When I was young, like teens and younger then I felt things so deeply, even things that had nothing to do with me directly. I’d be in tears for days after seeing some tv show about starving children, abused animals or if a friend had a family member die. I wondered if I’d always be so depressed and obsessed with thoughts of sad real stuff I couldn’t touch or have much effect on.
All I can say is it let up on me in my early 20’s. I started to have less obsessive thoughts, fewer bad dreams, less “connection” to what other people were feeling who were close by me. I don’t want to say I stopped caring, stopped looking or whatever but I’m just not as jarred as I once was at it’s an absolute relief. The sad conclusion is some people just feel more deeply than others and process differently.