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I think I'm too sensitive…
I'm a very sensitive person… sometimes I feel like I'm acting overly sensitive… whenever something sad happens in a book, movie,TV show, graphic novel,etc. I start to cry big crocodile tears. For example, when my mom tells me storys about abused children, and shows pictures of dead baby's body dumped in garbage cans,I cry for 2 hours. Whenever I watch those commercials about starving children and abused animals I start crying. When I watched a video with children seeing their dad's come back from the military and run to them so happy,I start crying. As I'm writing this I'm crying. It can be stuff like that, or dumb stuff like in the lion king, when Mufasa died and Simba was upset,I started crying. In the hunger games when Ru got shot I started crying. When I read in a book a kid started to die because he saved his friends from zombies I started to cry. When I hear about how slaves are treated I cry. When I heard a story about a girl and boy in India who got raped and beat up, then were slowly dying on the streets but no one would help them I cried. I recognize and depressed over things that others don't even notice, like the Yanomami tribe, when I read about them,I cried a bit. But when I told my friends, they just said that was sad. Am I too sensitive??????
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There is no such thing as being "too sensitive." Some people have stronger reactions to certain situations than others. Some react in anger, some cry, some get really happy. I myself, am a very sensitive person and I cry over everything also so I can relate to how you're feeling. Never question or doubt yourself, you are who you are, embrace it!
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You are not to sensitive! You just see the world differently than your friends do. I'm sensitive myself, but never let your friends judge you.
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There is nothing wrong with you. From what you have written it says you are a very warm and loving person. People would say you are the type of person who wears their heart on their sleeve. Someone who is as caring about others as you are would do well in a profession where you care for others. Problem is you might care too much and get hurt by it as well.
While there is nothing wrong with being a loving caring individual you must constantly be aware that there are people out there who will look to take advantage of your caring. What I mean by this is; as you get older you will find people coming to you and asking for your help. Some of these people will literally ask for the shirt off your back and give you a great sob story as to why they need it. Being overly caring you may likely give that shirt to them placing yourself in the position they told you they were in.
You need to learn to temper the feelings you have with the understanding that there is a lot of hurt in the world. That many of the things that trigger you tears are just fiction meant for entertainment. You have to understand that even though you cannot fix everyone's hurt you should keep on caring for the more you care the more people will learn to care and the world will become a better place.
This is one reason why I answer questions on this site, because I do care and I try to help to the extent I can.
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No problem. If you feel a strong emotion then it's much better to express it than suppress it. If you keep forcing your emotions down and not expressing them at all it can make you behave, or feel a bit odd in other ways...so if a movie scene or a sad news item touches you, have a bit of a cry. Hopefully you feel a bit 'liberated' afterwards? Like you've dealt with the emotion, feel a little more free of it, maybe you feel a sense of calm...not so worked-up about it, or about other things? If so, that's a really good thing! As we get older we mostly tend to get a little 'de-sensitised' to things...meaning we don't feel things quite as spotaneously or deeply, and don't want to let it show when we do. Mainly because we've seen and experienced more. But it's great to keep in touch with your emotions, happy and sad. So don't try and force a 'so what?' attitude onto yourself. The happiest people can laugh and love, and hurt and cry freely. You're doing fine.
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