psychic ? feelings of grief and sorrow

[rivergeek]

Hello all ..
Im a new member, Ive never seen ghosts and such .. but I do get feelings of grief and sorrow at places of great tragedy , now all places do this .. just some !

Like the other day I was at a state park, and all of the sudden when I crossed over part of the park I felt the urge to sit on a log .. within a few minutes .. I felt overwhelmed by emotion, tears welled up in my eyes, I felt as If my friend had just died or something.

As it turns out that area I overheard a park ranger telling someone else was part of the trail of tears when the Cherokee people wore forced to move to Oklahoma. I was surprised and wondered if that was what the emotional out pour was ?

Its not the first time this has happened, I just never put it together b4 .. and Im not sure if it is a psychic or ghost experience or what .. at this point I dont know what to think ..Im not normally over emotional, funerals etc dont bother me .. just certain areas .. I dont know if its just all the negative energy at a particular location or what ?

Any way .. has any one here experienced such things before ? or am I just whacked

[Carol]

Hi
I have experienced what you are talking about. Having this ability is called being empathic. To be emapthic is to take on the emotions of a past or current event. It is possible for someone to pick up on the emotions of a past event such as what happened to you when you were in the state park. Some people will also become overwhelmed in soical situations such as a crowd and pick up on the emotions of those who are present.
Because we are constantly being bombarded with different energies, it is always a good idea to use personal protection. I personally use a white light technique but there are other forms of grounding and protection out there.
Even though you don't experience these feelings all the time, it is still a good idea to use something so that these energies from outside of you don't become bothersome. For instructions on how to protect yourself you can go to the home menu at the top and then click on the heading on the left side of the screen entitled, "How to protect yourself," for further information.