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Farhead_Assassjaha t1_j25m0w3 wrote

Reply to comment by hidden-in-plainsight in [image] Empathy without boundaries by _Cautious_Memory

Me too. My career is in the helping professions, so I made that work for me, but even so, you need tools to turn it on and off, and you need to practice them to make them sharp.

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hidden-in-plainsight t1_j25mb1c wrote

I'm also an introvert... so it's extra draining.

Being an introvert sort of honed my senses as I spent a lot, or rather still spend a lot of time observing.

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Farhead_Assassjaha t1_j25mucv wrote

I know that feeling. Being a youngest sibling taught me to wait and watch, so I learned patience but not how to initiate socialization. I’ve learned some social skills so it’s not debilitating but I’ll never be the most outgoing person. It’s just not my personality.

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