Dan, THANK YOU for this thread. I too, never thought anyone else did this.

For as long as I can remember, when we went on vacations and took the interstate, I would look at the plethora of clutters of trees and feel sorry for them---that because they're just "another" patch of trees no one notices them--and feeling sorry for them that they're not noticed.

I still get that way with certain parts of nature. I feel bad for dandelions cause everyone treats them like weeds even though they're pretty.

I loved your description of the empty chair, then feeling empty. I do similar stuff; maybe seeing one of my animals yawn, seeing their jaw open and all their teeth, and then feeling freaked in a way, like they could attack me, even though they're all very tiny. It's strange. I chalk mine up to both anxiety and as BipolarNurse said, being Bipolar in general---there's a reason so many of us are so sensitive, you know?

Great great thread/discussion. I've only told...maybe two or three ppl ever about the trees/etc. thing. Most of the time they've had no clue what I'm talking about, or try but can't get there.