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 just wanted to randomly share. I’m not a spiritual person, excuse the rush battery dying. But I’m just overwhelmed. I noticed one day I went to a meeting with a guy I met for PTSD(for him) and the head person started talking about losing battle buddies and witnessing death and it was like I could feel a blanket of sadness coming off the people in the room even though they didn’t show it. I could visualize it too. I can’t watch Heart warming stories without feeling like crying. I don’t remember this in highschool. I don’t want hear the new because all they talk about is death and crime. I don’t like leaving house without music. I never really feel overwhelmed in crowds thought. I took 3 test on different sites just to see if theyd come out different. All 3 said I was an empath. I’ve had depression like half my life. And i feel like it’s lifting is hold but now it’s like ugh. Seeing sad mom’s on FB is hard, watching Tony collet in the cancer film was hard. I use to be able to fight the tears away now I gotta blot my tear ducts. I’m not sure if just being stupid or there is actually such a thing as empath. PS just writing this was hard to without tears. Any suggestions?
I am all 10, to one degree or another. I wanted to mention that I am dealing with a multitude of pretty extreme chronic illnesses that have been visiting me since around age 30. At least, that is when they became noticeable. Quite terrifying and debilitating.
I experience migraines on almost a daily basis, some insanely painful and high-level that last two or three days, and I get the visual distortion, as well. I am betting that many of you experience migraines, yes? I am also curious about how many of you have RH Negative blood? I do. My mother does. My daughter does. Anyone?
I have tried SO MANY different types of healing – psychic/intuitive/soul retrieval/removal of entity attachments/readings of all kinds/astrological/acupuncture, etc. I have not yet honed the ability to separate everyone else’s stuff from me. The result has been living my ENTIRE life in PAIN. Always the pain. Started off with emotional/spiritual/psychological pain and manifested into actual daily, extreme, body-wide, chronic, debilitating physical pain. It takes much energy to get through ONE day. LOL. Thank goodness I have a sense of humor. I often think that that is what has saved my life, many times. :-)
Anyway….I’m rambling. That’s enough.
~PEACE
hey did anyone else relate to all of them?????
Wonderful and informative article. I am 22 and discovered I was an empath, (claircognizant, emotionally receptive, precognitive) in my late teens. It can be very overwhelming taking on everyone’s problems especially when they feel like they can really talk to you. I usually find myself helping anyway though I have become more skilled at understanding my limits on how much I can take over time. Overall, it is, I believe, a lovely trait, not only having the ability to get through to others but beneficial to know people’s motives for their actions which has guided me in many decisions. I find that making time for yourself to do that which you enjoy, for me that is dance, music and writing in a journal is good for the mind. For my fellow empaths, just want to say although it can be hard at times, celebrate your empathy as it really is a blessing :)
Hi I have had a very good read and am very glad I found your site. I believe am having a spiritual awaking. I feel I have medium, claircognizant and emotionally receptive empath traits. I am feeling constantly anxious at the moment but also very jumpy and I have a fear which comes over me which I can’t really explain other than its something dark/evil type of fear. Makes the hairs stand on the back of my neck feeling. I was a shy child never really liked crowds and i still dont like crowds. I feel very drained alot of the time. If you could maybe help me to discover what might be going on i would be grateful. I went to a psychic fair recently and was told I had so much empathy and that I would make a great healer. Many Thanks
I have had some truly remarkable experiences in my journey as an empath. I will share one of my favorites. At times, I have tapped into the fauna empath traits. I have always been good with animals, but a few experiences have been extraordinary. These experiences involve birds giving warnings. I live in the city, so these are just regular looking birds (might have been a mocking bird, not positive). So anywho, there have been several instances where a bird is doing an annoying chatter and won’t shut up, so much so that anyone in that area has to take notice (at least that’s how it makes me feel). So on several of these bird chatter experiences I have been able to interpret what the bird was goin on about. It has always been warnings that have benefited me for having listened. I don’t think it’s a language so much as a feeling of feeling what that animal is relaying to us. In scientifical terms, I’m crazy, animals are not supposed to be that intelligent, but In reality, follow your intuition, keep an open heart and open mind, and you will be amazed as to how much information is all around us that we rarely acknowledge or tap into.. the downside to the bird thing Is that at times I hear them same type of birds in the distance, I assume they are trying to give someone else a message, either way, I unwantingly tap in a bit and sense thier urgency to deliver that message, I usually know that those other messages are not for me, I don’t have any idea what they mean, but I tap into what feels like anxiety (because I believe that is how the bird is feeling), and am so happy when the bird finally departs. I won’t try and pretend to know how any of this works, I just know that it does and maybe this helps someone else dealing with a similar situation.
Thank you for this article. I today found out I am an Empath. After so long trying to figure out why I can feel people’s energies. I know exactly how they feel towards me. lately I can feel their pain. For a long time I felt everything my dad felt. I sometimes know when someone is thinking of me. If I’m connected to the person I can sometimes feel if something happens to them (not know what happened). I think of someone I haven’t spoken to in years and later that day they call/message me. I have so much to look forward to.
Just a question is It possible To Be multiple empathic? I’ve experienced this all my life more so as I get older. The older I get the more I keep to myself. I find when around ppl sometimes it’s to much.
I am so grateful to have found this page. I feel like I have been in this spiritual battle with myself for ten years now. It seems like I make so much soul progress only to revert back to old patterns, but immediately after Christmas this year, I felt a strong acceleration within myself. I started meditating again, and all of this information came pouring out. I had visions of Lemuria or at least that is what my inner self kept telling me. I started really paying attention to the smallest details of my day because I had been asking my guides for help. I felt like they were guiding me to discover my darkness. I was trying to find helpful articles about allowing my dark side to just be when I found this site. Now, I am feeling like part of my darkness or shadow self comes from the fact that I am an empath. I was such a shy kid, and people always made me feel like I was less than a person because I literally couldn’t speak freely like everyone else could. I stopped allowing myself to just be quiet, and decided to just tell myself that I had problems and I picked a label that fit (social anxiety). I feel so connected now. Thank You!
I have been able to feel other people’s emotions for as long as I can remember but until recently I didn’t know they were other people’s emotions I thought they were my own and could not figure out why my feelings were all over the place and it was and still does drive me nuts . I can’t be in large groups of people because I feel everything and it makes me so nervous . I used to ignore all these feelings as well but wish I hadn’t especially when I met someone or in a relationship. I have been doing a lot of reading trying to find ways of releasing all this stuff from my mind and body and soul but. I don’t get any direct ways of doing so it’s very frustrating, I have to usually find ways to numb this gift and then I just feel irritated and irrational . Some detailed stepsbwould really be nice because for once in my life I’d like to be myself instead of someone else … I hope that makes since