You're probably extremely empathetic, which isn't the norm for a lot of people but it's still normal. You sound like a wonderful friend, so while your friend has clearly been unfortunate she's incredibly lucky to have found you. I wish you both the best
Yeah man, that means you have empathy which is great and just be there for your friend ig, probably needs it more than ever
You do sound very empathetic. I don’t know how old you guys are, but if it does start to really mess with you, I would talk it out with another friend or possibly go to therapy. Continue to check-in with your friend though to make sure she’s doing alright, but don’t forget to make sure you’re okay as well. I know sometimes when we’re empathizing and listening to other people’s trauma stories or rant-dumps, and we can sense that they needed to get really tell someone about it, we tend to put their well-being above our own because we care about them, no matter what we hear. But I know sometimes, as the listener, after the trauma story is over, what we now register as being heard can shake us to the core and possibly change by our view on some things we never thought to think of. All in all, I hope you’re friend is okay and that you’re okay.
Off topic but is it normal to be traumatized after listening to your friend's trauma? It's like I'm sharing her trauma. I can feel it in my bone. I keep thinking about it. How did she even endure it in the first place. Keeping a smile in front of me when she have been suffering for years. I feel disgusted and man I want to vomit. My nerves feels numb. My mind went blank. Oh god, I just want to tell the world what happened. But then again, this is probably what's she felt. She have to silent. The world is judging her. I'm glad she told me but that isn't the case bcs the issues still isn't resolved yet. Fuck I'm scared on her behalf. She must have feel scared too. Probably 300 more times than me. Even while writing this, I'm shaking.