Are you an emotional intuitive?
Welcome to the second post in a series of five on intuitive style. Last week I talked about the four categories of intuitive style, as identified by author Sherrie Dillard in her book Discover Your Psychic Type. To recap they are: emotional, mental, physical, spiritual.
I also talked about the importance of not only understanding which type is innate to you, but the other types as well. Each of us will lean heavily towards one style, but in order to be balanced we need to consciously enhance the other styles within ourselves.
Over the next four weeks, I will describe in more detail each style. We will start with emotional intuitive.
What does an emotional intuitive experience?
Emotional intuitives are, well, emotional. They experience the world through the vibrations of people and things. In general, they feel the following:
- connection
- passion
- powerful inner experiences
- profound sense of life mission
How does an emotional intuitive impact those around them?
Emotional intuitives lean towards the healing arts. However, their energy can be found in other career choices. As an IT Project Manager, I incorporated many of the following abilities into motivating my teams:
- ignites fire of desire in others
- pushes people to unite
- energizes people into action
What are the pitfalls of being an emotional intuitive?
Because emotional intuitives absorb energy from other people, and even places and things, they can experience a roller coaster of emotions. Often times, they do not even understand why they are experiencing a particular emotion. It simple washes over and through them, leaving them confused and drained. This can also leave them open to the following physical ailments:
- allergies
- chronic tiredness
- adrenal exhaustion
- PMS
- ovary and uterine problems
How can an emotional intuitive stay healthy and well balanced?
Lots and lots of quiet and alone time. My innate intuitive style is emotional and I am easily overwhelmed by stimulation in the form of loud noise, strong scents, and crowds. I am completely enveloped by group emotion, be it positive or negative, sometimes to the point of bordering on panic.
The trick for emotional intuitives is to train themselves to distinguish their own emotions from external emotions. Further to this, it is important not to define their own emotional state by someone else’s. I personally struggle with this one. I can do this professionally as an intuitive mentor and with friends. But with loved ones, I forget and get sucked in. If they are having a bad moment, so am I. I have to physically remove myself from their presence in order to gain perspective.
Which other intuitive style balances an emotional intuitive?
Emotional intuitives need mental intuitives in their lives. Interestingly, my husband Marc is a very strong mental intuitive. Marc helps me see the big picture when I get sucked down into the emotional nitty gritty and I help him move from head space to heart space.
Making the most of being an emotional intuitive?
While emotional intuitive make incredible healers and motivators, when they lack control and perspective they run the very real risk of becoming enablers. Been there, done that! However, when they understand how to interpret the energy feeds without absorbing the energy, they can guide and motivate people to move mountains.
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“But with loved ones, I forget and get sucked in. If they are having a bad moment, so am I. I have to physically remove myself from their presence in order to gain perspective.” YES! Although it’s not always possible to physically remove myself, and that’s when the fur flies—if I’ve not kept up with my grounding practice of meditation. Eliza, it’s interesting, isn’t it, how we’re matched up with partners who inspire us to grow. My husband and I are different styles, too, and it’s fertile ground for lots of “practice.” As frustrating as it can be, I wouldn’t change it for the world. How BORING life would be with someone who was like myself!
@Julie – oh, I wouldn’t be able to stand myself 24/7
Nor would I be able to function properly. I need to constantly ground myself through meditation and other spiritual practices, but Marc also grounds me drawing me back to the ‘real world’ perspective when I have gone too deep into the ‘esoteric world’. He has a tight grip on my kite string 
I had no idea. Often times I find myself emotionally drained and sad. There are times when I just want to find a dark corner and curl up with a blanket! I do really well when I am alone, I love the quietness and freedom. But it seems as soon as I have an unexpected visitor or and evening away from home I can get very irritable. I have noticed, though, that when I meet someone that I feel things from them. I don’t know, it’s hard to explain. But I think this post here has me nailed to a T. I will be printing this out and hopefully it will give me some insight on how to separate my own emotions from those around me. Thank you
@Jasmine – it can be very confusing and frustrating when we are unable to explain or understand our reactions. We wonder what the heck is wrong with ourselves! However, once you understand the concept of the transfer of energy, then you can work with that energy rather than against it. I too can get irritable if someone simply shows up, or the phone rings. I used to think I was quite the Grinch! However, now I know it is because my energy has shifted without warning, and I ‘shift it back’ deliberately and end up really enjoying myself.
Catching up on my reading…great post!
Yes, I am definitely an emotional intuit AND, I have suffered for it in the past. I have learned through the University of Hard Knocks to give myself plenty of quiet, alone time. I actually state, “I need some alone time, now.”
I have also learned to protect myself by envisioning a ball of light around me. This protective shell only allows love and good things in to my aura. It has saved me on more than one occasion from those spiritual vampires that surround us.
Thanks for posting this, Eliza!
@Linda – each morning I start off with wrapping myself in white light. When I’m driving in stressful traffic I wrap me, the other people in the car, and the whole car in protective white light
Yes, this is like I am too…I was born on the cusp between Leo and Virgo at 8am…sometime a Leo horoscope is what I get and sometime a Virgo….maybe I am my own mental intuitive? I certainly get fatigued and adrenal problems from others emotions. And my father must have said a zillion times you are too emotional ( but then the adults were totally unemotional in my life) When I am feeling or absorbing too much from others my mind is racing and I often “speed rap”
I used to go to political rallies and parades for fundraisers and issues…I just can not any more….I get way to confused.
Dear Eliza,
Just another way that you and I are soul sisters!! Yes, I am also very much an emotional intuitive and have a much easier time at work with my students and clients than at home with friends and family.
I loved that reminder from the list that you gave about how we will often feel things that don’t make sense because they are NOT my feelings. And yes…. I need lots and lots of alone, do nothing, down time… and don’t always get as much as I need.
This was a great reminder to make sure that I feed my soul with quiet and delicious solitude.
Thanks for this!!
@Chris – hello Darlin’ ! Your incredible workshops must have an extremely high emotional energy charge in them. Do you need to ‘decompress’ afterwards?
Reading this makes me feel a lot more normal. I just started reading about my type and I can honestly say that it has changed my life. Reading about myself and people like me I saw the reasons of why I felt a certain way or acted a certain way through different situations. For years I thought I was bi polar but reading up on it it just didn’t fit. Now that I know I take in energy from my surroundings and through people I have learned what my emotions are and the ones im picking up. I still cant understand them but at least im at a calmer state of mind. Im learning how to meditate and hope with the help of God that I be able to get stronger and maybe be able to help people. Me personally I find out I take in more energy from my surroundings then through people.
@Tiffany – it is a relief to understand how we process the world around us. We are taught about our five senses, but it is too bad as a society we do not treat our sixth sense as just as normal. I am glad this article helped !
I enjoyed this article. It has given me a great deal to think about.
William – care to share some of those thoughts?