Empathy and other forms

I'm curious about Empathy. I was hoping anyone would like to explain what it really is, as the internet doesn't give a exact answer.

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It's being able to feel, quite literally, the emotions of others. Most people have empathy and can understand and feel the emotions of other people. For certain people, this effects them more than others and they have a hard time determining what emotions are coming from where because they feel the emotions so strongly. These people are labeled as empaths.

I believe I may be an empath (although I could be just overly sensitive). But the way I wwould describe it simply is for example: you walk into a room amd "Charlie" is in a bad mood everyone around "charlie" knows his mood so they feel his bad mood rubbing off on them. Thats just regular nature of people. But for me its more like walking into a room and not knowing a single person (or what mood theyre in) and feeling overwhelmed not by the amount of people but the amount of varying emotions. If Im around someone I know well I can tell instantly that something good or bad has happened eventho havent said a word or displayed any signs... Also 99% of the time I know a persons intentions without having to get to know them. Like I will be introduced and as we shake hands I will know I want nothing to do with this person. Ive been called many times and told "ya know you were right about so and so,how did you know". And I say its just a feeling..

Now I could be 100% wrong in believing these things make me an empath. I may very well just be highly intuitive, I am always open to being corrected. However this is how Ive understood an empath to be.

My daughter has a friend who is an empathy, she can feel the emotions of others in a room. Where as I am not an empathy but I can feel the energies in a room.

http://mysilentecho.com/dreamtongue1.htm

this site explained an empath very well, I found it very useful and detailed when I found it several months ago

I went to the site you suggested very interesting. I'll revisit the site later to finish so much he has written on the subject

I thought empaths could only feel others emotions boy was I wrong thank you so much for the link innersoul. I'm learning a lot from reading it.