this meme made me realise that other people apparently know how to show empathy without personal anecdotes
… how…. please teach me
Man I am trying so hard to be cognizant of when I’m doing this. In my mind, me talking about myself is like… exposing vulnerability? It’s me being like a dog rolling over to show you my belly because I like you and am at least somewhat comfortable with you. And also a sort of “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” kind of thing, like rather than risk upsetting someone by probing too much, I’m just like “see here I am talking about myself! You can talk about yourself too! Please do!”
Anyway it’s come to my attention in recent years that a lot of people do not actually process a conversation this way.
well what the fuck am I supposed to do then


















