What can you do to be more empathetic?

Answer 1

Not sure how long ago this message was left and hope you are around to receive this answer... Empathy is about putting yourself in the other persons shoes... If someone is telling me something and its painful, but I have never been through it, I remember something that made me feel a similar way... Empathy is about listening... not just hearing... It helps to have eye contact, even if they are not looking at you, still look in their direction. If its a person who is close to u, hold their hand, have open body language... most off all LOOK interested and don't have answers unless they ask u for them, don't try to fix it... most people feel better after just talking... hope this helps kat xxx

Being empathetic is being able to also sense emotions in people around you. People always have empathy to a certain point, but the majority of people really don't know it or how to use it. All high level empaths are usually ungrounded somehow, and can sense the emotions of sometimes even the world if they are ungrounded enough. An example would be if the entire world had a sense of anxiety or fear because something was going to crash into the world, all high level empaths would be suffering with theirs and also everyone elses emotions on the matter. Being able to sense the emotions of ones around you can either be considered a curse or a blessing. You can go from being on top of the world, to very anxious, and then verging on tears in a matter of minutes, sometimes even seconds when in large groups of people. You also do not want to open your chakras when your highly empathetic, for it leaves you open to energies and psychic influences, which most high level empaths must deal with anyway. It's also a blessing, because it better helps you understand those around you. Here's a good place to learn more: http://www.psi-zone.net/aboutme/empath.htm , or if you have questions on what it's like you may email me at: teddibear16@gmail.com

~teddibear16

Info from: well, i learned from the website above what was "wrong" with me, and then the rest can be from personal because it sucks to be around emotional teenagers all the time with empathy.