Are You An Emotional Sponge?
5 strategies that will help you stop absorbing the stress of others.
How easy is it for you to ignore when someone you care about is upset? I can’t ignore it— it’s unbearable when someone who matters to me is unhappy. I can’t help it — I feel a sudden urge to rescue them.
Why?
Because I am energetically wired to sense others’ emotions intensely. I tend to keep holding onto these energies like an emotional sponge. Just the other day, I told my partner how I experienced sadness the whole day because he had told me he was feeling overwhelmed.
How romantic. But also — problematic.
If you too are an Empath, you may be constantly trying to protect yourself in relationships by building the ‘I don’t care that much’ muscle. The truth is — you care.
I learned to practice 5 strategies in my life which have helped me cease absorbing the stress of others. I have been using them in situations where I felt upset and suspected that I was taking on someone’s else’s emotional distress — they have improved my relationships with others.
See which ones work best for you.
