{"id":3492,"date":"2025-06-02T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laholmberg.com\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:02:28","slug":"everybody-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laholmberg.com\/?p=3492","title":{"rendered":"Everybody Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Truly identifying the pain within another often requires taking yourself out of the equation and stepping back from the situation enough to see<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>it and them<\/strong> without your eyes (logical mind<\/em>). This requires a firm refusal to take offense, made easier by understanding that it’s not about you<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

This type of understanding of others becomes easier as you grow in becoming loving and accepting of yourself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Those gifted with the ability of more readily sensing the empowering energy in others generally do not have difficulty sensing their pain. In fact, we absorb their pain so easily that we become confused as to where they end<\/strong> and we begin<\/strong>, causing us to believe that we are responsible for\u00a0relieving<\/b>\u00a0their pain,\u00a0<\/i>which we have now confused as being\u00a0our<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>pain.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

This is where learning to construct effective borders and boundaries, a skill that rarely comes naturally to empaths,<\/a>\u00a0becomes essential.<\/p>\n

Extending compassion and understanding to another being while they work through their own<\/strong> pain for the sake of healing benefits everyone.<\/p>\n

But allowing yourself to take\u00a0responsibility<\/i> for another person’s pain by taking it on and becoming a hostage to mistreatment (that you excuse due to an understanding of their pain) hurts everybody involved. None the least of which is you<\/b>.<\/p>\n

If you are recognizing yourself at all here, please pay attention to what I am saying regarding borders and boundaries.<\/a><\/p>\n

They may not come naturally to some of us, but as with most everything, they can be learned.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Truly identifying the pain within another often requires taking yourself out of the equation and stepping back from the situation enough to see\u00a0it and them without your eyes (logical mind). This requires a firm refusal to take offense, made easier by understanding that it’s not about you.\u00a0 This type of understanding of others becomes easier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111895055,"featured_media":11175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[91,19129],"tags":[609022,61437,1212,789572023,12188,337,116588,2885,7383,38245,82348,3059],"class_list":["post-3492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging","category-personal-development","tag-empath","tag-empowerment","tag-energy","tag-fitness","tag-healing","tag-health","tag-mindfulness","tag-motivation","tag-pain","tag-personal-growth","tag-suffering","tag-understanding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laholmberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/if-you-never-heal-from-what-hurt-you.png?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p81q0n-Uk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8385,"url":"https:\/\/laholmberg.com\/?p=8385","url_meta":{"origin":3492,"position":0},"title":"1 (what I believe to be)Mind Blowing Sentence","author":"LA Holmberg","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"In a gimmicky, lure-in-more-readers effort, I could have written that title as 1 Mind Blowing Sentence That Will Change Your Life, but: who am I to say what will change your life? 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