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Originally Posted by rainyday107
Thank you, WC. I am feeling better. I worry when people are feeling really bad. Sometimes I feel other people's pain...and I feel sad when they reach out but we can't do more than provide support. I guess I want everyone to feel good here. lol but I really do. At the same time, there is a limit to what we can do and it is painful when someone gets sick. I want to do more but we aren't IRL. Yet we understand each other more than most people in our individual lives.
All that said, I know I'm ultimately responsible for me, including my illness. I appreciate our group's support and camaraderie, it helps me take care of me.
See? That came out convoluted... 
Thanks for your support.  |
I think you have expressed yourself well and clearly.
When we are empathetic, we are open to feeling the pain of others for sure.
When we stop to help a stranger on the side of the road, we open ourselves up to his/her experience/crisis. This is magnified when we feel attachment to others in any community setting.
Sometimes our best offerings are not enough. We can sometimes then feel helpless and sometimes demoralized.
Illnesses/relapses are challenging, especially when we care and hope to see everyone doing well.
It's good news, a healthy quality, when we can feel the pain of our friends. Yet their pain may cause us some sense of suffering, esp if we resonate with any aspect of their crisis situation.
it's all a part of caring and having open hearts toward one another's challenges. The alternative is to shut down, which might be okay if needed for respite; yet, is not an overall healthy mode in which to live our lives.
WC