I am not someone with a high-paying job, so I don't have a direct answer to your question, but I do want to give you a big hug for being such an empathetic human being.

Empathy and emotional intelligence are very important skills and you will probably benefit greatly from growing them into strengths. By developing these areas, you'll probably experience less guilt in general, but more importantly, you'll become a real gift to the world in ways you wouldn't have imagined. :)