Do you FEEL for people?
By MsJessi
@MsJessi (423)
United States
April 9, 2007 7:46pm CST
I often wonder if other people feel like I do. I can see someone, a complete stranger on the street, or watch tv, whether it be the news or a movie, and I can just look at them and practically feel what they are going thru. I mean, I cry when I watch almost anything. If there's any kind of sad, joyous, or emotional moment in any situation that I see, I will shed tears. Not to the point of bawling, but I can't control the tears. It also comes into play when I meet new people. I constantly analyze people. Only because I can feel something. Is that weird?
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@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
12 Apr 07
You may be whats known as an "empath" Are crowds sometimes intollerable to you because of the flood of emotions you feel in them? Do you seem to instictively seek out those in pain? Your best bet is to look into the subject, educate yourself and gain some controll over it. Like most ppsychic gifts of one form or another, it can be unsettling until you understand it. There is a wealth of information on the web but be carefull and sifty carefully. Much of it is bunk.
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@MsJessi (423)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Wow, thank you. I will look into this. I guess it's possible, that this could be one reason why I seem to have social anxiety sometimes. I get so scared of people, but I think it's more because I'm afraid of how people think of me and vice versa. Something to look into.
@andreaskye (390)
• United States
10 Apr 07
First of all I don't think you are weird but very cool. If all people in the world had the capacity for empathy you describe, it would be a better place.
Secondly, yes, I am the exact same way. I "pick up" the emotions of my surroundings. I am moved to tears by images of beauty or sadness.
Funny thing is you mention analyzing people and I have never thought about it but I do this too. Like you can take them in and know them just by "taking them in" I guess is as good a way as any to put it.
Do you ever find yourself somewhere in public and look at 2 people and the whole scenerio of their meeting pops in your head. Like automatically knowing things like "Ah, that's a blind date happening." or "They had a fight earler and now they are friends again?". Strange but I do this. I think other people call it "people watching".
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@MsJessi (423)
• United States
11 Apr 07
Yes, I do! Whenever I'm out and about, I'll see a couple, and I may not be able to feel what you described, but you can tell by a person's body language and the look on their face/in their eyes, what kind of mood their in. Even if they're smiling. You can also tell alot about a person's character, by the way they walk around.
It would be great if more people tried to be intune with their surroundings...I think life would move a lot smoother.
@Shelbs (29)
• United States
10 Apr 07
No, MsJessi, I do not think you are at all weird for this. Of course, this could be because I am quite similar in that respect.
I tear up at sad movies, or sad events on the news. I have been known to shed tears for strangers, too, in the real world. Those without homes, those in need. But, on the flip side of that coin...
I have been known to cheer on strangers in moments of triumph... to be sincerely happy for someone who has just done something positive or had something positive happen to them. I very, very much FEEL for people. Sometimes it's difficult, but sometimes it's awesome. :D
