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User Profile: secretwillow777
secretwillow777 August 25th, 2025

I am just tired of feeling so much. I'm an over empathetic person, and feelings emotions feels *** right now. I have quite a few scattered emotions right now. I feel anxious. I feel so used. I feel under-appreciated. I feel like having too many emotions and feeling all of them is a bane. Therapy is not my option at the moment. The more I think of navigating through these emotions and feel less anxious, its having an opposite effect and im feeling anxious at a greater intensity. I'm unable to sleep. My thoughts are racing in my head and they're not letting me sleep again

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 August 25th, 2025

@secretwillow777

🥺

Its hard to feel so much at once!

I hear ya.

What works for me when I can't sleep is putting in my headphones and letting the music drown out the doubts. Reminding myself, I am safe, this cannot hurt me, this will pass!

It takes the intensity out of things!

💕💜

User Profile: TheLightofKintsugi
TheLightofKintsugi August 25th, 2025

Empathy is both a gift and sometimes a burden. You’re going through a lot right now, and I’m hearing that you’re feeling more than just anxiety—you’re feeling like you don’t matter and are treated unfairly. Those feelings can definitely add to anxiety.

Sometimes, feeling anxiety and trying to push it away might make it worse. Meditation and nonjudgmental attitudes are meant to help you observe them and watch as the thoughts float away. I like the image of a leaf floating away with a thought down a river. The judgement and additional suffering reduces when we allow ourselves to feel. You might be feeling overwhelmed right now, but this too will pass in the future.

User Profile: Grace1111369
Grace1111369 August 25th, 2025

@secretwillow777  Hello, I am a natural born intuitive/empath and I can certainly understand a place we can find ourselves in when we haven't yet learned to control our thoughts. I became a hypnotherapist 15 years ago after a near-death experience and I can tell you that working with the subconscious mind has not only saved me but also thousands of my clients over the years. Sadly, we weren't taught these important aspects of ourselves growing up, instead, we had unconsciously taken in other peoples thoughts and ideas, which were not always good when our minds were still developing.

We become the products of our environments before the age of 10, and the older we become, these thought processes tend to surface more aggressively for healing.  Conventional talk therapies rarely work as they are not reaching these deep levels of mind.   ~ www.transitionsliaison.com

User Profile: rilima
rilima August 27th, 2025

Hey sweetie💘💘

I know you feel like you're always left out, the last option anx you're going through a bad time. REMEMBER: You are what you give and not what you receive. And I know it can hurt and you can feel tired of this but everything is going to be better💗

I spent years feeling this way, but last year everything changed, I changed my friendships and started being myself, trust that everything will be fine and if you want advice or simply need to do talk, send me a message💌💋

User Profile: rilima
rilima August 27th, 2025

Hey sweetie💘💘

I know you feel like you're always left out, the last option anx you're going through a bad time. REMEMBER: You are what you give and not what you receive. And I know it can hurt and you can feel tired of this but everything is going to be better💗

I spent years feeling this way, but last year everything changed, I changed my friendships and started being myself, trust that everything will be fine and if you want advice or simply need to do talk, send me a message💌💋

User Profile: Coffeebuzzbuzz
Coffeebuzzbuzz August 27th, 2025

I feel the exact same way right now. So much FEELS!!! I’m so tired. We talked about an active shooting drills at our college this week and I thought what would happen if I got shot and my first thought was relief from my brain and thoughts and Feeling so much!! Dark I know, but that just was a moment of thoughts.

I have no advice, just you aren’t alone and try to find relief where you can.

User Profile: Coffeebuzzbuzz
Coffeebuzzbuzz August 27th, 2025

I feel the exact same way right now. So much FEELS!!! I’m so tired. We talked about an active shooting drills at our college this week and I thought what would happen if I got shot and my first thought was relief from my brain and thoughts and Feeling so much!! Dark I know, but that just was a moment of thoughts.

I have no advice, just you aren’t alone and try to find relief where you can.