Differentiating between your sensitivity and vulnerability can be a challenge. Just being highly sensitive alone can make you “vulnerable” to the energies of others. Yet, vulnerability isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength. It lets you know that it’s time to shore up your energetic boundaries. I believe that vulnerability makes being highly sensitive your superpower.
When you feel overwhelmed by the energies of others, you may be leaking your own energies. It’s time to zip up your energetic suit before you go into a challenging situation. You are prone to absorb the energies of others by not putting on your protective suit and zipping up your energy field before you go into this situation. You’re “leaking your energies” because of your sensitivity, not because of your vulnerability.
Vulnerability gives you the courage to lean into whatever unhealed parts of you are revealed during the sensitive encounter. It alerts you to take care of your precious self before, during, and after the encounter so you don’t allow the toxic energies of others into your essence.
To protect your sensitive being and zip up your protective energetic suit, you can practice these three steps:
- Before entering any challenging situation, pause and check with in yourself. Take a moment, open your heart, and sense your level of sensitivity. If you are overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally vulnerable give yourself permission to either take some time before you enter the situation or don’t engage in the situation at all until your protective energetic suit is fully zipped up. Get some fresh air, tell the person you will call them back, or take a walk until you feel your energetic boundaries are in place.
- Before entering any challenging situation, put on your protective energetic suit by creating healthy energetic boundaries. Open your heart and visualize radiating white light out its center so it creates an expansive energy field that fills the room. Like a divine light shield, this protects you from anything that is coming at you. Now you can hold a space of compassionate detachment by sustaining an open heart while simultaneously removing yourself from any unhealthy energies you encounter. Keep your protective energetic boundaries in place by continuing to beam love and light into the space around you.
- When you enter the situation, do so slowly, with loving intent, and a high level of awareness. Make sure you are fully centered and energetically zipped up. Continue to raise your energy vibration by opening your heart and emitting white light. Keep your interactions short and sweet, end conversations swiftly and with compassion, and lessen the time and duration you spend in toxic situations.
Great Advice. Part of me used to do this naturally but part of me had to learn it over time after dealing with difficult people and situations. At times I now find it better to stay more quiet and allow the situation to work itself out rather than engage in the negative in any way, especially when I’m feeling vulnerable. It all takes a lot of trust. I also learned something from Sylvia Browne that stuck with me. I ask to be surrounded by mirrors head to toe facing outward so that no negativity can come to me and and any negativity that is near will bounce back to the source or out into the Universe to be healed. I also surround myself and others with the white light, as well as offering light and love to anyone or anything in need.
Really appreciated this one, “Open your heart and visualize radiating white light out its center so it creates an expansive energy field that fills the room. Like a divine light shield, this protects you from anything that is coming at you.”
Have you read Energy Medicine by Donna Eden? She actually has an energy zip up exercise that would compliment and reinforce your wise post.
Thank you for the tips Debra!
It’s so helpful especially as I always fall a victim of over sensitivity.
I love this blog and important reminder to zip up our energetic suit sand keep our hearts open. I love your wisdom, “When you enter the situation, do so slowly, with loving intent, and a high level of awareness. ” Thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom with love Debra!
Perfect timing – I’m headed into the city to be with a friend who had heart surgery this morning. While the role of “hospitalist-advocate” is a good one for me, it can be draining. And there’s a certain synchronicity between our posts. My personal site deals with boundaries we can set with our own thoughts.
Thanks for the energy boost. xx
Great timing, Debra! I am beginning my new adventure and your words are a wonderful reminder to care for my energy as I explore unfamiliar grounds. Thank you.
I like to imagine a golden net surrounding me that lets in the light but keeps out the negativity. Lovely post.
Thank you for the distinction between being vulnerable and being sensitive. I have found that boundaries, energetic ones as well as verbal ones, helps us stay clear and focused and also help us set up situations with others on our own terms. And we can practice boundaries with a loving and open heart.
I love your wise strategies. So useful and so necessary. I also love that you do not assign blame, rather awareness. As we move through so many interactions during the days and weeks, this kind of wisdom is valuable.