"feel a sense of duty and obligation to fully witness the suffering of people who have been seriously hurt in a way that I never was but came very close to being. "
You don't have a duty and obligation to witness this. The criminals who are pushing it do. Every bit you help helps them but please do not take in their pain-you can be an anchor to the world outside the pain that was once in theirs. A hope.
"feel a sense of duty and obligation to fully witness the suffering of people who have been seriously hurt in a way that I never was but came very close to being. "
You don't have a duty and obligation to witness this. The criminals who are pushing it do. Every bit you help helps them but please do not take in their pain-you can be an anchor to the world outside the pain that was once in theirs. A hope.
Take care of yourself and thank you so much!