trauma

What a hard day. Was trying to be part of a group confronting some trauma I went through and did end up getting supported ultimately, but at first not so much. It's so hard being bipolar. Does anybody else feel extremely sensitive and extremely empathetic?

Sometimes it's like I can't stop feeling others pain, even for ppl that I don't know. It wears me out. Anybody relate? I have PTSD too but I think it's more my bipolar causing the problem. I like being this way, but sometimes it is really painful.

In the past I had a very hard time with that. Being a nurse made it even worse. I've read other posts about this and it seems to be a bit of a BP thing.

I think we feel more empathetic toward peoples pain because we suffer the whole scope of emotions and in so many situations we can relate.

It was a real problem for me and I've had to do a lot of work around learning how to take a step back. I had enough trouble with my own pain let alone someone else's.

Yep! Though I'm learning how to separate my own emotional feelings for what that person is going through while still being able to be there for me. I also have ptsd, though like you I don't think that's why I'm empathetic. If the situation is something I've gone through myself it's reeeeally difficult for me though and I end up feeling all the feels~~ maybe that's not a bad thing though

If it ever gets too much though it's okay to pull back and regroup keep yourself healthy