Crystals for an empath

[innerlight]

What are good crystals for an empath to help protect there energy as well as prevent other energies from being taken on board by them.

I currently use hematite.

[Skybird]

shungite is a goodie too

[Errol]

Originally Posted by innerlight

What are good crystals for an empath to help protect there energy as well as prevent other energies from being taken on board by them.

I currently use hematite.

Dear innerlight,
I am an empath, too. It took me ages to to find the way to deal with my problem.
What I found out is: I can see and feel other people's things much easier then most people do and I take on the burdens of others with me. The strongest "message" I receive from others is there's facial expression. So, when I go to public places I am focusing only on what I have to do there and what I want. I avoid eye contact with people I don't know well.
IMO Hematite is a good choice, labradorite can be good one to, and black tourmaline also.
Best wishes :)

[LeoAngel]

Any black stone-- especially tourmaline and obsidian
Also have Rose Quartz to keep the love and positive feelings in.

[innerlight]

Thanks everyone. I have used black stones in the past, from nuummite, to obsidian, and have still been able to take on energies from the world around me. I'm still new to learning about being an empath, so I know nothing about it, just that, when I take on energies, it's like they start to become mine, it's no fun. I had to leave the mall the other day because they were making me light headed.

I have added some amethyst to what I am wearing, to see if that helps. I will need to focus on remembering to shield myself with white light as well.

[Belle]

Grounding also helps - very very important. It helps diffuse the energies that sneak in, but it's a conscious activity.

I like bloodstone if I'm feeling "leaky"

[Errol]

Innerlight, I know it's not a joke.
I get sick in shopping malls. I must stay off the crowded places. Crystals can't help me to feel okay.

[innerlight]

Originally Posted by Belle

Grounding also helps - very very important. It helps diffuse the energies that sneak in, but it's a conscious activity.

I like bloodstone if I'm feeling "leaky"

That is something I neglect to do, and I really shouldn't. I have not run much this year either.

[innerlight]

Originally Posted by Errol

Innerlight, I know it's not a joke.
I get sick in shopping malls. I must stay off the crowded places. Crystals can't help me to feel okay.

No, it is no joke, and can be a curse more than a blessing. I have found crystals not being able to help with it, and even maybe make it worse at times. But I was hopeful I overlooked one or something.

I went to the movies and walked a different mall afterwards and was better. So something in that one mall really hit me, and sent me out of that mall in a flash.

[Belle]

Ach. I wrote earlier about shadow magnet stuff. I'm sure I've mentioned it to you before but I will say it again because it is important.

There are those of us - empath is one word but I prefer the expression "shadow magnet" as the "stuff" we pick up is, by and large, the gunk. Especially when we walk about like a sieve.

There are those who consciously or unconsciously project their stuff and discard the ick. Rather than deal with it themselves, they shoo it off. And us shadow magnets are an easy target, the ick is literally drawn to us.

I remember once at work, I saw someone's shadow making a beeline to me, I told it to scuttle back to where it came from. And since then, I do that when I pick something is coming my way. Usually I'm too late. If i have taken it onboard, then I feel I have to deal with it and process - through mother earth. I can't "return to sender" as gunk easily gets muddled and too easy to return some of your own stuff.

Mother earth will sort out what is what.

If I get the sense I've picked something up, I will say to myself "Hey Belle, is this yours or does it come from elsewhere". And then I will take it from there.

But always best not to let oneself get into that state in the first instance

No need to curse being an empath /shadow magnet. It encourages us to dig deeper into mother earth and from that vantage point, we can stretch higher and develop more strongly. We are encouraged to heal more deeply - ourselves and those on the earth and the earth - it is the work of a lightworker. It's so not glamorous.

My empath has stretched now to plants and animals. That's kind of interesting development. I know at some point I will start work with buildings. That may have started?

There is never a day off.