The title pretty much sums up my point here. I'm incredibly reflective of other people's emotions and conditions. If someone says they feel sick, I feel sick. If someone says they're anxious, I get anxious. If someone's upset about something, I'm upset for them.

I forgot what the term for this is (in psychology), and I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing. I mean, perhaps it's good to be able to reflect positive emotions, but a lot of the time it's negative stuff.

And, then I feel wrong when I just don't feel anything at all. Someone could tell me they're going through a rough time, and, though I can empathise with them a lot of the time, sometimes I just feel apathetic. For some reason, that scares me more than reflecting emotions. It makes me feel like maybe I'm not empathizing with them. It makes me feel like a shitty human being.

I don't know why I do this, and I don't know if I've always done it, but I have noticed it recently. Does anyone else have this experience? Where they can mostly reflect what people feel, but sometimes there's nothing?