it's impossible to carry everything at once. set things down if it gets too heavy. it's okay if you need to take a break from being the listener and the healer. you can have empathy and boundaries at the same time. your feelings are not wrong. you are the writer of your story and you don't have to read it out loud if you don't want to. your happiness is sacred. don't give yourself away to people who don't know how to care for you.
