I called in to my support group for a half-hour of peer-to-peer telephone support. The woman i got told me about a horrifying experience that had happened to her. She just said it in one sentence of nine words but i found it so horrifying that i can't get it out of my head. At least i was able to talk to her about it, ask about circumstances and outcomes and didn't freeze up like usual. I was supportive. I'm just astonished that someone could live thru something so horrifying and still walk and talk and work and function.

I feel tremendous compassion for the woman but i am a little upset that she laid something so heavy on me. My heart has been feeling heavy ever since and there's things to be joyful about today. I'm not too sure what the parameters of "peer support" are but it's clearly not just a supportive chit-chat about current events. I "saw" the woman later in the ZOOM Drop-In and she was friendly but i feel weird about her now that i know she told me she survived this incredibly intimate horrifying experience.

Am i way off-base here? I don't know what to feel.