How to Manage Toxic Empathy and Stop Absorbing Other People's Feelings

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I experience this as well and what helps me is sometimes I need to isolate myself to realign myself with my own feelings instead of others. Personally if I’m feeling overwhelmed by others emotions I walk away for a second and music really helps me to detach and calm down for a minute. Just stop thinking for a second and focus on the music until you feel ready to go back outside. For me music is like an emotional reset button. Also if you’re in a situation where you can’t just walk away, think over those emotions. Just keep telling yourself I am not sad these are not my emotions. When you get home and you’re able to be alone self care is important. Do something that you enjoy doing or do something to distract you from whatever bad emotion you’re feeling. Hope this helps

I'm still trying to deal with that as well, but I can say the first step is breathing and trying to ground yourself in your moment, instead of someone else's. Focus on yourself and take care of yourself. Sometimes you might have to take care of yourself more than others have to because your are experiencing so much extra emotion. Luck and happiness to you! ❤️