Kai-An
It is interesting… I always thought I was the first (that I knew) in my family to explore and learn about the force, and the first to be so strongly empathic. However, when I think about all the things my mom told me about her experiences when she was young, she mentions how she literally just cut parts of herself off, refused to feel certain emotions because she couldn’t handle it anymore and sent her into depression. It sounds like she was empathic like me and literally just strangled her gift because she didn’t know how to protect herself… I wonder if that’s what would have happened to me if I hadn’t discovered these forums… A little scary to think on…
I can’t think of anyone else in my family who would be like that, other than my brother, who also, especially of late is beginning to do the same thing I did at his age: try to shoulder other peoples burdens and worry too much because when others are upset he becomes upset, and not just in an intellectual way… I’ll have to watch him I guess.
Much love,
Kai-An