Any Empaths out there? Hello? This thing on?

tlatrice13

I think it's weird that you would ask a question like this on a fitness site. When I read the title I thought 'empath' must be some sort of new diet or workout, since we're on a fitness site. Boy was I wrong.

I can see maybe looking for some one your own age or someone with kids vs without, because those people will understand your particular set of issues (i.e., time constraints when you have kids, or not recovering from an injury as quickly at 40 as you did at 22) but someone who is similarly empathetic? Why does it matter if a person is empathetic or not?" Is there a certain type of motivation that empaths provide that others won't? What is it you need from a fellow empath that you wouldn't get if you had just come here and said "Hi, I'm <INSERT NAME HERE> and I'm looking for support/motivation/friends"?

I swear I'm not being snarky. I'm really just asking.

IronSmasher

I think it's weird that you would ask a question like this on a fitness site. When I read the title I thought 'empath' must be some sort of new diet or workout, since we're on a fitness site. Boy was I wrong.

I can see maybe looking for some one your own age or someone with kids vs without, because those people will understand your particular set of issues (i.e., time constraints when you have kids, or not recovering from an injury as quickly at 40 as you did at 22) but someone who is similarly empathetic? Why does it matter if a person is empathetic or not?" Is there a certain type of motivation that empaths provide that others won't? What is it you need from a fellow empath that you wouldn't get if you had just come here and said "Hi, I'm <INSERT NAME HERE> and I'm looking for support/motivation/friends"?

I swear I'm not being snarky. I'm really just asking.

No really. The tick in the box next to empathy is the difference between me and a sociopath.

Well that and people skills.

jennyaug

Don't get involved in this topic if you have no interest in it, its that simple!!! Sensitive people are comprised of 15-20% of the world population, and it is found by science that their nervous system is wired differently than other people. Also empaths do experience weight problems, because they are very sensitive to others and energies around them, and they internalize everything. They have to learn certain modalities to help with weight and also a burnout problem etc.... I am a counselor by profession, and yes I am an empath also!!!
Thanks,
Gigi

PikaKnight

Is it always like this here? Because, you do understand that some of us are brand new here and haven't a clue of what's gone badly for you previously.

This is only my second topic ive made on here.. so i really dont know who its gone badly for before me.. honestly i couldnt care less... I see what I need to see and the rest is static haha.. Ive gotten a few messages from empaths from this post (i guess didnt want to come forward since they saw the welcome i got) And that was my aim! So... :-)

Spoken like a true empath.

LOL Crabs!

determinedbutlazy

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PikaKnight

Don't get involved in this topic if you have no interest in it, its that simple!!! Sensitive people are comprised of 15-20% of the world population, and it is found by science that their nervous system is wired differently than other people. Also empaths do experience weight problems, because they are very sensitive to others and energies around them, and they internalize everything. They have to learn certain modalities to help with weight and also a burnout problem etc.... I am a counselor by profession, and yes I am an empath also!!!
Thanks,
Gigi

Do you have links to these peer reviewed studies for the rest of us to look at?

jonnythan

I am the empathiest empath that ever empathized.

determinedbutlazy

I am the empathiest empath that ever empathized.

I sense that you are being sarcastic.

PikaKnight

I am the empathiest empath that ever empathized.

DYEE?

determinedbutlazy

I am the empathiest empath that ever empathized.

DYEE?

Empathy, not even once.

action_figure

I could also tell that his girlfriend didn't want him to get a piece of this.
So i'm going with empathy. Do i get to wear a cape?

NO CAPES!

PikaKnight

I could also tell that his girlfriend didn't want him to get a piece of this.
So i'm going with empathy. Do i get to wear a cape?

NO CAPES!

jennyaug

Don't get involved in this topic if you have no interest in it, its that simple!!! Sensitive people are comprised of 15-20% of the world population, and it is found by science that their nervous system is wired differently than other people. Also empaths do experience weight problems, because they are very sensitive to others and energies around them, and they internalize everything. They have to learn certain modalities to help with weight and also a burnout problem etc.... I am a counselor by profession, and yes I am an empath also!!!
Thanks,
Gigi

Do you have links to these peer reviewed studies for the rest of us to look at?

Check these references;
http://www.hsperson.com/pages/hsp.htm
http://healing.about.com/od/empathic/a/HSP_hallowes.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_sensitive_person
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201107/understanding-the-highly-sensitivity-person-sensitive-int
http://www.hsperson.com/pdf/JPSP_Aron_and_Aron_97_Sensitivity_vs_I_and_N.pdf
http://www.junginstitute.org/pdf_files/JungV8N2p11-44.pdf

jonnythan

I am the empathiest empath that ever empathized.

I sense that you are being sarcastic.

You might be even empathier than I!

SugaryLynx

I just want in to watch

Joocey

I thought this was a thread about DragonRealms. Serious. :frown:

jofjltncb6

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determinedbutlazy

Don't get involved in this topic if you have no interest in it, its that simple!!! Sensitive people are comprised of 15-20% of the world population, and it is found by science that their nervous system is wired differently than other people. Also empaths do experience weight problems, because they are very sensitive to others and energies around them, and they internalize everything. They have to learn certain modalities to help with weight and also a burnout problem etc.... I am a counselor by profession, and yes I am an empath also!!!
Thanks,
Gigi

Do you have links to these peer reviewed studies for the rest of us to look at?

Check these references;
http://www.hsperson.com/pages/hsp.htm
http://healing.about.com/od/empathic/a/HSP_hallowes.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_sensitive_person
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201107/understanding-the-highly-sensitivity-person-sensitive-int
http://www.hsperson.com/pdf/JPSP_Aron_and_Aron_97_Sensitivity_vs_I_and_N.pdf
http://www.junginstitute.org/pdf_files/JungV8N2p11-44.pdf

Links to about.com and wikipedia are not references. Any links to ACTUAL studies performed by medical/educational institutions and published by a reputable source and not "psychology today"?

Protip: If you couldn't use it in an essay at college without your professor going red in the face and bashing your skull in with a library catalogue, it's not a real study.

Dnarules

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...just in.

Now its a real thread. You're here.

Hauntinglyfit

I could also tell that his girlfriend didn't want him to get a piece of this.
So i'm going with empathy. Do i get to wear a cape?

NO CAPES!

OP said i get a cape!