Why you don’t 'owe' the world your empathy (INFP/HSP)

If you are a sensitive soul feeling completely exhausted by the world's pain, you're not alone. This journal entry is a compassionate guide for INFPs and HSPs to reclaim their energy by realizing they don't owe their limited emotional resources to every news feed.Hello, dear soul, and welcome to the Lightbearer's Library. As sensitive INFPs and INFJs, we often fall into the "empathy trap," acting like a sponge for global trauma and horror until we are left feeling depleted. In this entry, I share why empathy can be a finite resource and how "witnessing" everything can actually be a form of energetic self-harm.Are you ready to protect your precious energy? We explore practical ways to shield our energetic body, like using "plexiglass" visualizations, so we can save our empathy for the people in our lives who can actually benefit from it. By turning off the feed and unsubscribing from fear, we create space for love, peace and well-being to flourish.✨ I’m curious, have you ever felt guilty for turning off the news?Next ▶️If you are struggling with the pressure to stay "informed" at the cost of your peace, this video will help you to turn off the feed: "Why being "informed" is blocking your intuition" (https://youtu.be/cDIOJQABG3g)XOXO,Kate Harmony 📖 Journal Notes0:00 Why we don't owe the world our empathy1:00 Empathy as a limited resource for HSPs1:50 The drain of headlines and news stories2:30 Breaking the addiction to doom scrolling2:49 Saving energy for the people in our lives3:42 Send out love and peace energetically4:43 Overcoming the guilt of turning off the feed6:09 Shielding our energetic body7:03 Using plexiglass and light for protection8:40 Being informed can be a form of self-harm9:02 I'd love to cheer you on!#infp #hsp #empathy #lightbearerslibrary #introvert #journaling #introvertdiaries #infj #empath #boundaries #selfcare #mentalhealth #sensitiveperson #energyprotection #mbti #healingjourney #innerpeace #overwhelmrelief #digitaldetox 🌿 About Kate Harmony 🌿My main channel (Hack Music Theory) has over 250K subscribers and 10 million views. I've been a full-time YouTuber since 2017 and launched this personal channel (Lightbearer's Library) in 2025, where I'm making video versions of my journal entries.Some of my favourite topics to talk about are practical philosophy, positive psychology, and personality type (I'm an INFP). But honestly, my journals contain counter-cultural thoughts about everything, so expect the unexpected! I also share practical ways I'm improving my mental health, with the hope that you might find them useful too.I deleted all my social media accounts over 10 years ago, so I offer a loving perspective that's free from the divisive language commonly found in feeds nowadays.If this sounds like your cup of tea, then I warmly welcome you into the Lightbearer's Library. Stay for a while, and please remember to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV2wps4NID9rrO08OuwZ5Lg?sub_confirmation=1