Every day, more and more people realize that they fall in the category of people with empathy (compassion), highly sensitive to energy and emotions of the environment.
Empathetic person is a person who has the ability to grasp the mental and emotional states of others. These people have a high social intelligence and are very good at helping others to solve their problems.
Source: You See What Others Can’t: 8 Signs That You Are Highly Sensitive to Energy – Dreamcatcher Reality
This post is a nice, quick-read overview for those who (variously) are empaths, psychics, or generally highly intuitive. This blog, in general, does a good job of staying away from the questionable “new age” claims and posts material that I find helpful–or at least very interesting.
Perhaps you will, too.
–Malcolm
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Interesting article. I have, this very week, dealt as best I can with an energy vampire. I have, sadly never had that kind of intuition with my love life 😦 However, all that is behind me now.
Glad to hear that you escaped!