Are you so sensitive that you feel like you need to protect yourself from toxic people or otherwise have your feelings accommodated in order to experience connection?

According to all the books, our sensory input can be compartmentalized. According to my experience, this is just a symptom of someone's desperate need to control something that is difficult to understand and is largely still a mystery.

I thought I had it all figured out because I could "turn off" my emotions, but what I didn't realize was how much damage that unconscious choice was causing me, my relationships, and even my career.

While there is plenty of media out there about how people like us — the empaths of the world — need protection against energetic vampires, I have a different perspective that I would love for you to consider.