Can you feel what someone is feeling? Do you share a bond with someone close to you a bond so strong that you can feel their pains and emotions?
I am an Empath and i have this special gift, which seems more like a curse at times.
My best friend lost her boyfriend a few days ago and it seems as if im picking up on her depression and i have sat and actually cryed feeling her pains and emotions.
If my husband gets a headache or some other pain i just about always am able to feel it too.
This is a gift i would like to send back at times.

I'm able to do this also, even with ppl on this board...
Sometimes is so strong I have to just back off...
I'm like that in r/w with family and friends and ppl off the street...

My mother and I was like that all the time..
I pick up on my husbands pain also.. I now have to separate my self to that.. It drains me if I don't..

I am an empath as you would call it but it mostly happens when I ask myself "I wonder what they are feeling" I can feel their feelings full on when I ask this question.
I can also feel energies from people by just looking at them and wondering about them. Often I get the heebe jeebies when I see undesirable characters which always sends a shudder thru my being and the word burrrr comes out my mouth.  I find I have to practice ignorance if I do not want to feel, escaping to the realism of my own life. The only time I find this gift really usefull is when someone is reaching out to me by telling of their sad stories of pain or injustice or sadness or something and I can fully understand what they are feeling so I can practice compassion with wisdom. Maybe even offer advice because I know what would help me.
It also helps with massage because I know what feels good for them.
I have trouble in relationships because I can feel their feelings and if they are negative it effects me negatively which does not help the situation at all. I wish I could meet more positive people and feel their feelings. It seems like I am tuned into the negative, maybe this is a self defense mechanism even though it can be crippling.

can you tell what im feeling?

I believe i have an empathic nature.  I am a nurse and i find my gift very useful when helping my clients especially those who cannot verbally articulate their feelings and pain.  I don't think i can be empathic online altho i have never tried it.  If i am not around people i feel fine altho when my family have accidents or suffer great pain i know straight away as i can physically feel the pain.

On the whole what happens to me is usually beneficial for my client there are times i am extremely overwhelmed and i have to be careful as i can't always cope with the emotional onslaught.

Suzi