Indeed. I remember a big thread somewhere where hundreds realized they weren't alone in feeling empathy for the inanimate objects too. It's a burden. I'm not a hoarder but I definitely don't need to be crying over a broken box that looked...too sad.
I think a lot of people only really have half empathy and forget, in my opinion, the most important half. Empathy for oneself. When you have extreme empathy always pointing outward you wind up like that little one celled organism and you lose all your boundaries and completely fall apart until you aren't even a you anymore. Which doesn't serve anyone or anything. But to have empathy and love for yourself allows you to have proper empathy for other things without losing yourself over it.
Shit. Wow. Its like you flipped a switch in my brain and connected all these emotions in my brain. This makes so many things make sense now. Thank you.
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u/Novaer 16d ago
Over-empathy can be tangibly debilitating. It can cause hoarding because you're putting feelings and emotions onto everything you own. 🥲