Suicidal empathy IS a thing and I have seen it for decades....not every where but definitely too much
The sweet 22 yr old female social worker straight out of college trying to help the poor misunderstood homeless psychotic rapist who lets down her guard and gets assaulted by him and seriously injured
I have empathy for all sorts of people, but the stark reality of how some people are doesn't mean you treat them with kid gloves either..
When you constantly fall for fraud, tricks, and sad stories time and again only to disregard motives and real consequences you are "empathic" to a fault and a risk to yourself and others
Some people are genuinely broken, some are genuinely evil, and some you will never ever help