u/Beginning-Mud-2115

I've been trying to put words to this for years. It's not that I understand someone is upset — I feel it in my chest before they've said a word. Someone walks into the room and something shifts in my body.

I used to think something was wrong with me. Turns out there's actual psychology behind this — it's called somatic emotional transfer and it's a real neurological trait, not just "being too sensitive."

Anyone else experience this? How do you handle it?