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When Empathy Becomes Physical Overwhelm

I feel other people's emotions in my chest and it is making me sick but I do not know how to turn it off.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Highly sensitive nervous systems may lack boundaries between self and other at a somatic level.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mental health and physical health intersection?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.