{"id":7522,"date":"2015-03-05T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2015-03-05T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T18:02:00","slug":"science-supports-sensitive-people-are-empaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/?p=7522","title":{"rendered":"Science supports sensitive people are empaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

My relationship with science is an interesting one.\u00a0 Since I was a child I’ve loved science with a natural curiosity about what makes our world and all her creatures hum.\u00a0 In the fifth grade I won a first place in our science fair and went on to state competition with my study of the effect of hunger on a hamster\u2019s motivation to make it through a maze. Using my two hamsters Sugar and Honey (guess what colors \"hamster\"<\/a>they were) I set out to discover if hunger gave them more motivation or if it slowed them down (No, I didn’t starve them).\u00a0 If I hadn’t pushed my ability to communicate with animals away by then, I could have asked my hamsters but it probably wouldn’t have set well with my science teacher.<\/p>\n

As an adult my relationship with science\u2026or more accurately, the scientific community, has not been as symbiotic.\u00a0 There are truths in the universe that have been obvious for years but we wait for science to catch up and \u201cprove\u201d what many already know (or in some cases acknowledge what their own studies already prove).\u00a0 For example, when scientists decided animals have consciousness, I wrote about their \u201cgreat discovery\u201d here<\/a>.\u00a0 I was on the eastern medicine\/acupuncture bandwagon decades before the scientific evidence began to support its effectiveness…but I digress.<\/p>\n

Once again, science has determined something we’ve known for years:\u00a0 People who experience social anxiety tend to be sensitive empaths.\u00a0 The study<\/a> \u00a0concluded that socially anxious people have high accuracy in effective mental state attributions.\u00a0 In other words, they have a high accuracy in their ability to accurately \u201cfeel\u201d what other people were feeling without intellectual knowledge of those feelings.\u00a0 The study also suggested the more sensitive you are around other people, the more empathic you are.\u00a0 This was in contrast to previous conclusions that social anxiety was singularly created by a fear of being judged by others.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true; those of us who are sensitive can be overwhelmed in crowds or social situations because we sense other people\u2019s emotions.\u00a0 While this may not seem like a gift to you…<\/p>\n

your sensitivity is a gift our world desperately needs.<\/h4>\n

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When we literally feel the pain of others, it allows us to see them with compassion and love.\u00a0 It is no longer us versus \u201cthose people\u201d.\u00a0 And the \u201cus\u201d versus \u201cthose people\u201d who have different beliefs, skin color, sexual orientation, or cultural customs is what creates wars, poverty and pain.\u00a0 We tend to fear what we don\u2019t understand.\u00a0 The opposite of empathy, is sociopathy or narcissism.\u00a0 When we can\u2019t empathize with others it\u2019s easier not to care if they are safe, starving, or have basic needs that have been unmet.<\/p>\n

When we feel others, we can’t easily dismiss them. \u00a0We understand how we are all connected.<\/p>\n

We need as many sensitive empaths in this world as possible.<\/h4>\n

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But of course as sensitive empaths we need to be able to function in the world.<\/p>\n

If we are overwhelmed by what we feel from others we are unable to bring all of our brilliant selves to the world.\u00a0 It can stress us, keep us stuck or keep us from experiencing joy in all parts of our lives.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, when we learn how to keep other\u2019s emotions from hijacking our own well being, we are able to be successful in all areas of our lives.\u00a0 We don\u2019t shut it down completely (honestly we can\u2019t) which means we don\u2019t lose our compassion for others.<\/p>\n

What the scientists haven\u2019t proven yet\u2026but I have discovered to be true in my work teaching others to communicate with animals and use their intuitive gifts is… for highly sensitive empaths the veil (or doorway) to the Spirit dimension is often much thinner than they realize.<\/p>\n

Highly Sensitive Empaths access intuitive and psychic abilities more than others.<\/h4>\n

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In addition to the gift of compassion, you have the gift of enhanced intuitive abilities.<\/p>\n

Once you learn to manage your sensitivity you can enjoy your gifts.<\/p>\n

Join me next Tuesday, March 10th<\/sup> for a Free Teleseminar<\/a> on how you can manage these sensitivities and embrace your gifts.<\/p>\n

The world needs you. \u00a0 Now.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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