For the highly sensitive empathic ones..

I have always been highly sensitive ever since I was a child. I remember as a kid feeling so scared to hurt anybody. I was scared to inflict pain on others. I'm not sure where that fear came from, but I know that I have always been extremely empathetic and sensitive to others and my surroundings. However, I didn't know how to manage or channel that sensitivity. It created a lot of discomfort within me and felt like I didn't fit in. And for many years of my life as I got older, I blocked my emotions entirely. For a long period of time in my life, I wasn't entirely connected to my emotions. I was mostly using my logic to navigate the world, and repressed so much emotion. But there came a time where I began to face my emotions, because I had no choice but to grow-- which meant I needed to face what I have been feeling or repressing internally.

This created a huge transformation and a major paradigm shift of how I navigate through life. I can see now how important it is that we feel and express our emotions, even if we're highly sensitive ones. I've realized that sensitivity, when managed in a healthy way, is actually an advantage we have. Our sensitivity allows us to empathize with others and understand others and the world on a much deeper level. We can tune into other energy very easily and sense things that are not physically perceived.

And as for my case, the sensitivity that I was so afraid of, or at some point even thought was a negative and weak trait, is now my gold. I channel my sensitivity into my writing, poetry, and creativity. I use my sensitivity to connect with hidden aspects of life. Everything we are naturally -- which we may have deemed as undesirable at some point, could actually be the thing that is part of our super power.