Just over a week after Christmas - how are you feeling? All around us, things are going back to "normal." We've celebrated the birth of Christ, celebrated Christmas with our families; we've hung the stockings and decked the halls; we've wrung in the New Year - now what?
Showing posts with label control empathic abilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label control empathic abilities. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011
Compassion? I'm too overwhelmed!
In my last post, I suggested we pray for compassion, to pray for the strength not to shut our hearts to others. But, what if you feel too overwhelmed?
I've seen lots of talk online about how to control your empathic abilities- turn them on or off, up or down at your discretion. This is intended to help empaths from being constantly overwhelmed with the barrage of emotions they sense in everyone around them.
Surely, being empathic is not easy and some truly suffer. It would be presumptuous of me to categorically say that we should not learn to turn this gift off to preserve our sanity. However, I remain skeptical and am not sure I agree with this approach.
I've seen lots of talk online about how to control your empathic abilities- turn them on or off, up or down at your discretion. This is intended to help empaths from being constantly overwhelmed with the barrage of emotions they sense in everyone around them.
Surely, being empathic is not easy and some truly suffer. It would be presumptuous of me to categorically say that we should not learn to turn this gift off to preserve our sanity. However, I remain skeptical and am not sure I agree with this approach.
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