I have plenty of empathy in general for people but it is often quickly eroded by a few minutes conversation. I'm simply trying to maintain my high-empathy state.
And no, I barely have time to maintain the relationships with the friends I have and still get some quiet alone time left over for me.
I get that most of us are burnt out and don't have a lot of energy for empathy, I really do - but the idea that you have to have distance from people to have the energy to love them is just anti-social. The world should be a lot kinder to introverts, sure.
But I don't think any of us can be a bubble. The instinct to separate and jealously guard your alone time and mental resources is a reaction to something real, but I think it can quickly become a trap that tricks us into individualist thinking & doesn't actually make us happier. At least in my exp
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And no, I barely have time to maintain the relationships with the friends I have and still get some quiet alone time left over for me.
But I've never understood this "I don't like most people" energy/cliche, it's just really tacky to me. And I think distances us from each other