posted December 11, 2012 05:25 AM            

My friend used to give and give and give, and not know how to say "no." She was constantly helping strangers, counseling people, etc. When she met her boyfriend (she has a Pisces moon, and he has a Pisces sun by the way - so you being a Virgo it doesn't surprise me you would have empath abilities. Virgo and Pisces share a lot in common.) he was actually the opposite. Sure, he could look at people and know their situation in seconds, however, he hated people and she loves them. Because he favored isolation she began secluding herself more often and when she did that she realized just how much other people absorbed her energy. Now she takes more time for herself and cares about people but has a better definition of her boundaries.

posted December 11, 2012 01:40 PM            

Interesting post actually. I used to be a bigtime giver and learned the hard way I needed to set limits and boundaries as I kept getting walked on and screwed over. I also am a loner as well. I have never been able to handle being around ppl for long periods of time. I always thought it was just me til I googled what it means to be an empath....my abilities r just in the baby stages tho I can't do it unless its in person and I talk to them a few times. I don't really know what I'm looking for here, just insight or advice on how to control it. The good stuff I like but the bad stuff (i.e. someone's anxiety, anger, worry, negativity, deceit) I don't wanna feel. Only there's no on/off button lol wtf!

posted December 11, 2012 04:54 PM            

As a Pisces sun I feel eveything.

Until many years ago, in my early 20's and I thought what I was feeling was my own, I had to learn to differentiate the feelings of others and those of mine.

99 times out of 100, the down feelings I feel are something I have picked up on, and not mine.

And now at fifty, I am still struggling and learning to know what it is that I am truely feeling and what I have taken on from another.

However, as a Pisces, one of our birthrights is to do just that..take on and release to source...release pain and hurt...

But it is in that, that I find the most difficult, releasing...

blessins!

posted December 11, 2012 07:34 PM            

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Originally posted by hippichick:

99 times out of 100, the down feelings I feel are something I have picked up on, and not mine

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This - right there. I have not yet learned which feelings are mine and which are from those in the same rm as me. I am still trying to figure it out. Sometimes I can tell now and other times it sneaks up on me and I don't even have a reason for feeling anxious or agitated, like there was nothing to trigger it if it was my own feelings. And this is when I'm around someone who is. As a mother of 3 with my oldest being 15, I've developed loads of patience. Its just recently these past few months that I've been developing this ability. Sigh....is there a trick to it? Like have you figured out a way to let the energies that you pick up and absorb slide off of you? I don't know if I explained that right.

I know that as a general rule, water signs are naturally intuitive but I bet as a pisces sun you are more than likely a psychic sponge lol I feel for you. I have lots of virgo in my chart to begin with so pisces is not a familiar energy to me. I couldn't imagine myself being a pisces cuz I'm too practical lol Altho I have mars in cancer so I'm not completely devoid of water signs. I must say pisces usually make very good listeners imo.

posted December 11, 2012 09:06 PM            

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Originally posted by hippichick:
Well, you cant control it, you just learn to "manage" it.

As a Pisces sun I feel eveything.

Until many years ago, in my early 20's and I thought what I was feeling was my own, I had to learn to differentiate the feelings of others and those of mine.

99 times out of 100, the down feelings I feel are something I have picked up on, and not mine.

And now at fifty, I am still struggling and learning to know what it is that I am truely feeling and what I have taken on from another.

However, as a Pisces, one of our birthrights is to do just that..take on and release to source...release pain and hurt...

But it is in that, that I find the most difficult, releasing...

blessins!

t~

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posted December 12, 2012 10:10 AM            

I know we also feel the good things, but I think that the state of feeling good, a state of love and peace is our natural state as spiritual beings living in a human body, and humans tend to be more negative, so we empaths pick up on what is not of our real state of being...

posted December 12, 2012 11:58 AM            

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Originally posted by hippichick:
You know, I have wondered why, we as empaths pick up on only the down energies of others and the negative aspects of this energy affects us so much.

I know we also feel the good things, but I think that the state of feeling good, a state of love and peace is our natural state as spiritual beings living in a human body, and humans tend to be more negative, so we empaths pick up on what is not of our real state of being...

I dunno, just early morning ponderings...

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