I Don't Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life

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A lot of times, it just stays inside of us. We push the emotions to the side, we ignore ourselves, we live in misery: tired, drained, doing our best. Focus on being 100% present. Take a few calming breaths. Touch a nearby object and focus on it intently.

There’s nothing wrong with finding an escape from our day to day troubles (what else would you call relaxing?) But abusing addictive substances to avoid facing problems, or avoid dealing with emotions in a healthy way, will be destructive. Both in the long term and the short. Setting boundaries is a very healthy thing to do. As an empath, these boundaries will be crucial to your mental health and ability to cope with the downsides of your gift. Erin Schroeder, The Psychic Witch, psychic teacher“As a ‘cry of the millennial witch,’ this guidebook has much to offer those who need to effectively harness the powers of empathetic sensitivities rather than be consumed by them. The author speaks volumes to the various aspects of being an empath in our culture, such as the dangers of the ‘positive vibe only’ complacency, past trauma, and the neglect of certain emotions. She offers innovative exercises such as listing your victims and villains of your shadow self, a formula to write your own pain alchemy affirmation, throwing yourself a pity party, and creating voluntary energetic blindness. Bravo, Ms. North!!” We tend to think as empaths that maybe we already know everything about how a person feels. But if you ask them about it, you might find yourself surprised.There’s really no shame in it, even though it’s unhealthy. It’s a survival technique, a form of self-preservation. Evaluating your habits for any signs of addiction or abuse is always a good idea, empath or not. Simone Butler, an astrological consultant at www.astroalchemy.com, and author of Moon Power and Astro Feng Shui“Ora North has penned an instant classic. I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore is the kind of book you immediately feel understood by; the kind of book that feels so perfect and obvious, you’re a little surprised it didn’t exist before it did. I devoured it and then gave it to my favorite people, because I wanted them to feel understood too.” Their response is usually something like “but you’re always tired.” Or they advise me to get more sleep.

Empaths give. They give of themselves, they give of their time. What they take is the negative. They absorb people’s negative emotions, take away their pain as best as they can.While I don’t always sleep the best, I do get regular, healthy sleep most of the time. It doesn’t help me from being tired. Being an empath myself, I have often wondered if there’s anything that can be done about all the downsides. Because, to be honest, sometimes I really do hate it.

I know I have the tendency to “ignore” people when really I’m connecting with them more than they realize. If you talk to the most experienced of empaths, they’ll tell you that a great way to avoid emotional fatigue and contagion is to simply imagine a shield. Learning the details of people’s stories and the things that caused them to feel a certain way will benefit you. Studies show talking to strangers is good for everyone, but it can be a useful tool for empaths. Compassionate people feel a strong desire to alleviate the pain of others. They want to help in any way that they can.Nothing makes an empath more angry than when someone is trying to be something they are not. What’s more, people who follow around fake people make empaths crazy. They know when people say one thing and mean another. This makes for interesting relationships, breakups and more. 7) They Hate Posers The key is to identify the negative and foreign emotions, and then release them from our body completely. Once our energy has been fully purged of the emotion, we have reached catharsis.

The problem is that you, one person, can’t help everyone. An empath can feel the pain of every person they meet in their life, but they can’t help them all. Even if they want to.The more people an empath interacts within the day to day, the less space they have to deal with their own emotions. You could even keep a journal. Writing things out can be really beneficial, and it’ll help you remember and identify the numerous emotions you absorb. Even when you feel like you are on the straight and narrow, an empath can sense that something might be missing from your journey. Maybe you took a job, but you really wanted to start your own business. Empaths can tell you what you should be doing with your life, whether you want to hear it or not. 9) They Can See Fake People Usually, I’m already overwhelmed and at capacity when I “ignore”. The last thing I want to do is open that connection up even more.