If you are an empath, you may have difficulty resolving conflicts. These techniques can help you overcome conflict without causing pain to yourself or others.
Empaths hate annoying people. This is because they will feel the other person’s feelings and experience guilt for causing others’ pain. This can make it difficult for empaths to resolve conflict and meet their needs.
Unfortunately, this can lead to empaths being unable to hold their own and create healthy boundaries. They often put up with bad behavior just to keep the peace.
Fortunately, there are techniques that empaths can use to effectively handle and resolve conflict. These techniques can help them be true to themselves without causing others unnecessary pain.
Here are five reasons why conflict resolution is difficult for empaths, and effective techniques to master them.
- You are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings
Empaths feel other people’s feelings very deeply. Therefore, if they upset another person, they suffer from their own pain and the pain of the other person. So, it is no wonder that empaths avoid conflict at all costs. The irony is that empaths are actually better at handling conflict because of their empathetic nature.
Many people don’t care if they’re hurting someone else as long as they’re winning the argument. Empaths they are not. They can see things from the other person’s point of view and take a balanced view of conflicts.
- You can’t handle people who are angry with you
Many empaths are also highly sensitive. They react badly to others’ anger at them. Because of this, they will often not speak up when someone else treats them badly. Unfortunately, the people we interact with quickly learn this about empathy and know that even a hint of anger will stop the discussion.
Overcoming this is not easy for Empath. But in the end, it’s about learning to respect yourself and value who you are. When you are confident in your own abilities, it becomes easier for you to become traumatized by someone else’s anger.
Improving your self-confidence with a book or course can help. You can also use breathing techniques and grounding techniques to help you feel safe and calm in the face of another person’s anger.
- Empaths can be easily manipulated
Because empaths dislike conflict so much, they can easily get confused in an argument or conflict. They can then twist and manipulate their words until they feel they are wrong.
To get around this, it can help empaths to write down their problems before discussing them with another person. This can help them stick to their point of view without being manipulated into feeling wrong.
A simple statement of the problem or a list of points can help. If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, take a deep breath and look at your statement or list to help you get back on track.
- EMPATHS SEE ALL SIDES OF THE STORY
Because empaths can easily put themselves in another person’s shoes, they can sometimes lose sight of their own identity, feelings, and needs. The other person’s needs seem to be more important than their own. This makes it difficult for an empath to hold onto his own desires.
There is no simple solution to this problem. However, you can improve your conflict resolution skills with some time and work. The secret is to spend time alone to get to know yourself better. Once you have a clearer sense of who you are, your own values, and what’s important to you, it will be easier for you to stay true to yourself.
- You become confused
Often the emotions that come up in an argument or conflict are too much for an empath to handle. Sometimes, an empath is overcome with strong feelings that make him cry of despair and frustration. Then they will leave the situation, unable to deal with it anymore, and give up trying to be heard and understood.
Empaths often avoid conflict for so long that when they finally cannot be silent any longer, they are already in a highly agitated state. The best way to overcome this is to deal with small issues as they arise rather than letting them build up.
It’s also wise to only start a conversation that might involve conflict when you’re feeling relatively calm. Once you’re in a conflict situation, stick to just one point and keep bringing the conversation back to that so you don’t get overwhelmed.
