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Why Other People’s Emotions Leave You Exhausted, According To Therapists

David Oxberry/Getty ImagesSometimes, and seemingly more and more, I just feel entirely wiped out after spending time around certain people. Emotional vampires — that’s what we call them.Maybe it’s the friend whose relationship problems always end up taking over girls’ night. Or that one coworker whose stress somehow always raises your blood pressure. Or after your teenager’s latest emotional outburst, you feel like you need to lie down and take a big ol’ nap.But lately, it feels like I’m absorbing other people’s anxiety, sadness, frustration, and stress to a degree that I’m just plain… deplete...