So, I have this issue where if I overhear something sensitive irl like someone crying or being in pain I get so worried for them that I get rly bad anxiety and sometimes even nightmares. This was caused by what I belive might have been a vicorious thrauma or something similar that I experienced for about a year ago, where I had crippling anxieties and nightmares all the time bc I talked to a girl ik irl who had very similar issues as me and never got the help she needed, just like me, sadly. This crushed me to the point where I could not function normally. Every single day I was stuck in her issues. Just could not get it out of my mind. It got to the point where I almost committed self deletus bc it was so unbearble. I couldn't even enjoy myself without feeling guilty. It's the worst anxiety I've ever been through in my entire life, and I am terrified that that will happen again. I ended up leaving her bc it got too much for me. After this I've been struggling alot with getting anxieties and getting stuck in others issues whenever ik they're in pain or somehow overhear something sensitive, until ik they're fine or some time has passed so I eventually put it behind me naturally. This also makes me very depressive and shaky like crazy. It's like I kinda recieve their feelings. Somehow I don't have the same reaction online tho, perhaps bc I don't know nor has met pple online irl, idk :o 

It's friking unbearble and makes rly difficult for me to function socially as there will always be people aroun with issues and bad days no matter where you go.

I remember once I found a drawing at a mental instutution where whoever made it was clearly desperate for help, I ended up having a rly bad anxiety attack when I saw it and did not sleep very well that night. 

And yes, ik others happiness isn't my responbillity and that I can't help everyone, but I just can't help it. I can't control it.

If there is anybody who has similar issues who managed to find a way to cope with it and/or overcome it, how did you do it? I'll take any advice I can get bc I cannot bear to live like this much longer. I honestly don't know what to do bc I can't find a reliable way to cope with it, and yes I have talked to proffessionals, but they do not seem to know any ways to cope with it either. 

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Thanks in advance for any advice &lt;3