It appears I lost the ability to deal with other people's emotions.
I have a theory that a person's brain sometimes shutting down the ability for you to feel empathy for the emotions of others, is not necessarily bad, but just a survival mechanism.
A bit like how your body restricts blood flow to your outer limbs when it is freezing cold, to maintain your core body temperature necessary for survival.
Yes, that may result in the flesh of your fingers, toes and feet dying from lack of sufficient blood supply - Frostbite. Resulting in the need to amputate the dead tissue.
But the major organs of your body needed for survival, are not damaged by any cold blood, circulating back from these freezing outer parts.
So likewise, under heightened
mental stress, your subconscious shuts down your sensor for picking up and responding appropriately to another person's emotions. It is just your brain going into survival mode.
It's making sure that under a potentially life threatening mental stress load, it is
maintaining your own mental capacity, by only concentrating on dealing with your own emotions first.
I might be wrong of course, it is just a theory.
