highly empathic

[GentleReckoning]

I've slowly come to the conclusion that I am a highly empathic individual. I seem to be coming so empathic that I am able to read other peoples thoughts. Its never when the thought is a positive thought it was only one is a deeply negative thought that is very different from my reality that the thought becomes obvious to me.

I'm sure there are others on this forum that experience something similar...

[Rake]

My intuition seems to be expanding at a ever increasing rate. It's interesting that the contrast allows you to see that it is not your fault. It's something that's been troubling me when these 'negative' thoughts enter my mind and I can't find the origin to them.

[bosphorus]

i'm too. since i was a child, i've felt others' pain and discomfort. Especially of those in need and despair(like the homeless people).

[Melissa]

I can't read other peoples thoughts so I guess that makes me medium-emphatic. (Harhar)

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How do you know for sure it's not your thought?

[AnthroHeart]

I'm sort of empathic. Watched the movie Powder today and got teary eyed at several points in the film.

[Unbound]

Try this idea on for size as it was a peculiar discovery for me.

I was talking with my girlfriend once, it was a bit heated, and I seemed to have two parallel thought patterns. One I was thinking intentionally, and then there was another which I perceived as my thoughts but which did need feel they "came" from me. As the discussion went on she revealed to me what she thought I had been thinking, andher expectation of my thoughts actually became one of my thought patterns.

This was a big revelation to me because I realize that we receive the thoughts from others that they expect us to be thinking. So if they are talking to you and they expect that you are thinking in a certain way or a certain thing that will be projected out. How I see it is that the expectation creates the intention and it actually produces a thought which may then be a temptation to fulfill the expectation. For individuals who cannot differentiate the sources of different thoughts could very easily mistake the expectation intention of the other for their own thoughts.

What do you think of this concept, GR?

[GentleReckoning]

Other people's expectations play a huge part in our lives. The stories of the child with a supportive vs unsupportive teacher/parent/friend very strongly validate the idea that other's relation with us greatly affects how we create our reality.

That one of the best pieces of self-help advice is to surround yourself with people that are more in line with who you want to be should be a pretty telling piece of evidence that supports this idea.

At the same time, what I'm experiencing is simply being a blank mirror for people around me. (yet my guides are telling me to clean my mirror all the time. I don't quite understand that) I have a hunch that I need to move to where there are more supportive people around me as other's opinion and expectations of me may be greatly limiting my clarity.

[Unbound]

Can't reflect very well if the mirror is not empty! Aha I think your guides are implying that we are all mirrors and are all blankly reflecting eachother, or at least we would be, if our mirrors were clean. At least, that is the feeling I get aha

I think in this regard it is not just the people around you, but how you are choosing to receive them. Certainly it never hurts to situate yourself near those in harmony with yourself, though!

[Charles]

I usually hear people’s thoughts when they’re screaming, terrified, worried, scared.

Sometimes, rarely, but sometimes I’ve responded directly to those thoughts, always to comfort, or to suggest another thought.

Thus far, no harm done, and some fascinating . . . . what (?) . . . . conversations, glimpses into human life/minds/experiences, secrets shared, closeness with complete strangers felt.

I don’t think that this occasional ability is intended for us to hear joyful noise.

I think it is to give us the ability to help.

[Parsons]

Welcome to the club.

This was a big revelation to me because I realize that we receive the thoughts from others that they expect us to be thinking. So if they are talking to you and they expect that you are thinking in a certain way or a certain thing that will be projected out. How I see it is that the expectation creates the intention and it actually produces a thought which may then be a temptation to fulfill the expectation. For individuals who cannot differentiate the sources of different thoughts could very easily mistake the expectation intention of the other for their own thoughts.

I can confirm this. I have been investigating this exact concept for at least a year now. I have observed this behavior many times. It happens nearly 100% of the time when engaged in some kind of disagreement, no matter how mild it may seem on the surface. It actually seems to be based on if the person you are talking to actually sees you as another self (yellow ray or higher) rather than just an extension of pack (those reverting to orange ray). If they see you as another person enough that they value your opinion, they will not project a response on you, and your thoughts and replies to them will be clearer because you are not trying to drown out their expectations.

I have also observed (many, many times) the behavior of when getting to know other people, they try to categorize you so they can 'check an invisible box' in their mind to categorize your responses in the future. For example, you will tell them something they think is Christian in origin, so they will ask you your faith in hopes they can 'check that box' and predict/explain future behavior. I am guilty of this behavior in the extreme as that is how I got by the majority of this incarnation before I awoke. I am attempting to kick that behavior so I can engage everyone with an open mind and heart.

Due to my new (dynamic) beliefs, I literally have no boxes that anyone could check. I go out of my way to make it clear to others when asking me questions like that I literally have no set belief system which I could name for them. I am not any political party, religion or faith, or philosophy. They can't check any box so it either makes people take notice of me, be subtly afraid of me, and/or just think I'm just plain crazy. To compound the matter, my empathy projection mechanism causes me to have difficulty differentiating my own feelings of unease with those who are uneasy around me, so I end up stuttering more and have more difficulty with spoken/written language.

As a result of my findings, I have been working on differentiating my own feelings from others projections. It's quite difficult because my empathic abilities have strengthened significantly in the past 2 years, which causes me to slip up quite often and think that another's projection is how I am actually feeling.

[Unbound]

If you want a trick to help you differentiate you can do what I call (as of this moment) a 'Mic Check'. This is basically intentionally creating a thought or saying something with intention in your mind. You can gauge how this reflects and responds with what is being heard in your mind.

I have one basic rule when it comes to discerning my thoughts - if I did not intentionally, consciously create the thought, then the thought has come from the unconscious. If this comes from my own consciousness I can tellby repeating what I am hearing in my mind with intention. If I repeat it, and it does not resonate at all, I know that it is not my own actual thoughts and feelings. If I repeat it and I do have an emotional charge then I know there is something in my own self that is responding to it.

Another good test is to say the opposite thing in your mind of what you are hearing in your mind and seeing how your emotions change or if they do. Just some ideas!

[Melissa]

Other people's expectations play a huge part in our lives. The stories of the child with a supportive vs unsupportive teacher/parent/friend very strongly validate the idea that other's relation with us greatly affects how we create our reality.

That one of the best pieces of self-help advice is to surround yourself with people that are more in line with who you want to be should be a pretty telling piece of evidence that supports this idea.

At the same time, what I'm experiencing is simply being a blank mirror for people around me. (yet my guides are telling me to clean my mirror all the time. I don't quite understand that) I have a hunch that I need to move to where there are more supportive people around me as other's opinion and expectations of me may be greatly limiting my clarity.

I'm kind of in the exact same position. Have been thinking about moving, a lot. But I can't afford it and I wouldn't know where to go if I could, since the place I'd love to live doesn't seem to exist.

[Zachary]

I can definitely relate to this, felt this way all of my life..some people are easier for me to 'read' than others.