Kandinskys Night Call starts playing…

Wait I think I’ve heard of this technology…

I know that feeling. Being a youngest sibling taught me to wait and watch, so I learned patience but not how to initiate socialization. I’ve learned some social skills so it’s not debilitating but I’ll never be the most outgoing person. It’s just not my personality.

Me too. My career is in the helping professions, so I made that work for me, but even so, you need tools to turn it on and off, and you need to practice them to make them sharp.

Yeah good luck. I take it you’re a empath too? Fucked me up as a kid, cause I could tell when adults were not ok but I had no idea what to do or how to turn it off. I can offer more advice if you’re interested.

I use a little cognitive therapy. I have to keep reminding myself, “Just because you are aware of other people’s suffering and you choose not to help, doesn’t mean you are a bad person. The feeling of guilt is just a natural consequence of having that awareness, nothing more”. Take practice but it starts to help a little.

True. People who are born being naturally empathetic have to learn later in life to turn it off without feeling guilty.