How do we experience the pain of other people?
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How do we experience the pain of other people?
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#2As an empath, I have learned to observe, not absorb. Everyday life is filled with people in various states of pain, and it doesn't always have to be some obvious physical pain, they can show it just the way they speak and interact with the world, and through subtle body language.
Not that I avoid those types of people like the plague, only a select few I try to listen to and try to make their journey as painless as possible, and being an empath for everyone you encounter is obviously draining and can sap your energy, fast.
MDMA assisted psychotherapy looks promising, and people don't run the risk of overdosing or using contaminated pills, and they're in the company of trained professionals who are also prepared with medicine to counteract the effects of the drug incase someone has adverse reactions to it.
Mental pain is the worst type of pain IMHO. Physical pain for me is bearable, since it subsides, but there is a strange thing that happens with mental pain and it's the feeling that it's going to last forever and be recursive. Imagine being permanently subjected to mental torture? That's what it feels like, but like physical pain, it subsides, only we don't believe that when we experience mental anguish.
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#4As an empath, I have learned to observe, not absorb . Everyday life is filled with people in various states of pain, and it doesn't always have to be some obvious physical pain, they can show it just the way they speak and interact with the world, and through subtle body language. Not that I avoid those types of people like the plague, only a select few I try to listen to and try to make their journey as painless as…
It's difficult but "worry only about that which you can control" is a reasonable rule for sensitive people to follow. I can only control my actions. Nothing else. I can't even control my feelings.
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#5As an empath, I have learned to observe, not absorb . Everyday life is filled with people in various states of pain, and it doesn't always have to be some obvious physical pain, they can show it just the way they speak and interact with the world, and through subtle body language. Not that I avoid those types of people like the plague, only a select few I try to listen to and try to make their journey as painless as…
It's difficult but "worry only about that which you can control" is a reasonable rule for sensitive people to follow. I can only control my actions. Nothing else. I can't even control my feelings.
Some feelings can be controlled by appropriate action. For instance if you experience fear because you don't know how something may end. You may start doing research on it and explore different outcomes. Often turns out that these outcomes aren't actually bad and such information makes fear disappear in an instant.
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It's difficult but "worry only about that which you can control" is a reasonable rule for sensitive people to follow. I can only control my actions. Nothing else. I can't even control my feelings.
Some feelings can be controlled by appropriate action. For instance if you experience fear because you don't know how something may end. You may start doing research on it and explore different outcomes. Often turns out that these outcomes aren't actually bad and such information makes fear disappear in an instant.
In my world, controlling your feeling means being able to turn it off or change it by sheer will. But yes most feelings can and should be managed through positive actions which you can control.
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#8As an empath, I have learned to observe, not absorb . Everyday life is filled with people in various states of pain, and it doesn't always have to be some obvious physical pain, they can show it just the way they speak and interact with the world, and through subtle body language. Not that I avoid those types of people like the plague, only a select few I try to listen to and try to make their journey as painless as…
i feel what beats a assisted therapy 10/10 is in the wilderness completely alone. i would never trip with anyone who had the goal of helping me because this is very dangerous
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#10As an empath, I have learned to observe, not absorb . Everyday life is filled with people in various states of pain, and it doesn't always have to be some obvious physical pain, they can show it just the way they speak and interact with the world, and through subtle body language. Not that I avoid those types of people like the plague, only a select few I try to listen to and try to make their journey as painless as…
It's difficult but "worry only about that which you can control" is a reasonable rule for sensitive people to follow. I can only control my actions. Nothing else. I can't even control my feelings.
this dangerous line of reasoning we can to a large degree control our actions however this idea of control in the first place is in the wrong frame ihmho