One thing that isn't always #clear to me.

How do you tell somebody needing #help that you aren't in a #position to do that directly?

I've always #struggled with this both #morally and #abstractly so. Because I don't like denying anyone any kind of #support if and when I can give it.

Maybe it's just my inner #empathy at play, but I often times feel like I'm there with them in that #moment where I can't just do nothing if it's not an emergency, but not a passive disinterest either.

The way I've delt with this, is to pass the word along to someone who I know could make that #difference more #meaningful or who I #trust to do so. It still doesn't #feel like I've done enough in those kinds of situations though. And I do often wonder if those #people got what they #needed because I was there to put in the #effort at least in part.

I would be okay with it, if it wasnt up to me alone to #fix it. But I still consider the plight of those who need the only #human in sight to act like one. And I wish more of us would and could do that on a collective basis. Our world would be so much better informed and run a lot easier too because there would be a lot less confusion and a lot more certainty on exactly where you stand.

#Apologizing to Your Child is an Opportunity

#kindness #empathy #parenting #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalwellness #youthmentalhealth #familythriving #ymhc

"The introvert-extrovert battery metaphor has flattened a sophisticated neurological process into a simple energy equation.
What’s actually occurring is post-social cognitive processing — the brain replaying, categorizing, and making meaning from every emotional signal it detected — and empathy depth, not social fatigue, determines how long it takes."

I feel seen.

https://dmnews.com/j-a-p-psychologists-say-people-who-need-to-be-alone-after-socializing-arent-recharging-from-exhaustion-their-brains-are-doing-post-processing-work-on-every-emotional-signal-they-absorbed-and-the-more/

#introvert #social #science #autism #empathy #people

by dinosaur (@dinosaurcouch)

#mentalhealthhumor #funnymemes #copingwithhumor #humorheals #kindness #empathy #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #sadness #support #ymhc

a reminder what we are fighting against times a 1000.

mass slavery & genocide on global scale.

we are facing unimaginable suffering for all of us & the #BillionaireClass have started the end of us all this time.

#GifsArtidote: love, solidarity & collective direct action are our weapons to #resist & with our collective intelligence to combine fighting & building a world in which we can truly reach our full potential, for the good of us all.

i must admit, it seems impossible right now. i am powerless & a triple target to be ending up in their hands. all i can do is tell you my thoughts. like #AnneFrank , my famous sibling who wrote her diary whilst my granddad printed one of the last newspapers still printing truth for the resistance.

i owe my life to the dutch resistance. if they hadn't kept my granddad safe, i wouldn't exist today. and the nazis nearly caught him, twice. he'd be shot on the spot.

i call on you all to do whatever is in your ability, to start resisting by any means possible. at work, at home & at school. talk to everyone you meet, organise your community & prepare. practice #MutualAid & spread #empathy whilst defending your boundaries. confront people with toxic behaviour.

https://youtu.be/qr6X8_hNIfs?

#press #history #educate

📝 Plot: In a Parisian apartment, a clever 11‑year‑old girl secretly watches her neighbors, facing loneliness. Friendships with a wealthy woman and a lonely businessman reveal lessons about empathy, understanding, and the beauty of human connection in this tender French drama.

#LeHerisson #dramaFilm #comingOfAge #introspectiveCinema #FrenchStory #heartwarming #humanConnection #2000sFilm #empathy

My father in law has terminal cancer. Today was a bad day, pain day in and day out.

Our dog Finlay sensed it and realized he might need company. So he went behind his legs and put his head onto him.

Such an adorable dog he is ❤️

#dogsofmastodon #love #empathy #comfort