Empathy & draining…

[lostsoul13]

Is there any way to stop draining while empathy is being acknowledged?

they say put up imaginary walls, bubbles, for me i have to pre plan to discipline myself in a more practical or intellect way, but i do still have difficulty with it...

my luv who says he is more cold compared to me (but sensitive in other ways, how that now works) has no problem at all with this and has numerous times tried to talk sense to me. it helps a little to know things in a un-emotional way, but still...

i'm hoping someone else can give you a better answer than mine, LOL, but I tried :)

[Angel lite plus]

For one, energy exchange is constant, meaning the more general aspects being universal. These types of exchanges are a fact of life. Whenever there's empathy, there's draining.

If you want to feel good when you're feeling down, and you succeed in manipulating your own emotions, the energy has to come from somewhere.

Energy cannot be destroyed, nor created out of thin air.

Thus when you're starting to feel good, someone else with whom you're connected to starts to feel bad. This is how it goes, not only for me. Solipsist (hardcore idealism) tendencies tend to isolate you in unhealthy ways. A lot of people do not realize this, let alone acknowledge it. That's why its so important to cultivate a feeling of indifference. Ask yourself when you're feeling joyful: Who paid for this feeling? Now, asking this question results from a feeling of compassion, but you have to be careful with compassion.

Indifference follows from compassion in a later stage.

[SilentDrum]

The belief that empathy drains is widespread but wrong. What drains is the resistance to ones own issues which are being mirrored by empathy.

[Izz]

At times, an overstimulated third eye chakra can makes one feel overloaded with information, and that can cause us to feel that our own empathy is draining

It all comes down to finding ways to de-clutter, figure out what works best for us, and navigate while being mindful not to over-load ourselves

My suggestion is to find ways to be further grounded, de-clutter (including internally) and not beat yourself up too much over it