In this post, I want to share how best to cope as an empath. When I am around others or am connected to others, I take on their emotions and moods, and sometimes, this can occur at a distance. This weekend, I spent time away with three other women. One of these woman is a good friend who recently was involved in a car accident.
We decided to drive two separate cars to the Lakeside condo that we rented for the weekend. I was driving alone in my car, but began experiencing unexplained fears and apprehension while driving in my car to the Lakeside condo. As other cars merged toward me during my drive, I became frightened and startled. At first, I was completely bewildered by these emotions. I could not figure out where this was coming from.
After arriving at the Lakeside condo, my friends asked me to drive when we went out together. My friend who was involved in the car accident, sat in the front passenger’s seat. As cars approach my car or came near my car, she screamed and nearly jumped out of her seat. After observing this in her, I realized that I was connect to her and empathically felt her emotions of fear and apprehension, even at a distance.
When I experience certain feelings or emotions, I first determine if they are mine or others. Sometimes, others will trigger certain feelings and emotions within me. I consider which feelings are mine because I have felt those feelings recently, or there is a current situation/trauma that is causing these feelings to arise within me. On the other hands, if these feelings just come up that is strangely unexplainable or feels foreign to me, I am most likely feeling the emotions and moods of others.
I found a way recently to disconnect from those emotions and moods. The first step is to identify this emotion or mood and to whom they belong. The second step is to actively disconnect from that person. I do this through breathing them out of me with nostril or belly breathing techniques, and simultaneously repeating the mantra, “You may not enter my energy field, please leave now.” I also use imagery to imagine a bubble of light surrounding me so others cannot penetrate this light bubble. I then repeat the mantra, “I am sovereign and am my own being.”
Repeat these exercises as many times as necessary until others leave your energy field. After doing these exercises, I stopped experiencing the fear and apprehension while driving home from my weekend away. Let me know if these exercises works for you! (Copyright 2016 Awakening Journey with All Rights Reserved)
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