Unaware Empathic Person
As an unaware empathic person, I welcome to knowing your intuitive sensory self a bit better!
“Empathic” means that you receive sensory information from the subtle energetic planes of emotions, thoughts, and physical impressions. As a child were you considered sensitive, intuitive and empathetic? Could you feel the tension in the room of what was not being said? Were you adaptable, and actually “low maintenance?” An old soul?
From my experience, there’s an evolutionary arc that represents a spectrum of development and self-awareness that most emphatic people undergo on their path from being unaware and overwhelmed to being self-aware and accepting their empathic nature.
Unaware empathic persons often question if they are imagining random impressions and phantom pains. Their relationship to places and people can be perplexing and confusing. They can internalize this as self-doubt and not feeling comfortable in their own bodies.
Unaware empathic tendencies:
You may consider yourself an HSP to help navigate social situations and overstimulating environments. The label helps you to explain your need for alone time.
Accept everything you feel as your own. Burden with feeling responsible for emotions you don’t necessarily understand.
Overwhelmed and overstimulated by crowded spaces. Particularly stagnant spaces. Strong noxious smells can negatively impact you.
You may retreat as protection; creating barriers rather than boundaries. Instinctively you prefer to be invisible, and will leave places quickly.
You develop strong mental defenses, finding it easier to judge something than to feel it.
Self-care tips for the unaware empath:
First, be kind to yourself. You have more than likely have had years building up defenses to either not feel, or to give yourself a great buffer to not have to interact with the space around you. You may feel like this took a lot of energy to manage, but you’ve actually been quite passive with your environment.
Notice when you want to withdraw into yourself. This may be a reflex by now, but build up strategies to break this pattern. This is needed to build trust in yourself, your relationships, and your ability to navigate the space around you with confidence.
Explore working with a therapist to examine any unprocessed trauma that is occupying your perception of safety. Knowing what your triggers help you identify more quickly when you are picking up something that isn’t yours.
Find an intuitive mentor that can help you gain awareness of your empathic reception. This ability is also called clairsentience.
Demystify this communication channel and actively engage your life by embodying your authentic sensory nature and experience what real connection feels like.
After you’ve taken the Empath Quiz, look for my follow-up emails to learn more about how to use your sensitivities as a guide. I tend to say that once you identify as an empath, you are on a spiritual path. It requires that you know yourself and accept your life’s experiences. This takes patience, but it garners wisdom and compassion.
