Imagine being forced to feel what everyone around you is feeling just by looking at them.
1. Empaths are people who are able to feel the emotions of those around them.
2. In some cases, empaths can also feel the physical pain of others just by looking at or being near them.
3. In many cases, this is due to abnormal operation of mirror neurons, which are what give us empathy.
4. In some empaths, these mirror neurons act differently and cause mirror-touch synesthesia, which causes a person to feel almost everything other people feel.
9. The heavy influx of emotions can lead to mental health issues like anxiety.
10. Or a loss of identity.
11. Or physical issues like exhaustion or pain.
12. Because of the risks, some empaths avoid close relationships.
13. Or large crowds.
14. Since empaths and mirror-touch synesthesia are fairly new definitions, many people don’t know or understand what it all means.
16. Some doctors recommend that empaths use visualization and meditation exercises to help cope.
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