Conflict Sucks

I have spent so much of my life avoiding conflict with others. I would mold myself to situations to avoid conflict. I would stop talking to people when it got uncomfortable and I thought there was conflict. It was as though conflict was one of the worst things that could happen in my life. I …

I Have Got to Recharge

I am one who needs to recharge frequently. Whether it be simply from working five days a week or because I've been around a lot of people, I need time to get my mind right. Now, let me tell you what 'getting my mind right' really means for me. It means a couple of things. …

Sensitive to Sounds and Smells

Another item on the list explaining the traits of an empath is the sensitivity to sounds, smells, or sensations. I don't see myself as being sensitive to sensations, but I sure am sensitive to sounds and smells. For me, my sensitivity to smells is primarily that I can smell things much more intensely, much faster, …

I Am A Vault

I am a vault for all of my friends' problems. I am a vault for anybody's problems. I haven't always been this way though. My need to be liked and my craving for people caused me to break barriers I never thought I would. It also caused me to do anything to keep the attention …

I Care About Everything

Literally EVERYTHING. I have always cared about everything. It has always weighed me down. Caring about everything is an extension of feeling everything that others feel. It is something that I didn't realize that I did until just a few years ago. I couldn't understand why I was always stressed. I couldn't understand why this …

Why Are There So Many People

I hate crowds. HATE crowds. In any situation. For many different reasons. Crowds stress me out and ruin my mood. It doesn't matter if the crowd is the crowds at the mall, in the mountains, or large family gatherings. Crowds are not for me. I used to think this was just a factor of being …

Nature is Where My Soul is Happiest

One characteristic of an empath is that we take comfort in nature. This describes me more than some people will ever realize. I can go into nature by myself and not need anything. I could wander for hours simply taking in the nature around me. I love stepping out of a vehicle into the forest …

My Intuition Has Served Me Well So Far

Intuition is defined as the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. In more simple terms and how most of us refer to intuition, it is a thing that one knows or consider likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning. Some people simply refer to intuition as their gut feeling. …

You Are Too Close

Part of who I am yearns for closeness and feeling love from others. But the rest of me yearns for solitude. It is a difficult balance that I used to ignore by drinking alcohol to be more social. Alcohol released my feeling of overwhelm or nervousness when around others, especially large groups. I used to …