Day 2: Being an Empath in a crowd
Most topics in the Empath Survival Program have emerged from situations that are usually uncomfortable for Impaired Empaths (see Day 1).
Crowds can be very difficult for Empaths because of the physical proximity which makes it more likely that we'll start reading them and become overwhelmed by their emotions.
If you're surrounded by hundreds of people, that adds up pretty quick!
NOTE: Some Empaths can read people no matter how far they are...For these kinds of Empaths, it feels like they are always in a crowd.
One question that comes up often is: Why do we mostly pick up on negative emotions from other people?
- Negative emotions are easier to read because they have such a recognizable pattern. You can quickly tell if someone is angry, right?
That doesn't require as much interpretation. Anger has a pretty consistent pattern in humans, both in terms of the chemicals released in the blood
stream and other vascular reactions, so we recognize them easily.
- Negative emotions are more noticeable. When someone is angry, it feels like they are emotionally "yelling". The sheer intensity of these powerful
negative emotions make us more likely to notice them.
- Awareness of negative emotions is a survival reflex. We tend to pay more attention to potentially threatening situations (where we might get hurt because
someone is angry), so we can have a jump start in getting away from them! It's a reflex to tune into those negative emotions. The problem is tuning out
once you know there is no real danger involved!
Picking up on strong negative emotions can lead to several uncomfortable side effects:
- Your subconscious is working overtime, trying to filter out all this emotional information.
That can leave your exhausted, like you just ran a marathon
(Do you need a nap when you come back from the mall?)
- Your mind interprets all this negative information as a threat and you start to feel anxious all the time
(Do you keep turning in circles
in your head with negative thoughts or worries?).
- Your mind can't understand what's going on and you feel very irritated and aggressive
(Do you snap at sales people or your spouse/children when
you're in a crowd?).
A simple thing like going to the grocery store or the mall can turn into an ordeal if you can't tune out from other people's emotions.
That's what we're working on today!
Exercise 2: Being Transparent
- Rate how you feel right now, from 1 (very bad) to 10 (very good).
- Close your eyes and visualize the particles in your body getting more and more spaced out. They are expanding like a gas, so there is more space
between each atom in your body.
- Imagine now that your own magnetic field is expanding too: It is as big as the room...as big as the building you're in...as big as the city block...How big
can you get it???
- When your energy is too dense (which is a reflex when we're trying to protect ourselves from a perceived threat), other people's stuff can get caught in it,
like fruit in Jell-o...But when there is more space between the particles in your body,
it's easy for other people's stuff to "slip past you" instead of getting caught in your energy field. They just flow right through you!
- Rate how you feel again, from 1 (very bad) to 10 (very good). If it's going up, you're on the right track! Keep practicing!
- Before you try to use this in a crowded mall, practice at home! Just visualize yourself, surrounded by people (or any other situation where you
tend to feel overwhelmed or uncomfortable). Now become transparent to other people's emotions...can you see yourself staying comfortable???
PS: Some Empath don't like this exercise because they already feel like they're transparent and other people are walking all over them.
If you feel this way, try this version of the exercise:
Version 2
- When you are walking through the crowd, imagine that you are clearing a path ahead of you, like Moses parting the sea. Instead of hitting you,
other people's emotions are diverted to your left and to your right! It also helps if you use your hand to "slice through" the thick flow of emotion. Just
hold your hand, palm open, fingers pointed forward.
For every exercise, I recommend that you practice it for at least 24 hours.
My official motto is quite simple: If it feels better, keep doing it!
Checkpoint
In order to keep this program comfortable, I recommend that you wait 24 hours before moving on to the next topic.
It's easy to get overwhelmed without realizing it. We all need time to digest and integrate!
So take a moment right now to evaluate how you are feeling before moving on to another topic!
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