If you’re high in the StrengthsFinder talent theme of Empathy, you might be one of the energy matchers. You may actually sense and feel what other people are feeling. And you do it because you’re are hypersensitive to the energy that other people are giving off. You’re good at something called “mirroring” and — if you do not have boundaries — you will “match” that other person’s energy.
This may explain what happens when you’re around grumpy people and suddenly you find yourself grumpy. Or when you’re around someone who is really sad, and suddenly you want to weep. You’ve picked up their VIBE and taken it into your own body as your own.
Sympathetic Resonance
Scientifically, this is a process known as Sympathetic Resonance and if you’re high in Empathy, you are REALLY, REALLY good at it. This video will give you an understanding of how that works in the physical world, and for you, it’s happening in the energy world, right?
Excellent Energy Matchers
So for those of you who are so good at this matching and mirroring with your Empathy, the ONLY solution is to become super astute at identifying which energies are yours and which belong to someone else. And it’s going to be through BOUNDARIES that you’ll be able to do that.
There are several tricks you can use to get rid of other people’s energy. Emotional Freedom Technique is one that I’ve used and it works impressively well. Meditation works well, too, as it helps you become more aware of your own energy space. You can “shake it off,” by literally shaking your arms and your hands as if you are shaking water off your hands. In most cases, it’s really just about being consciously aware that you’ve picked up someone else’s energy and you’re determined to get rid of it. Whatever it takes, keep looking til you find what suits you best.
Oh, and for those of you who don’t have Empathy high? Don’t ever lie to these people! They’ll know it in an instant!
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