I’m a physical empath. Many
years ago, I found out the
depth of my sensitivity quite
unexpectedly. I was actually
soaking up stomachaches and
headaches from my students
during their music lessons!
There was nothing in anything
I had learned up to that point
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that explained how such a thing
was even possible. I also realized
that I had probably always been
doing this, but was completely
unaware of it. Now I was aware,
and I had a big problem. I had
to figure out what was my own
and what I had soaked up from
somebody else. Some days I felt
like a sponge.
It has taken me many years to
figure out how to manage this
deep empathic sensitivity. Part
of my learning curve involved
the tone of voice. I began
to notice that I was feeling,
in my body, the emotional
undertone of what people
were saying. Let me explain
how this can happen.