I think being sensitive and empath are pretty close. empath though I think you feel the pain the people are feeling like a headache and all of a sudden you get a dull pain or whatever in your head. As for me I feel peoples emotions more. Where I can feel the happiness or saddness and I cry with them. I will be in a great mood and all of a sudden I will want to just cry...and sure enough someone comes up to me that is sad.

blessings
Patti

Being empathic is when you know/feel what other people are feeling. I would also say that an empath would be able to pick up on "vibes" easier than not.

I am very much like you where if I see, on tv, some kind of surgery or whatnot, I can actually feel it happening.

HI darlin! Empathy is the ability to feel what another is feeling, be it physical or otherwise. Sensitivity would be better described as feeling your own feelings in response to anything. And no, I absolutely do not think you are being overly sensitive! I can't imagine sitting there through such a conversation. People have some odd ways of expressing sadness, grief, horror - though it puzzles me when they can't do it in a more appropriate way. HOnestly, I have to blame the media coverage of such things - I often wonder if people become so blase about discussing it because they have become de-sensitized or because they are trying to really come to grips with it. Either way, it's totally inappropriate and I am with you!!
Lots of love,
Niamh