I am so glad I could be helpful! It's difficult out there now - I have noticed for myself that if I candidly share my deepest and darkest with someone and fail to say beforehand that I do not want advice, they will inevitably tell me what to do - and that leaves me feeling so alone - lonely - because when they tell me what to do - we can't connect vs. them just listening and possibly sharing their EXPERIENCE with me of a time when they felt the same way - I feel disconnected from them - it seems like we have been so traumatized by institutions in which we put our trust - that we are using whatever we can to fend of "closeness" and in addition as long as people "know what other people should do" then they don't have to admit to themselves that they have no idea what the f*** to do - if they admitted that - it would be too terrifying to face - they might have to have an ego-death which is a scary thing... blessings to you!
RE: The Confusion Of Modern Empathy