In past I've made big 'mistakes' when confusing another person's energy with mine. It can come to the point of complete confusion between what somebody else feels and wants to create here and what I feel and what really wants to happen. Empaths are prone to all kinds of manipulations too. Events can take place for an empath and suddenly it is too late to do something about what is happening. Then there is an agony of waking up and becoming aware of what is going on and what already transpired. Sometimes waking up from that semi-unconscious blur can take months and in the meantime all kinds of damage and mess is happening.

A decade later, after all the tough experiences I found that I have much better chances of not getting 'swallowed' when my empathic side activates and the catalytic goes to sleep if I

1. Make sure I stay conscious

2. Listen to the sense of rightness rather than what I feel/want, making sure that what I say or do feels right. If I am not sure or feel increasingly uncomfortable in the situations - I simply leave. For me it is a challenge because the default is to stay and challenge myself and others. But I found it is crucial to know when to stop the communication

3. Take enough time to be alone, let my field clear and then feel out and reflect or realise something. Too much triggering and mixing with others can literally drive crazy. When I am most of the time alone, sleep alone and doze interactions very carefully I stay sane. Scanning through my past, times like this were the only times I felt sane and could function.

Catalytic energies can be not any less unpleasant - spending days with all that swirling and bubbling, or the frustration and the stream of energy that is welling up and has no direction. Sometimes it feels I am going to explode before the energy ripens and the right moment for it to come out arrives.

Recently I found that just opening and surrendering and letting it all go, letting the outcome go, letting the pull to change or even process something go helps with the catalytic energy. A total relaxation into it... All the energy just passes through me then and I don't feel messed up, burnt or torn by it. When there IS a direction and a moment for it to finally flow out, I also learn to soften it and doze it as well, otherwise it can come through as a laser beam that does more damage than serves. I follow the sense of rightness here too, learn to not submit myself to impulse but rather watch what is happening and 'unleash' just the right amount, not more. It is rather challenging. I miss the 'right' intensity, moment or words a lot. But if I don't mix it with some more soft, diplomatic, surrendered energies, it can be overpowering, too dominant and very unpleasant and stir the field too much.

It is a challenge in both states, and seems like it demands the right mixture of rays? coming through in the right combo and the right moment?