energy and empathy

I posted this in my Coven, but I decided it would be a good idea to post it in the public forums to gather more ideas. let me know what you think.. I have noticed that there are a lot of empaths on here. Empathy and being able to use it is completly non-fluffy.the definition of empathy is: 1.
the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
so to dumb it down, basically, is you can feel others emotions and pain. I myself am an empath and I've been this way for as long as I can remember. I want to start this thread so others can share how they use their empathy, if they want to develop it, or simply learn more about it. Also, My strong suit is energy. I use my energy and the energy of things around me every single day. I am a healer, but I can also absorb. Some areas of this are still confusing to me, but as I said, this is my strong suit. If you have questions, feel free to comment or mail me, but I may post the questions you have in the mail on the thread for others who would have the same question.

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I always pick up on people's emotions. Especially my husband. I've noticed it's so much stronger with people I live with, and I would like it to be that strong with others too. And control it so I can protect myself when my husband comes home from work in a bad mood.

Well, I can't really explain this, but when I'm around a person, I can feel there energy..and sometimes the energy is vile. It makes my whole body hurt. And then when I am around a person who's energy is sweet, I get really happy. I can feel emotions of others only a little bit, though. It's weird, I know.

~Amora

I am also an empath, but people think it's some huge big deal. It's not really.

I honestly have no idea if I am an empath or not but I do know I don't feel things correctly. People think I'm heartless or otherwise a blind rock when it comes to emotion but I am not exactly as they think. It seems as though I can feel people's emotions or at least sence them and the longer I am in contact with someone the more of them I feel. Like feeling how they think and act and sometimes uncontrollable if it is strong enough I begin to feel like they do and think like they do... But when they go away I return to normal. I also feel the weather stronger then most. When it rains I become I'll feeling, when the sun dosnt shine I feel tired, when it is warm and sunny I am bouncing off the wall with energy, when it is a bright start night I think clearer. I don't know if any of that means anything or even makes sence but I finde it odd.

i'll be leaving where Kosuke left off, Silvershade, that is a real condition. research 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' and you'll see how you relate to that. In my own personal advice use it to your advantage :) It's a remarkable gift, Whisper, don't take it for granted. Interesting thoughts everyone, thank you :)
Any contributing ideas about energy?

also, Btterfly, i am the same way :) i enjoy it :D
and Road, be careful with that, you don't want to get to enveloped by other's emotions to where you can't help them.

I have been an empath for about 7 years now and am very advanced at it. It is to the point that if I am focusing no one can lie to me. And no I did not get that off of harry potter. A lie is a type of emotion and I can sense it. I use empathy for understanding people at their very core. I am a people person and love to hang out with them. Therefore empathy is very useful for me.

I agree with Whisper, it is very common. Just like eye sight and hearing, some of us have an incredible degree of it, others lack it entirely, most are somewhere in the middle. But as Kit said, it should still be appreciated as a gift. I count my sight as a gift too.

I just read about the seasonal affective disorder and it's symptoms... I don't think I have any type of depression and the articles made it sound terrible.