05/28/2026
Can you also relate to this? As a recovering people pleaser I can!
Do you experience guilt that leads to people pleasing and places your needs behind others? If so, feel free to share and know you are NOT alone!!!
Empathy is one of the most sophisticated things your mind does. It's also one of the most exhausting when it runs without limits.
Your non-conscious mind processes other people's emotional states constantly. That attunement is a strength. But when there are no boundaries around it, your nervous system starts absorbing what was never yours to carry. Over time, understanding everyone else becomes losing yourself.
Empathy with structure around it lasts. Your capacity to care for others depends on that structure existing. ➡️ Your boundaries are what keep your empathy intact.
Send this to the person who gives everyone the benefit of the doubt, including people who've hurt them. ❤️🩹 👇