I used to be an empath when I was younger, but I used a shield spell to protect myself from feeling other people’s emotions. I was young and stupid when I made this decision, and I want my powers back. Is there any way for a former empath to unsheild themselves and use their abilities again?
Shields only have a limited amount of time till they dissipate. The energy you put into will only last so long and unless you have kept rebuffing this shield I doubt you lost your power.
From what I've learned from multiple sources, mostly online, is that if you are an empath shielding will generally not eliminate ability. What it will do is help the empath to ground and properly distinguish and process the excess of emotion. Shielding will better help one to come to terms with the excess of emotion and energy.
Empathy like any ability and skill is able to be practiced. Perhaps practicing to remain in an open state may help?
I would make sure as well not to overwhelm yourself. Ease yourself in.
And remember Shielding yourself isn't necessarily a negative thing. It has its purpose and reason for being as anything else does, and can continue to aid you and provide you with emotional protection as you learn and grow.
Empathy is a skill that some are born with, some develop, and others actually may struggle to develop or even loose due to the world they live in stunting the growth of the being in multiple ways. Health is important for any body to function as it handles the inconsistences and chaos this world in full of. Many things could be going on with your physical health that can cause you to not sense empathy like you once experienced. Be sure you are eating right, exercising, avoiding drugs and alcohol, taking time to meditate, and working on skills such as shielding so that you don't become overwhelmed when you do feel strong emotions or the group effect of being around large groups and the amount of emotional energy in the air.Shielding is to help protect anyone from unexpected energy at any moment in time. They can be constructed to allow known or certain types of energy in but also to block other energy from coming too close. Meditation helps with this. Through meditation open up your third eye to help know what may not be known, it will help your shield screen the energy that it comes into contact with.
Imagine your shield around you, battered and worn out. It's terrible, and crumbling, no longer strong enough to serve it's purpose. You have two options from here- Either refuel the shield with new energy, or tear down the shield completely. In your case, you'll have to choose the tearing down option. Simply imagine the shield finally breaking, tumbling down, no longer functional. Consider saying something like "I bring down the shield, stripping it of it's magick, and hereby decree that it be no more.I hereby reclaim my abilities as an empath. So mote it be" to help focus your energy into destroying the shield and getting your abilities back
