There are a few characteristics that identify a highly sensitive person:
- Depth of processing (connections)
- Over-stimulation
- Emotional Responsiveness and Empathy
- Sensitivity to subtleties
Empathic knowing operates with an immediate awareness rather than reasoning.
If you are a highly sensitive person who recognizes simultaneous “events” within a moment, it is healthy to make space to decompress.
Also, observing how one feels through energetic exchanges while interacting with daily activities and taking action to meet needs that align with a self-care routine is vital.
Suppose empathy is our ability to tune into and receive information about our environment and those around us. In that case, compassion is our ability to stay in our light while holding loving space for others to include ourselves.
Observing dominating energy within the exchanges, we relate and process beyond the personal. Then, we may recognize the root patterns of an emotional charge often connected to the mind-made sense of self (belief systems and the past). These vibrations create patterns of cause and effect in our lives.
To feel without distortion, we must transcend the limits and expectations of others and have compassion without attachment to the outcome.
The relationships in our lives will trigger our deepest insecurities and fears. They are mirrors, so we may process these “electrical charges.” The sooner we realize their (karmic/energetic match) roots, the sooner we may begin practicing letting go/upgrading by graduating beyond “teaching” frequencies such as judgment, criticism, needing outside validation, and competition, to name a few.
And when the connections continue to test us, they will—observe the ego mind and convert the energy to how you want it to become by shifting response in connection to the “we identity” rather than taking a side “you” and “me.” We transcend duality with conscious intention and accountability.
Empathy involves understanding thoughts, beliefs, and perspectives. As we actively listen and reflect, we gain insight into cognitive processes. The more in tune we become with our processes, the more we may recognize the emotional state of others. As we create a safe space for the self to exist, we create a mirror for warmth, kindness, and support to resonate on “Our” healing path of self-discovery.
