<human>: Hello Reddit.
I should start this by saying i'm an empath so I suck in the emotions of those around me. I love to help others but only to the extent that it doesn't hurt me. This has been a problem in my past because I tend to invite people in who end up using me as a semi-therapist when I show them that I care about their feelings. 

So I met this very kind man over a dating site. We clicked, we went on a few dates, we chat every night and throughout the day and it seemed to be going towards something steady and promising. It's a very new relationship but like I said, it seemed promising. 

After we were discussing bands that we liked, I brought up one band that he said "reminded him of his ex". He ended up unloading all of this information onto me and told me that he broke up with her 3 months ago after a 6 YEAR RELATIONSHIP. 

Essentially he ended up telling me that he was still struggling to get over her, and rightly so after 6 years. He told me he is in therapy to help him recover from the loss of the relationship. 

My question is, how do i draw boundaries? Should I abandon this relationship? Obviously this man is not ready for a new relationship and is not very stable.

 I don't want to abandon him, especially because he told me that my support meant the world to him and that i've brought him a lot of happiness. 

I don't think I could just drop off the face of the earth with how often we talk during the day and with what he's told me. I would feel extremely guilty and selfish. That being said, I can't continue to see him as a potential match because of what he's told me. Are there any empaths out there who know how to draw boundaries to prevent people from using them as a semi-therapist? 

To be totally frank, after hearing about all of this I feel completely drained.

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<bot>: Met a guy, he was (still is) pretty awesome, but he ended a long term relationship recently and is obviously not ready to date from what I can see. Help?