Feel Me

I get completely overwhelmed by the emotions of others. I'm so beyond compassionate that I instantly mirror another's feelings. It's like I'm some sort of X-Men mutant that has the skill of feeling exactly what a person is feeling. It's so intense for me that I've just learned to detach myself and become unemotional towards certain people, such as coworkers [such an incident tonight that made me think about this further]. Even people that are my closest friends may notice that about me, it's the only way I don't make other peoples' problems exactly my own. I used to do that a lot when I was younger. I carry everybody elses' weight on my shoulders.
My lack of emotion or, numbness if you will, started when my parents were splitting up. When that happened I was in shock and/or numbed by the whole thing that I didn't even have a clue how I felt about the whole thing. Anyways I've learned to control that part of me, but seriously that's one of my biggest "skills." I can just feel. Emotional and physical feelings are just intense in every way for me. It's quite ridiculous.