This is a linkpost for http://squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es/2017/10/you-too-can-see-suffering.html
I thought it was funny/ironic that this popped up just after the SSC post about how different people may see different degrees of hostility, danger, etc., etc., in daily life due to their wiring. It makes me think that there's probably a spectrum of ability to see suffering. My suspicion is that you may be seeing too much! But then who's to say what the right amount would be.
Wrong guess, both of you!
It's a specific skill that I have learned to execute pretty much at will.
I also have some of the opposite skill, which turns all of this off.
Since I learned them, my base level seems higher than before, but not in a life-affecting way.
What affects me is, rather, that the wall separating me from this other world is much thinner, and feels much more real somehow.