Can confirm. I’ve been in a lot of situations where I was so much in my head about what it would be like to be in that situation that I’ve failed to act, that it’s stressed me to the point of disabling me, that I often confuse my own self about what is right or true because I have empathy for the people I’m railing against - which might mean I’m wrong? It’s fucking confusing. I know people with just as much empathy who manage to act in the world just fine, but for some of us it can cause complete paralysis, and is not particularly useful. I consider myself more of a mediating type, and the world needs mediating types, so it’s not bad to see all perspectives per se, but sometimes there is a direct conflict between peace and justice, and that’s where I really struggle, because I value both. I hope my comments here don’t imply that I think arguing solely from emotion is a good thing. It’s fine and human to be driven by feelings, but if you are driven by empathy for other people, you should be interested in what’s proven to work, IMO, not what feels like it should work.