I'm too empathetic.

[GamerBear]

I feel the same way, sometimes when it gets too much to be trying to help other people and I feel myself slipping into that darkness of depression. I back out and try to fix my own emotions and sometimes I feel alone doing it but I just know that there are people who care and love me.

How I handle it I just cry and listen to music, then when I'm feeling tired I will fall asleep and most of the time I will feel a bit better when I wake up. I'll always have these kinds of feelings so instead of coping with them I just have to suck it up and deal with it.

 

[Falcon16]

to be honest, I think the world needs more people like you guys.

All to often, I see people who are indifferent, rude, selfish, disrespectful, and generally don't give a shit about others.

So cheers to you!

 

[Nishin]

I use to be like you in my younger years, trying to help out everybody, feeling pain for everybody...
Somehow I realized most of this empathy was never returned when I needed it ... and the time spent on feeling for other was lost bettering myself, at that point I didn't feel like keeping on being the emotional sponge for everybody else to come dump their troubles away... so I quit doing that with no guilt, not to the point of being completely indifferent or selfish of course, but I now know where to draw a line... as the saying says : to each his own shit.

 

[refujiunderground]

wtf? there's nothing wrong with having a conscience. use your empathy to help people that want to be helped. it'll make you happy and better person. we need more people like you. when you lack empathy or have no conscience, life sucks and everyone around you hates you. the world becomes a frightening and lonely place.

 

[Redsox]

You sound like a good decent guy. I wish there were more people like you and me.

 

[AlmondMilk]

It's great you are empathetic, but there's no reason that you should focus on all of the people you can't help. Instead, focus on the people you CAN help.

 

[DaveAztec]

You can benefit from being empathetic! Remember that every person in the world works in a very selfish way. you yourself are the first thing you are concerned about, when something happens. its you who you first look at when a new photo of you is shown on facebook and other people are no different! so try to think abit different when talking to people. always see their own benefit before you tell them about yours!
What Im trying to say is that when you talk with people about themselves, they will gladly talk to you for hours and love you! Empathy is very useful there.