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If empathy is painful to you then you have unhealed/unprocessed trauma that's been suppressed-repressed, and then being triggered.
by loceng 6y ago
If empathy is painful to you then you have unhealed/unprocessed trauma that's been suppressed-repressed, and then being triggered.
- kgarten 6y ago"By becoming “the wounded person,” he vicariously experiences their suffering. " from the grammarly post. Pain/Painful is in the definition of empathy ... "he action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy So you don't have to have any drama. I have a very empathetic friend: it happens to him in any situation (meeting smb happy, sad, angry...). trauma is usually limited to a specific situation from the passed. Does not fit that case.
- throw999666 6y agoYou don't know empathy (deep into others), what you say is deep into yourself. Not same. Painful is from their negative emotions, plus (for superempaths like me) emotions from all people round you, not you solo.