Handling Your Reactions to the Distress of Others – by Rick Wilkes
When others are in distress, we want to help, to be caring, to be present. Yet, other people's troubles often trigger our own issues. If we are empathetic and sensitive, we can even find ourselves feeling another person's emotional pain very intensely. So how do we protect ourselves from being adversely affected by their distress, and much less helpful because of this?