ANSWERS: 14
  • Good question. I would like to feel what emotions my mother is going through. She always seems to tell you she is ok, but i don't see it in her eyes. Maybe if i new the truth i could help in a way that would enhance her life.
  • I would want to -- but only occasionally, as I have tons of my own to deal with. I already tend to take on the emotions of the people around me quite easily... I suppose I would be willing to feel some of my friends' and my boyfriend's. I would probably act upon it if it, well, required acting, but I would not abuse the fact that I acquired it and probably try to think quite a bit before saying or doing anything -- after all, it's their mind and personal space.
  • Honestly, I think one of the main reasons I do not like to fight and can't keep up an argument is... I feel like I do feel the emotions of others. At least sometimes. I know you could never be another person or walk a mile in their shoes. But I think that I am deeply sensitive and feeling, and I certainly want to do this with the people I love so I can always keep the relationship as in sync as possible. This is why I don't think I'd ever cut out to be a psychologist - I would be emotionally exhausted!!!
  • Whew! Do you remember the original Star Trek episode, "The Empath?" She felt others pain to her own death. Actually, I already feel other's pain too much. If I think I have hurt someone it absolutely destroys me.
  • Keeping it simple, I would always love to know the exact emotions of my SO. Whomever that would be. Wonderful question.
  • I already have this sensitivity to people once I get to know them a bit. It's a mixed blessing. I like to help people, so it's a benefit in that regard, but when someone is hurting...I feel that too and it does affect me. I don't think I could NOT act on what I feel.
  • i'm already enough of an empath as it is. anymore and i think i'd be invading somebody's privacy. i wouldn't want it done to me, so i'd rather not do it to them lol. got enough of my own to deal with half the time anyways but i'm glad that i'm able to help people when i do relate to them so well.
  • i don't think i would be able to handle it, just because i'm not even able to deal with my own emotions it gets so overwhelming at times and adding someone else's would only make things worse, not to be selfish or anything is just that i think i have enough with what i feel.
  • No, I think it would hurt too much.
  • My mum so maybe then i could understand why she is the way she is, If i saw a reason behind her behaviour then I would maybe be able to emaphise with her.:-)+
  • You mean an "empath"? I think it might have been the Star Trek series that had a storyline involving one. I think moms can "feel" the emotions of their children..sometimes partners who are very close can also "feel" each others emotions...friends, too, on occasion. But as for strangers or acquaintances? I think it would make for a very hard life to be able to pick up on others' emotions..presumably those of joy would be no problem..but those of sorrow and despair would be very difficult. It would take a special kind of person to want that kind of life..I am not that special! :)
  • I think I probably would want to feel the emotions of another person...someone in my family. For instance, my daughter. I LOVE HER SO!! I already feel her emotions sometimes because by nature, moms & their children will always have a sense of an emotional connection...but even when I don't or am not able to pick up on what my baby may be feeling at the time, that is when I think I would like to feel what she feels at any given moment...I guess its the "motherly intuition" that would kick in for me no matter what:)And yes, if I were able to feel everything that my baby feels, I would act upon the information that I receive..whether its in her best interest/safety or not.
  • nope... much of the time I choose not to feel my own. instead of feeling what they feel, I would like the power to aleviate any problems if their emotions are based in reality. if they are not then need to get over it on their own.
  • I have enought to deal with my own emotions but if I could choose I guess it would be to feel the emotions of a person who has lost a child especially one who has lost a child at a very young age. I would imagine that would be an even harder pain to bear than that of say someone who has lost a spouse or partner. I would probably have to apologize to them afterwards for being so selfish and always crying about how hard life is dealing with the loss of my fiancee when they are dealing with the loss of a child. Not sure if I would act on the information right away but I would like to believe that at some point I would.

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