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I Have Too Much Empathy and Guilt

[c=#7700B2]I don't know what is going on with me lately.
I have always had a difficult time getting the thoughts out of my head and sound like they are in my head. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone but it is like having the perfect words in your head and when I try saying or writing it out load, it all comes out like a jumbled mess..

anyway I am only saying that part to get out what I am trying to write and hope it comes out the way I want It too and if it doesn't make much sense, that is the reason why..

For as long as I remember I have always had so much empathy towards people, like if I see someone upset, I would get upset and things like that.. lately though it has been like something has changed in me and that doesn't happen anymore, I mean it does with people I care about but before I would be like that with strangers and I feel that is a reason why I am pretty good at my job because I could relate somewhat and be very empathetic.
It is like a switch inside of me has been turned off lately and I just don't care anymore and just cant relate to people in a way I felt I could before and I want to say I feel bad because of that and know I should.. but I don't

hopefully it is just some sort of hormonal thing and goes away and I can go back to being myself again but it is also nice not to care for a change and I feel lighter in a way..

Anyone go through something like this before?[/c]

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SW-User

I can definitely relate with the difficulty in communicating what is going on inside my head. Most of the time because I can't really comprehend what is going on in the first place.

Hope everything is okay. Do you ever feel like you're not getting as much as you give when it comes to people? I used to talk to someone that described a similar feeling and they said that when they would go through their own struggles part of them would feel like they just want people to feel for and worry about them the way they do for others.

PlumBerries · 31-35, F

@SW-User [c=#7700B2]sorry to hear you can relate to that as well. very frustrating and people seem not to understand when you screw up and say something that sounds bad but yet you were trying to say it totally different..

everything is okay, just I don't know I feel different.. Like at work today there was a new patient and god this sounds bad but when he was telling me certain stuff on what was going on with him, I dint get the same feeling I would normally get and instead I faked it.. Like most of the time I struggle not to show how emotional I am with people in there and what they are going through but lately I feel numb to it all, and I am stressing myself out over it because I am not stressed over it..

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SW-User

@PlumBerries You work a job where you hear it the entire time you are there...I don't think it too abnormal that from time to time you might just feel a bit numb to all of it. Such a grind will do that to anyone. I think you'll get back to feeling yourself soon enough.

PlumBerries · 31-35, F

@SW-User [c=#7700B2]you are most likely right. I don't want to be like that though where I have to fake stuff like that.. and selfishly it does also help me because it is a distraction from my own problems.. maybe it was just a odd day 🤷‍♀️[/c]

SW-User

@PlumBerries I hope that's all it was...I honestly think it would be impossible for you to be that emotionally sensitive to other people's feelings all the time. I know you don't want to fake it but I suppose at times you'll have to because it's your job. Hope you feel better about things tomorrow.

PlumBerries · 31-35, F

@SW-User [c=#7700B2]yeah it gets pretty rough and draining but still better compared to focusing on my own stuff..
thank you again and I am hoping so also :)[/c]

SW-User

@PlumBerries I'm sure it all provides a good distraction. But on the days it doesn't...I suppose you could let me have a go at being the distraction.

PlumBerries · 31-35, F

@SW-User [c=#7700B2]you are always a amazing distraction 🤗[/c]