• ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    I think my problem is also we’re told to be empathetic and emotionally present. So what we’re being asked to do is suffer alongside without being able to alleviate the suffering.

    I find this much more difficult than solving whatever the problem is, because, maybe I’m weird, but I feel pretty much all the suffering around me as if it’s happening to me, and especially when it’s my wife suffering.

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      1 year ago

      what we’re being asked to do is suffer alongside without being able to alleviate the suffering.

      I know that isn’t actually what people think they are asking for, but it sure feels like it so often.

      Thanks for putting this into words for me.