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When emotional sensitivity becomes overwhelming and confusing

I can sense other people's emotions before they speak but I cannot tell the difference between their feelings and mine anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Heightened nervous system attunement can blur the boundaries between self and other, creating empathic overwhelm.

Ideas that help explain it
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