Are you a sponge for negative energy? Does going to the mall and other crowded places leave you feeling frazzled, exhausted, or drained? Do people feel better after being around you while you feel worse? Do you have sudden ailments like fatigue, sharp pains, fuzzy-thinking, nausea, or headaches? If so, you are probably an Energy Empath!
Energy Empaths are people who are sensitive to negative energy from other people and in the environment. Everyone constantly exchanges energy with other people and with their environment. However, certain people are sponges for other people’s negative energy and so take on much more of it than most others. These people are called Energy Empaths, and we estimate that they comprise 10-15% of the population.
Energy Empathy is an exchange of subtle energy that works like osmosis. Everyone experiences negative emotions and stresses during the course of a day. Our subtle energy system is designed to be able to ground out these negative energies into the earth so that they do not build up excessively. However, most people are not able to ground out their negative energy like they are supposed to because their “pipe” to do so is so small or is “clogged up”.
Energy Empaths have much larger energy processing “pipes” than most people. So, when an Energy Empath is near someone who has a lot of negative energy built up in their energy field, it floods over into the Empath, moving from the high concentration to the lower concentration. This sudden flooding of energy cannot process out instantly, so it backs up into the Empath’s energy field and begins to cause physical, mental, emotional and spiritual problems for them.
In addition, some of the emotions that are transferred to the Empath trigger similar emotions buried in the Empath’s energy field. When this happens, the Empath suddenly begins to experience negative emotions that weren’t there a moment before, with little or no knowledge that the emotion isn’t even theirs!
One other concern for Energy Empaths are “Energy Vampires.” We have all experienced these people – they suck out your energy and leave you feeling drained and exhausted. These encounters are particularly trying for Empaths.
When Energy Empaths have prolonged exposure to negative energy, the consequences become chronic. Many nurses, for instance, are overweight in part because they absorb so much negative energy that they “put on layers of protection” to shield themselves. The energy hygiene assessment lists most of the common symptoms Empaths experience when processing negative energy.
These include:
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Mood swings
- Fuzzy thinking
- Nausea
- Asthma-like symptoms
- Confusion
- Emotional outbursts
- Sneezing & burping
- Anxiety
- Sharp pains
- Intense itching or burning skin
The emotional consequences of Energy Empathy can impact a person’s social life and personality development. Empath’s often grow up thinking that something is wrong with them and so develop different types of complexes. For instance, they can be seen as anti-social because they can’t handle being around crowds. As children they are often sicker than other children because running other people’s energy overloads their immune systems. The problem child in families is often the Energy Empath who acts out because they are running the family’s unexpressed emotions.
All of this may make it sound like being an Energy Empath is a curse, and many Empaths think that. However, it is actually a gift. Running another person’s negative energy actually raises the other person’s energetic frequency–and hence their consciousness–thus helping them feel and act better.
The problem is that many Empaths do not know the hygiene techniques necessary to enable them to process that energy without negative consequences. And that’s why we developed the Energy Hygiene training – to teach Energy Empaths how to take care of themselves.
Energy Hygiene is a set of practices that enable a person to clean, clear, and protect their energy, and also to be come more sensitive and aware of the subtle energy around them. When empaths know how to take care of themselves, energetically, it transforms their lives. Many Empaths describe the feeling as “being free for the first time.”
