1. Being in Public Places is Extremely Stressful
It’s not that you don’t like other people, highly empathetic people are extremely sensitive. Meaning, they are highly tuned in to others’ emotions and energy. Being in a public place with a lot of people is essentially overstimulating.
2. Labeled as Moody
An empathetic person will most likely share their mood with the world regardless of whether their mood is shy, disconnected, happy, crabby or filled with joy. Because of the highly sensitive nature of an empathetic person, they can appear moody and are often labeled as emotionally unstable.
3. Battles with Fatigue
Empathetic people tend to be plagued with fatigue or low levels of energy. It’s almost as if being surrounded by other people sucks their life energy from them.
4. Human Lie Detector
Highly empathetic people are acutely tuned into others’ energy, so being able to sense when someone is being dishonest is an innate skill.
5. Need for Alone Time
The need to be alone is a must when you’re constantly digesting others’ energy. Think of it as a time to recharge.
6. Enjoys Daydreaming
A unique characteristic of an empathetic person is one who thoroughly enjoys the act of daydreaming. It affords the highly sensitive person a moment to create blissful happiness on their own terms.
7. Knowledge Seeker
To go without an answer to a question is a big no to a highly empathetic person. They are constantly seeking an explanation and an answer to their burning questions.
8. A Free Spirit
Empathetic people are usually called free spirits. They enjoy traveling, random adventures, and personal freedoms. Because during travel and adventures, they can understand more about different people and cultures, and also more about themselves. This is a gift, and more often like a mission.
9. Rules and Routine are Torture
Empathetic people value their freedom and ability to flow with the wind. Anything that slightly resembles a routine instantly blocks their flow of energy, which in turn feels like imprisonment to this highly sensitive person.
10. Easily Bored or Distracted
Work, relationships, school and home life needs to be interesting to a highly empathetic person otherwise they tend to lose interest. If an empathetic person has lost interest you will often find them daydreaming or finding other activities to do for further stimulation.
11. Creative Force
This highly sensitive person is a creative beings they have a lot of insights when having a deep understanding of different people. They have strong creative needs and desires and require outlets for creativity to flow on a consistent basis.
Conclusion
Maybe you just realized you’re a highly empathetic person and were not aware of that before, or you already knew it going into this article. Either way, some researchers say approximately twenty percent of the population are highly empathetic people, which is refreshing to know you’re not alone. Some days being empathetic may seem like a cur, but don’t forget you have a gift that allows you keen awareness to understand what others are going through.
