Coworker revelations

I was talking with a new coworker today and they said they were an empath; someone sensitive enough to other people's emotions and energy to be affected by them themselves. I didn't realize this was a thing that you could actually be, and I think it might apply to me too. I'm not always able to pick up on non verbal cues or energy that tells how someone is feeling, but verbally expressed feelings tend to impact me pretty hard, especially ones like anger and disappointment. If I actually an some degree of empath, does that mean I can learn mental shielding so other people's emotions don't rain on me as much? And if so, how would I do that?

I think I have some research to do, and some new things to think about. And it might be a good reason to go back and read some of ysabetwordsmith's poems in Polychrome Heroics about those kinds of powers. Maybe I can learn something useful.

Polychrome Heroics Sale!

ysabetwordsmith is having a half price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday October 14 to Sunday October 20. I'm up for running the pool this month, if ng_moonmoth isn't. Specific targets will have to wait until the sale goes live, but I typically go for anything Shiv related, and I do have plans to finish off the open Shiv epic.

If you are interested in join the pool, or the sale in general, watch this page, and ysabet's journal, for updates. I hope we can buy lots of poetry!