I, like a lot of neurodivergent people, am hyperempathetic. This is *not* me saying I’m a good person! It’s actions that make a good person, not feelings. This is me saying that I am empathetic to the point of it being painful and debilitating, and I cannot regulate or control it. If anything, it’s made me a *worse* person because I find myself avoiding things that might upset me.

However, I can’t cut myself off from the news completely because, like a lot of neurodivergent people, I have a strong sense of justice and morality, and I could never forgive myself for sticking my head in the sand.

Strict regulation of what I put into my brain is how I work around my limitations.