Can you pick up on people's emotion and energy?

[Tukmyhamster]

You thought the customer was angry and annoyed but did you ask them to see if you were right?

I can say that I can tell that right now you are feeling miserable and frustrated but unless I have some way of verifying it how do I know that I am not just making it up?

For what it's worth I think the customer was probably displaying very subtle signs of annoyance which you picked up on subconsciously.

There is a name for it, sensing other people's feelings magically is called being an empath but it is the biggest load of hogwash.

 

[fmtmm]

There have been times where I think I can feel people's emotion/energy without even asking them how they are feeling. And it wouldn't be obvious either (for example I don't mean "i know when people are sad because they were crying"). I was at work and I could tell this customer was angry and annoyed. It wasn't because of their face or what they said, I could just feel it. When that happened I kinda felt really on edge and kinda nervous. Is this normal?
Other times I can tell when someone is giving off a bad vibe even though they might be acting friendly.
Does this happen to everyone? Is there a name for it?

 

[MeanKitty1]

My daughter does. She was at work one day and when a customer came up to her she suddenly felt so sad and upset that she had to leave and let someone else take care of him. She went into an office to cry. Later, after he had taken a seat and she was back working she overheard him on a cell phone talking about making his sister's funeral arrangements.