How can you truly know if you are sensitive?

Question

I have been experiencing a lot of strange things lately...I have a hard time and am afraid of being in the dark because I then start sensing things...and then emotions that aren't completely mine start to surface. It doesn't just happen in the dark though, lately it has been happening a lot, i have been able to feel and know what my friends have been thinking and feeling, scaring them and me when I accidentally say something shouldn't know, don't get me wrong, It has been helpful... I really don't know who to go to about this...and some of my friends think I might be slipping off the deep end...

Has anyone had experiences similar to this? Is there any advice I can follow? I really need help.

Answer 1

Me too. Look up the term "empath". I believe that's what I am.

If I concentrate, I can feel exactly what other people are feeling. This is different from sympathy, which is just knowing what they're feeling.

I can also sort of 'sense' awarenesses. Like, I know how many people are in a room even if I was deaf and blind.

I also have extremely sensitive hearing, loud noises and high pitched sounds bother me in the extreme, and I can basically hear everything in the house.

Yes, it is helpful. Very very helpful. However, I come off as bipolar because of it, and my friends are tolerant but hesitant.I also have a great interest in vampires :D unrelated, though.

Jasper in the Twilight series (<3 Twilight, <3 Jasper)is an empath, but he can actually affect what others are feeling. Obviously you and I can't do this, but hey.... In any case, empaths are extremely sensitive, and there's no one way of knowing if you are one. I myself am not sure if I am an empath. however from your description and from my own experiences I think you are an empath, like me.