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Today, I found out something about myself. I am not just odd or different. There is an explanation for my "strange" behavior. I am an empath. Possibly even with other abilities. How nice it is to know that what I have lived with all my life has a name and is shared by so many others.
The first time I had this experience, I was about five years old. As I watched my older sister ride her bike, she fell. I was the one however that burst into tears. It was as if I could feel her fear. She only scratched her knee but I couldn't explain to my mother why I was the one crying instead of my sister.
I have lived my life being able to "see" into people. To feel the pain in their soul and be able to understand why they behave in ways they do. I always assumed it was just being sensitive and could never quite understand why people couldn't figure out how I knew these feelings they had. I instinctively know when I meet someone if I can trust that person.
I have been able to pick up a newspaper or hear something on the news and sometimes, know immediately that the story being reported or printed is not true. Though it has happened quite a few times since, the perfect example was the Susan Smith case. I can remember the day the story broke and I read about it in the paper. I told my co-worker the woman was lying. That what she said was not possible and it didn't happen as she claimed. I couldn't understand or explain why I felt that way, I just knew it.
A couple of nights before the 9/11 attack, my son and I had gone out for a bit. I noticed something in the sky that night. It was just something about the moon, the sky seemed to stand out. On our return trip to home, I saw it again. I told my son that something very bad was coming. That is an example of what I call my "bad vibes". Though that was the first I can recall that it pertained to something so catastrophic outside of my family. Usually, the vibes pertain to myself or family and from not listening to them, I have received a broken foot, and been in two car accidents. I could never explain what these bad feelings were or why I had them, I only knew that I learned if I didn't listen, something always happened. Sometimes the feeling will last for weeks, other times just a few days but always it is like a weight that gets heavier and heavier.
I also seem to either attract spirits or choose homes to live in that have them. Is this also a part of being an empath? I have more personal "ghost" stories than I know what to do with. Everything from simple messages to encounters.
I have also had the dreams throughout my life of things to come. Usually they are small and only consequential to myself or my family. I always thought again that I was just sensitive.
The major point of this story however is to thank you and everyone who have posted empath sites. Without the knowledge these sites have provided, I would still be lost as to what I am and would still believe that I am just odd and different as I have always believe myself to be. Thank you for the site and for helping me to know there are many others like me.
Your encounters with ghosts are also typical of life as an empath - somehow
from the other side, spirits can tell who will react to them... my guides
once jokingly told me that there was a sign posted on the astral plane to my
house - seems I have agreed to deliver message and offer help, with the
proviso that they deliver their message and leave...
I think it would be a good idea for you to take up Reiki - will give you
some good tools to work with and I hope you meditate daily to help you stay
clear. Also read the works of folks like Carolyn Myss, Barbara Brennan,
Craig Hamilton-Parker and James Von Praagh... these will all give you some
insight on your abilities.
Thanks for the kind words... years ago I was guided to be here with this
work at this particular time... it is wonderful to know that we are
accomplishing our purpose. Lotsa LLLove, Danielle
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