Your Type
You have immense empathy; your friend's pain feels like your own, and you can always catch their most vulnerable emotions. This trait of "absorbing others' negative energy without limits" actually masks your deep anxiety about "interpersonal boundaries and self-protection"; you fear that refusing to listen makes you a bad friend or strips your value in the relationship, so you use "over-empathizing" to prove your importance, even if it exhausts you. But true support shouldn't come at the cost of sacrificing yourself. Try imagining a transparent glass wall between you and them next time you listen; when you learn to feel their emotions while remaining whole yourself, your gentleness will become more powerful and sustainable.
💡 Did you know?
Neuroscience research shows that the 'mirror neuron' system in highly empathetic individuals is more active, allowing them to truly feel others' pain and joy as if it were their own.
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