A lot of times when I post, I’m talking about my own problems. At the same time, part of the reason I’m here is because I care about what happens to the rest of you too. Sometimes it feels like I just have too much empathy for people in excruciating emotional and mental pain. It hurts to see you all hurting so bad. I want to help each and every one of you, but I know it’s not possible.
If you’re reading this, just know that someone out there in the world cares about what happens to you. I’ve been known to be crass, harsh, and too direct with some of you, but it’s only because deep down, I feel it too. You arent alone. If any of you need someone to talk to and relate to, please dont hesitate to tell me. I’ll give you contact info, and we can talk about things. I was a psychology major in college, so I know a thing or two you could say. I wish the best for all of you.
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Kind of in the same boat. I think sometimes I come here to have someone who needs care and wants help, because the people in my life are bad at letting me care about them. It’s a bandaid until I can get to do the work I want to, be absorbed in projects and such. I’m currently in school finishing my Bachelor’s of science in Psychology and Computer Science (double major), then hoping to go on to grad school for clinical psych… that’s the goal anyway.
I think empathetic people struggle more because there’s a lot of pain in the world. Ordinary people are numb to it for whatever reason. One of the psych professionals I talk to said that I might have some additional levels of sensitivity, which lines up. My whole life I’ve been told I’m too sensitive. Then again, I’m numb sometimes too.
It’s just that some people are hard to relate to. Understanding them is relatively easy, but connecting to them is more difficult. It might be that reading them comes naturally, but allowing them to read me doesn’t.
All that to say: I appreciate you. It’s nice to see someone else who responds to struggling by helping people, and the help is appreciated on my end.
Thank you