 Keeping empathy under control
Any words of wisdom or book recommendations? This is also a strength, but with
some people, it is like having ties that bind me and suck my blood. I'm never sure if they're sucking or if I'm giving the blood willingly.
It is strongest with my family. I can't seem to distance myself from their emotions, thoughts, or points of view. It's almost like I become the person I am currently empathizing with. I just had a fifteen minute phone conversation with one of these people, and afterwards I was so physically and mentally drained that I could barely walk back to my apartment. It's been an amazing week and I've been bouncing off the walls, so this was a really alarming sensation. I don't really understand empathy or why I am strongly empathic with only a select few.
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