You’re sometimes overcome by feelings that you know aren’t your own. You’re walking along, minding your own business, and wham! You’re hit by a wave of sadness, suddenly feel incredibly irritated, or even - and this is the best - a surge of joy.

You tend to support the underdog and are very quick to spot that person in a group or room.

You have a tough time wearing pre-owned clothing because you can feel the energy of the person who owned them before you. You just don’t feel like yourself in them.

You’re very service-oriented. Helping people brings you great joy.

When talking with someone, in an effort to understand them, you find yourself lost in that person’s thought process and lose track of your own.

When you’re near someone who’s not feeling well, you find yourself feeling their symptoms: nausea, headache, chills - doesn’t matter. And often, they walk away feeling better.

Because you pick up on the energies that are happening to others, or even around the planet, you feel fear and anxiety easily. Often the smallest thing makes you feel fearful, anxious, overwhelmed, or stressed.

When standing next to someone - anyone, anywhere - you sometimes mistake their thoughts for yours.

You understand other people better than they understand themselves, so people often come to you with all their troubles and issues. Even though this may weigh you down, you never turn them away because you can feel their pain.

You’re attracted to the healing arts in all its forms, including holistic therapies.

Being in nature brings you great peace and a sense of calm.

Crowded places, such as malls, are especially difficult for you.

You can be easily manipulated by others and often feel taken advantage of or exploited.

When someone says one thing and means another, you can easily tell.

While others may feel music needs to be loud to be experienced, to you, it feels like a full-out assault on your nerves.

You’re easily distracted by, well, anything (because you notice everything), so it’s hard to focus in a classroom, during a meeting at work, or at a party. You’re never going to go to a coffee shop to write up a report, put the final touches on your project breakdown, or churn out your blog.

You often feel emotionally and physically exhausted. You got eight hours sleep, have been drinking plenty of water, don’t have any emotional issues that should plague you at the moment, but you just want to lie down.

It’s difficult for you to watch or read frightening, sad, or depressing movies or books. You can become physically ill.

You sense the energy of food and know whether it will give you energy or deplete it.

You find routine, roles, and control extremely claustrophobic, and like the freedom to do your own thing in your own time.

You’re highly compassionate toward other people and tolerant of their weaknesses, insecurities, and mistakes. You treat others with kindness whether they deserve it or not.

You have a willingness to accept full responsibility for your actions, sometimes to the point of taking blame for something that’s not your fault.

You’re attracted to all things metaphysical and spiritual.

You have difficulty receiving compliments, gifts, services, or kindness from others. You feel obligated to repay them immediately.

You’re very interested in self-growth, self-help. You want to evolve. You want to learn. You want to grow. You not only want to evolve yourself, but you have a deep interest in evolving humanity as well and helping humankind to evolve.

You’ve always struggled with trying to fit into society or the world. You observe much of what goes on in life as though watching an ad on TV, as if these goings-on don’t involve or apply to you.

When in certain geographical locations - a sacred spiritual site, a battleground (even unmarked), or the home of a historical figure - you sometimes feel flooded by the emotions of those who were there before you.

You have a deep connection with animals. They just gravitate toward you.

You’re deeply intuitive, and just know things without being told. It’s a depth of knowing that goes beyond just a hunch.

You love daydreaming and have a deep and rich inner world. You’re highly creative, a visionary, and you need the space to create.

You’re gentle on people and on the planet.

You fear hurting other people’s feelings, disappointing them, or letting them down because you can feel their pain (possibly to a greater degree than they do).