Right, not saying that anyone wanted me to dump anyone -- and really, I will if I need to. At this point in life, I've just about had my fill of people depending on me abjectly, so the main reason I send out anything of myself on an inequal basis is when I know I'm helping someone else grow...I know it's worth it then, and I think of it as my duty to play my part when fate blows heretofore-strangers into my IM windows and gets us into deep conversations.
It does have its emotional liabilities, though, and if I'm going to be so persistently "professional" about helping people then I have to be just as assiduous in making sure I'm taking care of myself as well. Empathic burnout ain't a good thing.
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Re: I assume, then, that "are you okay?" would be a dumb question.
Date: 2005-10-13 02:12 am (UTC)It does have its emotional liabilities, though, and if I'm going to be so persistently "professional" about helping people then I have to be just as assiduous in making sure I'm taking care of myself as well. Empathic burnout ain't a good thing.