Empathic is the ability to feel other's emotions. Sometimes this can be overwhelming because an empath can have difficulty distinguishing whether the feelings are they're own or someone else's.

It can be a very difficult thing to live with, especially if you are flooded by negative emotions.
Some have difficulty going anywhere there are crowds because they cannot block the emotions and they feel all of those people's pain.

There are ways of "shielding" to help keep the empath from being overwhelmed.
A good site for learning very basic shielding is:
http://www.psionguild.org/pshield.html

To me a sensitive is someone with psychic ability. They "just know". They can be empathic as well, but are not necessarily.

You might wish to ask Bobby if that is what he meant by sensitive. I believe sometimes sensitives can feel spirits as well.

I hope that helps.

I usually go outside away from people to clear my mind and spirit. I sit and take long deep breaths in through my nose and out through my mouth. I do this for at least five minutes.

I know at school its like hell to get me "calmed down" but serious meditation helps