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Life of an Empath

A Blessing and a Curse

By Michelle SmithPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Being an empath is a blessing and a curse. I started to notice as I got older that for some reason I seem much happier and sadder at times and had absolutely no idea why. It all started when I was minding my own business standing in line at a Safeway. All of a sudden I noticed that there was a single mother with 3 children in line in front of me. As she was trying to calm her children she shakingly grabbed her WIC check out of her purse, glancing around as if someone was watching her. Now this is where it gets weird. All of a sudden I felt so anxious. Almost as if I were having another panic attack. But today it was different. I felt strange almost as if I was standing in this woman’s shoes, as I also started shaking, I had no idea why. As a not-so-gentleman shouted from the end of the line “oh there goes the WIC check!” I instantly turned around and yelled at this man. The woman was clearly embarrassed but I felt like I was speaking for this woman. Almost as if her words were coming out of my mouth. This guy was obviously a jerk. No doubt. But after I finished yelling at this man, I paid for my stuff and just started sobbing in my car. I had no idea why I was so sad, maybe because I felt so bad for this woman but I was still unsure. All I know is I could FEEL the way this woman was feeling.

That’s definitely the curse of an empath. Being able to feel EVERYTHING so intensely that it takes control of your emotions entirely. But there are some great things about it too, you are more likely to be able to tell how someone is feeling, it is extremely hard to suppress the feelings from yourself but it’s almost as if you will always have the right thing to say, because you legitimately KNOW how they are feeling. Also the incredible feeling on a beautiful sunny day when everyone is in such a great mood and that energy just radiates off of you! It also makes you a great listener and gives you the power to listen so deeply that you can feel it. But unfortunately there are days... especially when sitting in traffic on a cloudy day, that you can feel it all. You can feel the anxiety, the anger, the frustration that everyone else is feeling, but it is an actual feeling for you, not just anger, but like the whole universe is radiating that negativity off of you. It is so incredible to be able to feel everything so intensely. To feel the world in itself just hurting. Also seeing terrible things like forests burning down also hurts just as much. Almost as if you can feel the pain of our planet. It is incredible how the mind works and how it binds different events with such feelings. But I will tell you being an empath can be a great thing if the energy is used properly. And if you think you are also an empath my best suggestion for you would be to go to any metaphysical shop near you and just browse through their crystals or their agates and find one that just makes you feel centered. Or finding the ability to meditate continuously throughout the day and being aware of everything you do and say. Make sure you don’t get lost in the feelings of others because it will take you over. Good or bad. Thanks for reading :)

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