Can you FEEL other people's emotions?

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SWScorch

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I once felt exactly what my girlfriend was feeling. It was so weird. We were just sitting next to each other, talking about stuff, and all of a sudden it was like I felt whatever she felt, and I knew what she was thinking. I told her what I felt, and she said that was exactly right. It was like I was actually her for a few seconds. Very very spooky.
 

JSClark

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I just usually sense when someone is frustrated... usually because I become the center of venting once that situation occurs
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Electric Amish

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Oct 11, 1999
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I can't feel my own emotions, let alone those of others......and, even if I could, I wouldn't really care.

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amnesiac

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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I am very, very empathic plus I have my mother's gift for "reading" people.
Almost all the time I can tell what others are feeling by the look on their face or the tone of their voice.
Often I get a "sixth sense" when dealing with strangers -- I can invariably tell if they are up to something, if they're lying, and more often than not I can tell if something's just "wrong" with them. It makes it handy when screening applicants for our rental properties....except for the one time this guy that I rented to got arrested. :eek:
 

Bryophyte

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When my kids were newborn babies, I would get physically ill whenever they cried. I had to make it stop, fix whatever was making them cry. But that was just hormonal, not psychic.
 

Pheromones are released by the body when an emotion is felt.
Usually other animals can pick up on thoes.