Very well said! Thanks for discussing this issue.

I often fear that I am losing my ability to sympathize. I don't consider myself devoid of empathy. In fact, I am aware of my ability to love. I've simply just had it with people's b.s., dishonesty, back-stabbing, deceitfulness, attempts to guilt-trip me, and people mistaking my kindness for weakness. While I've become a little more cold-hearted, sometimes I think that is probably just a coping mechanism for me, but with it comes a lack of patience or tolerance for the shit that I have to put up with in this world.