#Slight RWBY spoilers in tags - Special thank you to that show for helping me realize that perhaps I am hyperempathetic after all
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I haven’t done too much research so far, but hyperempathy is already making... quite a bit of sense.
#Shut up Chloe#Food mention#Medication mention#Slight RWBY spoilers in tags - Special thank you to that show for helping me realize that perhaps I am hyperempathetic after all#*Cue infodump. Another perfect way to celebrate my diagnosis anniversary I guess*#It'd explain why I kinda suck in people's vibes sometimes to the point of overload and I just start acting and talking like them#The talking part would probably be related to the fact I've always been p echolaliac though but#And it'd explain why whenever any of my friends or family are in pain it hurts so bad and legit distresses me#Literally to the point where I'm pretty sure I've done lengthy-rants about how unfair the person was being treated and how it wasn't right#And how I wanted to fix their problems right away and make them feel better#Idk if this was just me being a kid but when I was like 7 I put lifelike characteristics into objects#Like a sugar cookie a leaf and a buttered biscuit to name three examples I can recall#In the case of a sugar cookie it was basically my child. I wrapped a napkin around the bottom of it to stand for a diaper#And if I recall correctly I was eventually forced to throw it away and fought a long fight with lots of tears before and when I did#And the leaf... It's my strongest memory. I found it at a park and carried it with me and loved it with all my heart#However a few hours later it began breaking up and some teenage girl with me was trying to talk me into letting it go#And when I finally managed to say a tearful goodbye and drop it to the ground at the park I legit went through the five stages of grief#I was sobbing hysterically in the back seat and used my tears to write some grave-like thing on the car window I was next to#It stained and was there for the rest of the time we had the car even if it was faded. I occasionally retraced it with drool#The sugar cookie and leaf incident always stuck out to me when I was learning about empathy but I thought I had it ''average''#And just experienced it a bit stronger than most. Hyperempathy explains a lot#It also explains why ever since I was 12 or 13 I've been prone to tearing up when characters died in movies and such#And maybe when I was a kid I used to try and change the channel and hated certain episodes of shows#Because of how the characters were treated and I could feel their distress#And also because of the occasional strong secondhand embarrassment#And right now... It explains why my heart literally started pounding and racing after what happened between Yang and Mercury#And didn't calm down until after everything was resolved and even after then I was so tense and technically crying#I know that's something for sure because I wasn't on my Adderall at that moment (makes my heart beat a bit faster)#And it'd explain why I can't stand horror movies. I can just feel other's pain and terror in them#Which would also explain why just hearing someone scream hurts feels weird or a lucky combination of both
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