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[โ€“] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think my problem is also we're told to be empathetic and emotionally present. So what we're being asked to do is suffer alongside without being able to alleviate the suffering.

I find this much more difficult than solving whatever the problem is, because, maybe I'm weird, but I feel pretty much all the suffering around me as if it's happening to me, and especially when it's my wife suffering.

[โ€“] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

what we're being asked to do is suffer alongside without being able to alleviate the suffering.

I know that isn't actually what people think they are asking for, but it sure feels like it so often.

Thanks for putting this into words for me.