Raj | Massey, Auckland

“I’m an Indian, and I’m spiritual and among other aspects I’m a highly sensitive person, and I’m an empath, and my personality type is INFJ personality type. So it’s one of the rarest in the world.

So, I’ve been facing lots of problems. Misunderstanding always. I’ve been feeling like I’m an alien. People can’t understand me, but in the recent two years, I’ve gotten the chance to be in the groups for us, for empaths and highly sensitive people and so I feel like who I am compared to back in my country, I can feel the energy difference. I feel so content and I can focus, and I can clearly demonstrate who I am. I can define myself better here.

I got a big gap in my studies. I resigned long back, and then I was with my family, and then I started again for the requirements for my research, so I could see that I got all A+ for everything, and I’m more focussed, so it’s a great thing. 

The thing is, I went through domestic violence issues, so now I am a single parent. So that was a really tough journey after separation, I got support from people here from different organisations like women’s support, and that gives me a lot of confidence. I’m getting support from my social worker, still. It’s really great. How it’s working in the community. 

I was born in South India and most of my studies were there, and then I got married and I moved to Dubai. Then from there to the UK and then from there I came to New Zealand. I was into clinical research, trials and things like that. So, I’m so passionate about that, but I was so interested in psychology but I didn’t get any chance for that. But now I’m here, I’m studying psychology, and I would like to research more into that, and my background in spirituality and Indian philosophy is really helping me.”