[Wylie's Mom]

This is definitely not regarding any specific thread (rather, it's cumulative)...but, do any of you ever need a break from this section bc it causes too much pain?

I've been bursting into tears at times lately...like, just while driving I might think of Star (the dog from Malta), or Oreo, or Patrick, or elephants in circuses, or cattle...or that little pekingnese who was found trapped in his own fur (a couple years back) - and I just can't contain the emotions properly.

Does that happen to anyone else? I know compassion fatigue happens to a lot of people involved in shelters/rescue...but I'm not doing that.

How do I handle it better, so that I don't have to take breaks from this section? Am I not setting the proper emotional boundaries? How do the rest of you do it?