Posted by B2chica on July 23, 2004, at 11:46:32
In reply to I am so touched by this post about EMPATHY, posted by Jai Narayan on July 23, 2004, at 10:06:33
> So I developed in unusual ways. My skin is very sensitive. My emotions are very strong. I wondered if I was from another planet.
> Lots of child ponderings....
> Where am I from
> why am I here
> what is my purpose
> The empathy became my biosphere....boy when i read your post i swear we grew up in the same town, maybe next door neighbors. I always wondered why no one else understood me, what i felt. i NEVER really belonged. i too asked these questions even at a young age. could i have come from somewhere else? why am i so different, why do i feel these things, why don't other kids my age? what' my purpose...etc. why does it hurt so much. I guess the adults always said i was just a 'sensitive' child. and shy (well there were a couple reasons for that but one was i've NEVER liked being around tons of strangers cuz i'd get confused with these emotions. but finally i would later learn to tell the difference between what emotions are mine and 'others'.
> Sometimes I can see the future...
> my sister has dreams that come true....i do the dream thing too-usually if i dream it 2 or 3 days in a row it happens, though it has been a while for me. i think it's cuz of all my emotional stuff going on right now (not to mention all the drugs i'm on).
> I grew up in a town where my family was very unusual and I felt terribly alone....BINGO! boy, were you at my house? yep that's me, alone inside since age...well, we moved to that h@ll hole when i was 7 so...age 7.
-ya, we were a 'token' family too.
> That's why I love this site where we can have this amazing conversation.
> I can see that we do have the same gift....
> I love connecting with you all and getting your story about your Empathy....you, me too! it's just incredible. i've only known one person IRL that understands me this way and i only became good friends with him last year.
what's so interesting is that each of our gifts are unique because of who we are. so we respond and react differently (IMHO) to these 'feelings' we get. And it's GREAT to hear them. it's almost like finally going to a school you fit in and learning about stuff that You understand! (should i be bad and use the harry potter example here?) it's like we can talk openly about who we really are without people looking funny at us, being judgemental or falsely agreeing-NEVER to know what it's like.THANK YOU JAI!!!!
B2c.
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