u/Expert-Tear-5053

i'm the person everyone comes to. and i genuinely care, that's not the problem. the problem is i can't seem to put it down afterward.

their stress, their anxiety, their bad day, it all just stays in me. and i've started noticing it showing up physically. my cycle goes completely off, i'm exhausted from everyone else's tension!!

i've dealt with my own stress my whole life and i can handle that. it's absorbing everyone else's on top of it that sends my body over the edge.

the only thing that's actually helped me is acupuncture but that's not exactly a realistic fix every time someone unloads on me.

does anyone else experience this? and what do you actually do to release energy that isn't yours?