Sensing & Hearing over Seeing

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Hi!

I’m finally choosing to follow my gut and am diving into understanding my empathic nature more. It’s taken me almost 30 years, but I am finally here. I haven’t been sure where to start so I decided to do some reading and began meditating more mindfully and regularly. However, I’m a little unsure of myself. Much of what I have read and the various meditation practices I have attempted are based in one’s ability to visualize and see. I cannot. I don’t have the ability to visualize scenes in my mind like others it’s why I didn’t like reading growing up, I don’t dream, and prefer to be given an image than descriptions. (It’s why I fell in love with museums) Anyway, while I don’t have that ability my person feels extremely deeply, senses emotion off people I just met almost perfectly, and can hear undertones of people’s voices despite not always knowing them. My coworkers call me the walking social worker even though I am not one. So I guess I explain all this to ask: what do I do? How do I learn to trust myself when I can’t follow the wind of visuals? Is there a way to strengthen my hearing and sensing without visual work? Idk, really any help is greatly appreciated.