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When Global Suffering Makes Personal Joy Feel Wrong

I feel guilty for being happy when there is so much suffering in the world and I do not know how to enjoy anything anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Empathic overwhelm has created a false moral equation between personal happiness and global responsibility.

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