Hello, many of you may not know me as I'd all but vanished from here long ago, but I really need help. All my life I've had strong empathy, even to the point of empathy pains when my mother was pregnant with my sister when I was about to turn 2. But now it's started to get worse, I've been feeling pain from just seeing strangers cry, a WWII video made me feel as though I couldn't breathe, and I found out recently that one of my best friends father died and just reading his messages made my chest hurt.

Seek professional help please.