starbright - yes your most definitely an empath, don't ever do anything to block that power - my mother was an amazing psychic and she blocked it for years - it wasn't until she had a near death experience that the wall was broken down.

I've had past life experiences as well, places I've been that I know where I'm going in the older parts of town - like when I was in New Orleans, I knew my way around the French Quarter and the Garden District, it wasn't until about 6 years later that I ended up past-life regressing during a meditation and worked out why I knew my way around New Orleans. This is also why I've been drawn to burlesque as an exercise.

I'm having problems with remembering my dreams at the moment, I know I need to work on that.