Exhausted Empath

Empathy’s a double edged sword, isn’t it!?
For those whose lives revolve around their emotions, empathy takes over every action and decision. It tends to draw you to mystery and dangerously attracts you to unspoken darkness and pain.
Some of us were desensitized, raised to not care for others feelings above our own. Others were overly sensitized, to care for everyone above themselves. These are unhealthy extremes. Those who are raised in such environments are not aware of this and continue the cycle. Self awareness is the key to breaking an unhealthy cycle. The need to raise my own child in the healthiest way possible has been my only motivation to become more self aware. That’s one of many ways my child saved my life. Even still, this process took years of therapy and self discovery and countless repeated mistakes. Even now, I’m always learning and evolving.
I always believed that anyone can be reformed with the right amount of love and support. Sadly that’s not the case for everyone. Some humans are just not made to care or evolve.