I think it's an NF thing.
I don't. My ESFJ ex used to do it. An ESFJ friend of mine also says she can take on other people's feelings, like people standing behind her.
I know what she means, but I only used to be able to "feel" my ESFJ ex like that if he was behind me, like I swear to god I could feel him projecting his feelings outward. He would also cry over movies. I've done the thing on movies that Lady X is doing, but that's a clear example of Fi. You're internalizing ideas or images or scenarios
as if it were you.
I used to go away sometimes while I was chatting with JTG, and I would get this weird feeling of internal urgency, almost like an inner scratchy feeling, and I'd go up stairs and there'd be like 20 lines of "hello? what the hell? where did you go?"
I also dreamed that we'd have a falling out, and the last time he contacted me I dreamed about him the night before.
My ENFJ bff and I used to have this kind of connection in high school.
I can't do it with everybody, though, it's like I have to be really centered on a particular individual, like have an emotional investment in them or something.
I can't just pick up on just anybody's feelings like my ESFJ friend says she can. That actually sounds horrible to me.