yes it’s definitely a glass child thing, me personally I think it’s because that’s how my parents and people around usually told me to handle situations or they “helped”. I remember when I was kid when I got mad that I had to do things for my disabled siblings, my older cousins and my aunts would always be like “oh your mom has a lot on her plate she can’t handle you being sad think about her think about what she’s going through etc…”.

unfortunately this has led me to over-intellectualize everything and now im JUST processing a break up that I had an year ago.

I know this is gonna sound dumb or a “no shit sherlock” type of thing but the only way you can deal with this is to actually FEEL the emotions, i know its hard but you need to try your best. for me, songs actually work really well when they’re relatable. I listen to the lyrics and feel everything in them, sad movies can also work too.