how do you know if its not just your imagination?

[GEOvanne]

It's hard to just sit and try to feel other people's emotion. so what i do is walk around and try to feel the emotion of the people that i pass. But how do i know if its not just my imagination? And what if i really felt their emotion but they were in the same mood i me?
Should my emotion change to their emotion or should i still feel i current emotion and still know how the person is feeling?

[JediKaren]

Well first off see if the emotions make sense. Why would you be feeling this? Is there anything, even slightly, off about them? If you answer no then look at the person who might be feeling them. See if you can spot why they might feel this way.

Feeling a person's emotion won't hurt anyone or attract unwanted attention. So yes, it's ok to feel other people's emotions. If you don't like this then create a shield or move away from that person if possible.

[shiryuu]

what I do is try to feel a friend's emotions, and then ask them if I was right about it

[GEOvanne]

yeah, but its kinda hard because its like, how do i explane it? i look on someone and try to read their emotions, but i always see what they where doing (not with my powers), i see what they are doing and, (i think its my imagination) or i hear what they are saying and can somehow know what they are feeling, but i'm not quiet sure

[shiryuu]

well, try doing it while onlin on msn

that way you can confirm what you receive

[GEOvanne]

how do i do that if i can't see the person? i have to see the person to do it.

[shiryuu]

well, you could try replacing actually seeing the person by visualising the person...
works for me

[GEOvanne]

i think that i'm getting better at it now, but it seems to work best when the person is troubled, and its kindof annoying because they make me get sad. like the other day my cousin was upset because a girl at her school took her test paper, and then i began telling her who she felt (from what i was feeling) and it was exactly how she felt. and another time when my other cousin was watching tv but had to go study cause she had a test the next day, i had a test too but i've been studing. (this one dosen't know about my powers) and i start feeling her emotions and get upset because i shouldn't feel this way, i'm the one who studied so i shouldn't feel bad about watching tv (i felt like getting up and go study) but fortuently she left

[shiryuu]

mmm, sounds lie you pick up emotions without wanting to...
I suggest making a shield to stop them, could be useful (especially in crowds, from what I've heard)

and strong emotions are indeed easier to feel than weaker ones, and negative ones seem to be more intense than positive ones...

I haven't practiced empathy in a while, but I guess I should pick it up again, it's pretty useful ^^

[GEOvanne]

its ok, i like getting emotions (even bad ones) i don't want to shield them, i want to continously pick them up so that eventually i can get even the weekest ones, (it would be real handy in relationships

[shiryuu]

from what i've read it can give you trouble in crowds...

[GEOvanne]

i don't worry about crowds, its like there are too manys emotions to pick out whos feeling what. and i don't overloads, i'm still to inexperienced, i only get them when they are really strong and it still dosn't really do anything really bad to me.

[shiryuu]

okay, but don't say I didn't warn you

[Vamp]

Being a psivamp, it is natural for me to read emotions. Very natural. The slightest bit of negativity can turn me into a nasty monster...I don't have to try to sense another's emotion either, the information just comes to me...Empathy is apart of my feeding ritual, it is a gift and a curse...As for overloading, malls are the worst for me but thats because I don't shield..I feel like I'm trapped in a mall, it feels like I'm being followed by the CIA or something of that matter..But if I did use shields it could be a whole different story, if I was to shield then a mall would be a great feeding ground for me since theres so much ambient energy floating around for me to absorb