I am naturally empathic. I can feel people's emotions that they may or may not be trying to mask. The trouble with being empathic is although their anxiety is not necessarily your anxiety, because you can sense it...you start to feel it yourself. When I put this on in the right locations of the body like the Vagus Nerve locations and take a deep inhale of the scents, I feel pretty immune to the wiggy world around me. I still can notice how people are, but I don't seem to mimic or react to their emotions. This product is necessary in my daily toolkit before heading out. Would recommend it to anyone in same boat.