Guest guest Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I was just thinking about this during last week. I made a huge mistake at work and couldn't stop laughing about it whereas normally I'm scared sh*tless to be anything less than perfect in a professional setting. There was another incident that I can't remember right now where I reacted very differently than those around me which of course made me worry that I'm still not normal (hah). In general when it comes to sadness, I think I'm overly (inappropriately) empathetic and identify too strongly with the plight of the people around me to the point that I see that everything is sad and terrible and I'm never going to be able to make it better. In thinking about it before this thread came up, I decided it must be because it seemed that I never knew the 'right' way to react. I'd get reamed up and down for not being serious enough and not understanding how TERRIBLE nada felt. On the other hand, if I was to serious I'd be laughed at for not being any fun. At around 12 years of age, my daily after-school activity became volunteering at a nursing home instead of sports or hanging out with friends (which I wasn't allowed to have). When a neighbor became terminally ill, guess who spend half her days during her senior year of high school watching him die because hiring a full-time nurse would have been a burden for these neighbors I had never met before? So she surrounded me with death and dying on a nearly daily basis AND required me to constantly emotionally fill the hole inside her. No wonder I have no gauge of how serious or not serious day-to-day events are, much less how I feel about what's happening around me. Thanks for bringing this topic up! It's great to hear others' stories and thoughts on this issue and know I'm not alone. On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Simpson wrote: > > > Yes, I have a very hard time expressing emotion or when I do my external > behavior is inappropriate to the situation. In times of great > stress/sadness I tend to laugh. When feeling worthless I tend to project > anger towards others. It scares me because these are nada traits but my > therapist point out often that the difference between nada and I is that I > can see the problem and want to fix it...nada refuses to admit her behavior > is inappropriate. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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