In the world that we live in which is filled with such a diverse variety of experiences, emotions and realities being an empath and experiencing anxiety can be quite an intense experience.
The good news is that when we become aware of this as being a possible cause or contributor to our anxious feelings we can seek to become empowered.
How Can You Deal With Anxiety As An Empath?
As an empath, you can effectively release your anxiety through welcoming beneficial holistic practices. These will help you to heal anxiety and assist you with empowering and upgrading your empath abilities so that they stop contributing to your anxiety.
The content of this article will provide you with a deeper understanding of the link between being an empath and experiencing anxiety as well as various practices of alignment that will help you not only to just deal with anxiety as an empath but grow and thrive through it.
Understanding The Link Between Being An Empath And Experiencing Anxiety
Firstly let me talk about Empaths and the ability to feel others’ emotions.
Empaths have the heightened ability to tune into and feel the emotions of other people around them or people they are connected to.
The title ‘empath’ originates from the root word ‘empathy’ which can be defined as the ability to feel and understand the experience of another.
Therefore, an empath is someone with a heightened natural ability to deeply empathize.
Some empaths feel others constantly and unconsciously and others are conscious of their gift and have the ability to deliberately tune in at will or at least identify where the emotions that they experience emanate from.
If you are still at the stage of wondering if you really are an empath and would like to learn more about this powerful ability that many of us have I recommend reading the following articles: Five Traits of a True Empath and 5 Powerful Abilities Empaths Have.
Do Empaths And Anxiety Go Hand In Hand?
It is not a given that anxiety and empaths go hand in hand but it is definitely more likely that empaths will experience anxiety especially if they are not yet fully aware of or consciously working with this extrasensory gift.
Anxiety is essentially the body responding to stress and it can arise for various reasons which can manifest as over-thinking, physical discomfort, fatigue, panic attacks, tumultuous emotions, fear, and worry.
These feelings can be experienced at different levels of intensity depending on the type of anxiety, your mental state as well as the type of stress you may be experiencing.
When we understand the nature of anxiety is an experience that is affected by mental and emotional stress we can see the link between empaths and anxiety.
When an empath experiences the emotions of another person or the collective quite intensely it can become tricky to determine what emotions are actually their own and what stress is actually from their own human experience.
Therefore to us empaths, it may seem like the anxiety is often sudden or unexplained.
You may be doing quite well in your life and not actually have any intense stressors but unconsciously picking up the stressful emotions of others which can cause heightened anxiety.
How Can Empaths Effectively Deal With Anxiety?
Often time’s it is empaths who have not yet learned to hone their empathic abilities that easily experience anxiety, when this skill goes unacknowledged it can result in anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere.
There are various practices that can help with anxiety for empaths.
Many of these solutions help with anxiety in general and also help us empaths to consciously get in touch with our power.
Once you start taking active responsibility for your energy and experience you may actually find that anxiety is like an indicator that lets you know to check in with yourself and to align, to be aware and not just passively absorb the emotions of those around you.
When you consciously accept your gift you can choose to use it with grace to help those that you can (you can do this by small simple gestures such as sending energy, prayer, a smile or hug or actively helping someone if it is a situation that you are able to assist with ).
Remember, you can be of true service to others when you are healthy and aligned within your own being first; it is always worth taking the time to integrate beneficial practices and refine your inherent skills.
Powerful Practices For Empaths To Release Anxiety
Below are some higher perspective concepts and suggestions of practices that can help you with anxiety and with mastering your empath abilities.
You should intuitively gravitate towards the suggestions that resonate the most and try to commit to a consistent practice to see empowering lasting alignment within your experience.
1. Meditation
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