Struggles of The Empath, Sensitives and Awakening Souls

Empaths, High Sensitive People and Awakening Souls all have a pattern of common struggles that hold them back from being all they are created to be and do.  Sadly, most of these intelligent, talented and keenly aware individuals often never realize their full potential.

Changes in one’s career, relationships, and purposeful path often happen as a result of life’s challenges. Your struggles, your journey of inner healing, and the lessons learned in the process are often teachers that enable you to help others in amazing ways. Yet if the negative thoughts and heightened emotions overwhelm and drain you, you are powerless to use your gifts.

This has been my story.  Prior to developing my business and becoming what I call myself, a Mind Empowerment Coach, I struggled so much I got really sick.  Upon awakening to who I am, my life significantly changed. I have come to realize that what makes me unique and effective is my keen awareness of self, of others “self-ness” and knowing who I am at my core.  A big part of who I am is an Empath.  Not only that, I have come to understand that the numerous “Busy Minded” individuals I coach or work with through my life coaching and hypnosis work, are often highly sensitive and often empathic in some way. They like myself in the past, are often clueless of both their gifts, the underlying reasons they struggle in numerous areas, and the traps they need to avoid.

It has always been my passionate purpose to help individuals utilize their unique gifts, accept and embrace being different, and to deal with their sensitivities in an effective and healthy way where a harmonious, successful, rich and joy filled life results.

Knowledge is power, and it is often a breakthrough tool for rising above your struggles. Therefore, educate yourself on the traits of an Empath.

For many, and if you’re like most of my busy minded, empathic and high sensitive coaching clients, you will find this to be an excellent enlightening article that will help you understand more about yourself, especially if you are struggling with any of these…

Heightened emotions, increasing physical discomfort, being extra sensitive to sensory stimulation; visually, auditorily, feelings physically, (conflict, yelling, loud or irritating noises, unappealing smells, feelings triggered by disturbing situations) which overload you and you want to cope better.

23 Traits of an Awakened Soul (A “Sensitive Awakened to Be an Empath”)

You can say it’s because of a global shift in consciousness, a destiny we have arrived at due to spiritual evolution, or the outcome of strange times, but, many people all across the globe are going through intense personal changes and sensing an expansion of consciousness. Especially the Empath, Sensitives and Awakening Souls. Personal changes of this magnitude can be difficult to recognize and to understand, but here are 23 traits of an awakening soul, a ‘sensitive’, or an ‘empath.’

  1. Being in public places is sometimes overwhelming. Since our walls between self and other are dissolving, we haven’t really learned to distinguish between someone else’s energy and our own. If the general mood of the crowd is herd-like or negative, we can feel this acutely, and may feel like retreating into our own private space.
  2. When we have recharged our batteries with meditation, spending time in nature, far away from other people, or just sitting in quiet contemplation, we are ready to be with the masses again.
  3. In personal relationships, we often will feel someone else’s emotions as our own. It is important to have this higher sense of empathy, but we must learn to allow another person’s emotions while observing them and keeping our empathy, but, realizing that not all emotions belong to us. Social influence can dampen our own innate wisdom.
  4. We know things without having to intellectually figure them out. Often called intuitive awareness, we have ‘a-ha’ moments and insights that can explain some of the most complex theories or phenomenon in the world. Some of the most brilliant minds of our time just ‘know.’

Adepts and sages often were given downloads of information from higher states of consciousness after meditating or being in the presence of a more conscious individual; this is happening for more people with more frequency. As we trust our intuition more often, it grows stronger.  This is a time of ‘thinking’ with our hearts more than our heads. Our guts will no longer be ignored. Our dreams are becoming precognitive and eventually our conscious thoughts will be as well.

  1. Watching television or most of main stream media, including newspapers and many Hollywood movies is very distasteful to us. The mindset that creates much, but not all, of the programming on television and in cinema is abhorrent. It commodifies people and promotes violence. It reduces our intelligence and numbs our natural empathetic response to someone in pain.
  2. Lying to us is nearly impossible. We may not know exactly what truth you are withholding, but we can also tell (with our developing intuition and ESP skills) that something is not right. We also know when you have other emotions, pain, love, etc. that you aren’t expressing. You’re an open book to us. We aren’t trained in counter-intelligence; we are just observant and knowing. While we may pick up on physical cues, we can look into your eyes and know what you are feeling.
  3. We may pick up symptoms of your cold, just like men who get morning sickness when their wives are pregnant. Sympathy pains, whether emotional or physical, are something we experience often. We tend to absorb emotion through the solar plexus, considered the place we ‘stomach emotion’ so as we learn to strengthen this chakra center, we may sometimes develop digestive issues. Grounding to the earth can help to re-establish our emotional center. Walking barefoot is a great way to re-ground.
  4. We tend to root for the underdog, those without voices, those who have been beaten down by the matrix, etc. We are very compassionate people, and these marginalized individuals often need more love. People can sense our loving hearts, so complete strangers will often tell us their life stories or approach us with their problems. While we don’t want to be a dumping ground for everyone’s issues, we are also a good ear for those working through their stuff.
  5. If we don’t learn how to set proper boundaries, we can get tired easily from taking on other people’s emotions. Energy Vampires are drawn to us like flies to paper, so we need to be extra vigilant in protecting ourselves at times.
  6. Unfortunately, sensitives or empaths often turn to drug abuse or alcohol to numb some of their emotions and to ‘protect’ them from feeling the pain of others.

On the flip side, say they have implemented practices to manage emotions and the energy that becomes imbalance, empaths especially, often as healers, attract people with addictive personalities and narcissistic individuals who need the “light” they possess, which result in them becoming drained, confused, abused and sick. Understanding narcissism is essential to those developing relationships with others.

  1. We are all becoming healers. We naturally gravitate toward healing fields, acupuncture, reiki, Qi-Gong, yoga, massage, midwifery, hypnotists, etc. are fields we often find ourselves in. We know that the collective needs to be healed, and so we try our best to offer healing in whatever form we are most drawn to. We also turn away from the ‘traditional’ forms of healing ourselves. Preferring natural foods, herbs, and holistic medicine as ways to cure every ailment.
  2. We see the possibilities before others do. Just like when the church told Copernicus he was wrong, and he stood by his heliocentric theory, we know what the masses refuse to believe. Our minds are light-years ahead.
  3. We are creative. We sing, dance, paint, invent, or write. We have amazing imaginations.
  4. We require more solitude than the average person.
  5. We might get bored easily, but we are really good at entertaining ourselves.
  6. We have a difficult time doing things we don’t want to do or don’t really enjoy. We really do believe life was meant to be an expression of joy. Why waste it doing something you hate? We aren’t lazy, we are discerning.
  7. We are obsessed with bringing the truth to light. Like little children who say, “That’s not fair” we want to right the wrongs of the world, and we believe it often just takes education. We endeavor to explain the unexplainable and find answers to the deep questions of life. We are seekers, in the Campbellian paradigm. ‘The Hero With a Thousand Faces.”
  8. We can’t keep track of time. Our imaginations often get away with us and a day can feel like a minute, a week, a day.
  9. Empaths and High Sensitives often abhor routine.
  10. Due to our ability to see through BS, we often disagree with authority.
  11. Our nature is to be kind, but if you are egotistical or rude, we won’t spend much time with you or find an excuse to not hang out with people who are obsessed with themselves. We don’t ‘get’ people who are insensitive to other people’s feelings or points of view.
  12. We may be vegan or vegetarian because we can sense certain energy of the food we eat, like if an animal was slaughtered inhumanely. We don’t want to consume negative energy.
  13. Wearing our own emotions on our sleeves, we have a hard time ‘pretending’ to be happy if we aren’t. We often avoid confrontation, are more passive unless educated to be more assertive, and will quietly go about changing the world in ways you can’t even see.

These 23 traits of an awakening soul are a reminder of how important it is to maintain awareness, clarity and strength in these interesting times.

23 Traits List  Expanded From Original Author

Christina Sarich is a musician, yogi, humanitarian and freelance writer. Her blog is Yoga for the New World. Her latest book is Pharma Sutra: Healing the Body And Mind Through the Art of Yoga.

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