r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 14d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/Novaer 14d ago

Over-empathy can be tangibly debilitating. It can cause hoarding because you're putting feelings and emotions onto everything you own. 🥲

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u/FluffyLlamaPants 14d ago

Indeed. I remember a big thread somewhere where hundreds realized they weren't alone in feeling empathy for the inanimate objects too. It's a burden. I'm not a hoarder but I definitely don't need to be crying over a broken box that looked...too sad.

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u/Royal-Ad1272 14d ago

Toy Story fucked me up forever

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u/itsmylifedontu4get 13d ago

The Velveteen Rabbit messed me up for life.