Dear Zakyrus,
Thanks for your reply and I understand your point about not using labels. However, I felt unwell before I started to try and understand why I felt as I did. The notion of absorbing my friend's 'negative' energy was my attempt to understand what was happening to me. I suppose what I'm wondering, as someone new to healing, is whether it's possible to take another's energy into oneself so that one also becomes ill? My friend had a severe migraine and I felt a massive energy disturbance around her head with my hands.

Regards,
Joel