How to deal with empathy

For people that treat you like ■■■■?

My therapist even said, being with my family is a no win backwards confusing situation to be in and now I’m retraumatized but I decided to cut them out of my personal life away from my personal details. Yet I feel broken like I did something wrong to them, I hurt their feelings, but they’ve been doing that to me for the past 28 years. Boundaries aren’t wrong. I keep telling myself…

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" in the practice of tolerance, an enemy is your greatest teacher" - dalai lama. Enemies are in your life to help you develop compassion.

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this is not what I thought it was going to be.

I’m an empath to a T. do no harm, and think with your heart.

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You definitely didn’t do anything wrong. You are just protecting yourself. You are the way you are, and that’s a good thing. They are the way they are and… not sure what to say

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You’re doing the right thing by setting boundaries. It’s very healthy to do so

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I guess my empathy for them makes me feel guilty for doing what’s best for me, yay for codependency

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