Has anyone read Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman?

Theoretically yes and amen. Buuuuut...

I literally don't understand that. I mean why can't she just talk like a normal person? Clearly I don't like this person or want this person romantically or in my life. There's this thing though. I can like feel their anger. Like i can literally feel it on my skin and in my chest and stomach. And I just want it to go away. But I don't know how to not feel someone's anger at me. It even happens while I play CS or something, like if I clutch a round or something, I can very very amply feel the anger of the other players. I don't know how to not experience that. And if people had better perspectives they'd be able to deal with their own anger and not think it's everyone else's fault and want to murder them. This girl I am talking about, would honestly kill me if she could. How do I deal with that. My instinct or general pull is to just talk it out and solve it so there's peace and resolution, but this person literally cannot do that. I don't understand. I mean what do I do now?

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