Emotional Energy and You - Tips for all the Heaviness

To describe the way energy affects empaths and sensitive people, several times before in this blog I've used the example of imagining that you walked into a room where two people had just yelled at each other.  The tension that you would feel in the room?  That is how empaths feel all the time.  

My theory is that most people are empathic or sensitive, because sensitive simply means extra-aware, but a lot of people are just really good at ignoring it or shutting it down.  We all have wavering levels of sensitivity to emotional energy, depending on the situation.  In a time like this, specifically mid-January 2021, wherein the world is in turmoil and many people are angry or afraid, the emotional energy is what we call Heavy. You can feel free to take that word and add an expletive or choice cuss word before it.

Those of you who identify with the idea of being sensitive to emotional energy may be feeling like you have a building on you.  You also may find that things are not working the way they're supposed to, communications aren't hitting right, things are breaking, there are delays.  Like Mercury Retrograde but without the actual Retrograde.  This is from what I think of as heavy emotional static.

If you are skeptical about emotional energy, whether it exists or all, or if it can really affect someone, I ask you to think of the tide.  When the tide is high (Blondie song! Sorry, I distracted myself) or the moon is full, or even when it is cold and going to rain or snow, the weather affects our physical bodies.  We may feel achy, have difficulty breathing, our feel down because of it.  This is comparable to what emotional energy does.  So emotional energy is like weather and can affect us. 

Just like we would have to put on a jacket or light wrap if we were to go outside, or an umbrella if it is raining, we want to be aware of the emotional weather so that by acknowledging it, we can shield from it. If you look at my Baby Yoda/Adult Yoga chart that is the picture that goes with this post, you will see what it feels like for an extremely sensitive person to walk into a crowded room, or into any room in January of 2021, am I right?

Another way to think of it is if you are sensitive to migraines, again, sensitivity being something in you that is extra aware of stimuli that may cause migraines, you wouldn't want to be in a room with exceedingly bright lights.  Indeed, being in an environment such as that may physically overwhelm you.  And yes, it is like that for empaths too.  That feeling of heaviness that you may get when a day feels overwhelming, the feeling that prevents you from doing anything and may even keep you immobile?  That is fatigue.

The last aspect of emotional sensitivity I want to point out is that if you are already feeling emotionally questionable, if you are struggling, are going through a trauma, are depressed, or have PTSD, you are already going to be feeling overwhelmed.  A sensitive person experiencing trauma or depression or struggle can be made to feel worse by other people's "stuff" and the emotional energy/weather.  Think of it this way:  If you are sick, and you go outside and it is freezing and you are go outside with no coat on, and then it is extremely rainy and windy, and before you know it you are standing outside in the freezing rain.  Is this going to make you more sick?  Maybe not overall, but it can worsen the symptoms you are experiencing.

That is why it is important to stay (say it with me) in the present moment.  In the present moment, you are simply focusing on where you are and that is it.  You can tell yourself that you are safe and that you are choosing peace.  You can acknowledge anything within you that is off-balance or off-center.  Then it becomes easier to recognize that some of what you are feeling may not even be yours.  It is, as my friend Katie refers to it, "the collective."

Here are some tips to avoid having a building fall on you:

1. Choose to stay in the present moment and practice this regularly. 
2. Acknowledge if you are feeling something negative, such as, "I am feeling overwhelmed," or "I am feeling sad." Identify the cause, but don't give too much power to it.
3. Use an affirmation or as many as you like as often as you need, such as, "I am safe," or "I choose peace."
4. Drink a lot of water.  Water is the best healing potion there is. When we are going through a trauma, whether personal or collective, our bodies release toxins.  We then replenish that with water.

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