lately, life at work has been so emotionally draining, people around me are feeling TOO low and i get to hear their stories --- some asked for and some just given. i sometimes wish i can shut out my senses for just a few hours. then, i can feel myself back in shape.

i wonder how advice columnists do it --- people unburden their problems to them and carry them along with their own problems. is there a limit to how much problems we can carry ourselves?