#hyper empathy

Sometimes it baffles me how some people see someone or something struggling and don't burst out crying. What do you mean you don't deeply feel other's emotions 🥹 I've always been this way and a lot of the time it's genuinely painful. I think my neurodivergence may cause me to have a crazy amount of empathy and sensitivity; it does NOT feel nice to be so aware or all the bad in the world. ☹️ Why can I not help everyone. I try my best to help people around me but it's not enough

I hate sharing that I think I might be hyper empathetic because I'm more than sure your mind goes to those people who are like "omgggg I'm sooo empathetic" but are major pieces of shit (ie Shane Dawson). But no, hyper empathy fucking sucks like I feel so strongly for people, even those I don't like. Like for example when Trump's birthday parade didn't get the turnout he wanted, I actually get kinda sad for him cuz I understand how that would feel, but I don't want to feel sad for him! Or when video game characters are shown crying when they're losing against you, that makes me wanna cry and that fully stopped me from wanting to play an anime ninja cooking competition game lol!

Not empath as in "uwu I can really just understand everyones feelings" but hyper empathetic as in "I felt someones sadness this morning and have been internalizing it and speculating on its causes and mulling over how I could possibly resolve it to the point where I am actually completely unhelpful and can't tell how I feel personally".

Hyperempathy so bad I gotta cope and grieve and mourn

We poke fun at “empaths” or whatever but genuinely it is EXHAUSTING to struggle with hyper empathy because tell me why I’m literally self isolating myself during this heatwave because the frustration and stress of anyone around me just amplifies the fuck out of it

Call me will graham the way ive got too many mirror neurons and need to be alone in a room to survey the crime scene (clean the kitchen).

Being a hyper empathetic person is not for the weak