Confused?

[~*Woodrose*~]

Hey everyone,

Alright,
Ive sort of got alot of different opinions and contradictions from everyone and now im realli confused about whether or not i should try to shield emotions or just let them run their course or whether i should try otha stuff or wat not

so i was sorta wondering if i should shield or not shield and i also wanted to no if i can advance my empath abilities myself or whether i just let it happen

luv yas all,
Woodrose

[Snapdragon]

There's no possibly accurate and meaningful way to answer this without a) knowing you and b) your understanding of your own experiences. Empathy is something you have to experiment with, note, and it's the sort of thing you might track in a Book of Shadows, for example. I encourage you to not ask utter strangers via a net board to know what's true for you in the case of matters involving feeling. Really--you are the only authority here that matters.

[Bethra]

There's no possibly accurate and meaningful way to answer this without a) knowing you and b) your understanding of your own experiences. Empathy is something you have to experiment with, note, and it's the sort of thing you might track in a Book of Shadows, for example. I encourage you to not ask utter strangers via a net board to know what's true for you in the case of matters involving feeling. Really--you are the only authority here that matters.

Hmm while a lot of what you said is right I don't think that Woodrose was looking for someone to tell them what to do rather that people give some of their own personal experiance in the matter as a form of advice. Lets face it this isa totaly theoretical matter and as such no one person can be a total expert on the subject and that's why we encourage people with experiance to post their own answers to questions such as these. No one is going to say "this is what you MUST do" with something as personal as emotions no one can say such a thing but there is no harm in asking for a bit of advice.

Given that I will simply say that you yourself will know exactly when you need to begin sheilding. With a bit of help from here you can learn the warning signes that things might be getting to much and you might be close to overload. Also here there are many different people each with their own methods of sheilding, all quite willing to offer help in building your own methods. Don't ever be afraid to ask for advice, while no one person has the definative answer the power of a forum is that you can get a collective answer and you can use whatever advice fits with you personaly. It's perfectly ok to be confused, it's a very vast and intangable subject, it's hard to know if it's really something you have or just if it's something natural, but with help and advice from others who have been in the game longer you can develope and strengthen your empathy safely. That was the reason we set up this place to help people like you so keep those questions coming we want to be of help.

[Hawk Shadowsoul]

Hey everyone,

Alright,
Ive sort of got alot of different opinions and contradictions from everyone and now im realli confused about whether or not i should try to shield emotions or just let them run their course or whether i should try otha stuff or wat not

so i was sorta wondering if i should shield or not shield and i also wanted to no if i can advance my empath abilities myself or whether i just let it happen

luv yas all,
Woodrose
Just this, grow into who you are. IT WILL TAKE TIME.