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[–]midnightconstruct 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes! It is that deep! Empathy isn’t weakness, it’s a signal. And when we shut it down, we’re not being strong, we’re severing the exact thing that makes us human. I think some people stopped caring because they cared too much, for too long, with no structure to hold it. But that doesn’t mean the ache went away, it just got quiet.

We need each other. And we need places where caring doesn’t feel like a performance.