Psychic link

we are all born with the ability to connect with each other but we forget how to use it so our brain closes it down and most often we dont connect again till later in life most often after weve had a tragic experiance.
meditation will help you to open up and recreate a link you have to be able to understand compassion to understand others feelings and keep ego at the door.
hope this helps x

I was born an empath too. The best way to see peoples emotions is to observe and see what people do when they are feeling certain emotions. Its easy to see what actions correspond to a certain emotion.

Let me lend a hand. First off we all are an empath. However, the magnitude on how much you contol, and how much you concsiously use empathy is totally up to you.

I'm agreeing with Kikyou.
Empathy is of intellectual origins. It is not a psychic ability. But like everything else, it can be enhanced with divination and energy work.
To actually create connections with people will give a higher and more acute awareness of emotions.