend time alone to recharge myself and I would forget everything that I am going through just to continue my life.It was not easy I must say. Its not something that I choose to forget, its something I have to because I didnt have any other choice. But when i dont, i feel drenched. My hands started to shiver. I couldnt think straight. Its as though my mind… Read more »
Nice site you have here :)
According to this article, I’m an Emotionally Receptive Empath :) My ex girlfriend told me; “you are very sensitive, you see EVERYTHING” But the thing is, I don’t “see” things, I just pick up the “vibes” some people send out. I sense immediately when people are sad, but I don’t consider that empathic, just aware of other people perhaps(?). Oh, and I’m an Old Soul as well :)
Hello again! When I read your profile I wanted to email you and ask about what an empath was but as soon as I clicked spiritual,this article was at the top of the page. I know I relate to every characteristic you have listed but somehow I always have some self doubt when it comes to labeling me as something. I have this fear of saying that I am an empath and then it not being true or that it is just me choosing and wanting to be one. I learn a lot from reading yet Im always looking for an answer, maybe from someone who truly knows me enough for me to believe them, like God. When I was young, I loved animals and from elementary I loved babies and little kids. To me I feel like when I see a child I automatically love him/her as if they were my own child and Im sure they feel it. I also always find my self exhausted especially when there’s stress between people I care about. I get angry easily at people who do what I know to be wrong and cry out for justice when people act certain ways.… Read more »
Thank you so much for this article. I’m an empath and have discovered this a while now. I used to be a career counsellor for 14 years with various diverse people of varying ages, all coming with problems other than the original one which was to assist them getting back into employment. The experiences of emotional pain used to be awful. I felt everything, and tried to safeguard myself from each client, but to do avail. Then I also realised that physical pain used to also manifest itself. Last year I made the decision to stop working with this clientele and career area and change things up. Since then, I’ve ended a relationship and have decided not to pursue any more relationships as I find the super draining, just for me to end up with nothing but exhaustion. I’ve stopped talking to many people who were quite close as I thought they were ‘leeching’ of my goodness. I dream and pray everyday that something will change so that I can live life the way that I would love to live it, but currently this is impossible. So, I just keep plodding along and hoping and praying and trying to understand… Read more »
I love your blog. You have some vey insightful posts that explain a lot of what I have been wondering. I’m most definitely a Claircognizant and Telepathic Empath. Even as a young girl I was able to read people and sense things. Being an empath I haven’t always listened to this though. I’ve been bullied and seen as a weak person that doesn’t say much or think much in which case I do actually think a lot and sense a lot. Not knowing what is was growing up at the time it was confusing as to why I was getting those senses. As I have matured, it has given me the ability understand it and to read people and situations where I know people have been lying and something is wrong. Some have actually wondered how I have known. I have never been able to explain it because I always have had this sense of just knowing. I have an extremely strong intuition which at times causes anxiety when I sense something. I also have a strong sense of self awareness. I enjoy my own company and love solitude and find being around a lot of people is draining. Having… Read more »