It's a curse you can't walk away from sadly. I hope you treat that compassionately. Many people have no idea just how deeply that affects them. It's not just be

It's a curse you can't walk away from sadly. I hope you treat that compassionately. Many people have no idea just how deeply that affects them. It's not just being attuned to other people's emotions so much as it affects your own emotions. Much of the time it clouds my own emotions so deeply, I find it impossible to untangle which are my own emotions and which are those of the people around me. I have to walk away and give myself time for respite. It can be really hard. I try and surround myself with happy, positive, optimistic people that make me laugh. Sometimes, that's literally the only way I can deal with it. It makes for a good counsellor, but I can't fix everyone's problems and I have to remind myself of that constantly. Everyone is responsible for their own feelings. I am responsible for my own. I have to remind myself of that numerous times every day or I spend all day feeling guilty for not fixing things for everyone. Their journey is not mine. My journey is not theirs. I can share their path, they can share mine, but I am not here to fix everything for everyone. All I can do is be there and show them how they can fix it for themselves. But now we're totally off-topic.