I’ve got a question for you all this week, and it’s about other people’s problems. Whose problems, you may ask? Anyone’s.
I’m personally one of those people who tend to be a worrier. If I know something’s wrong, I worry about it… even if it doesn’t really concern me. Couple that with an overactive imagination, and you can see why I tend to list a lot of fears on those email surveys. Anyhow, that’s besides the point. I know a lot of times my moods are situation-based… meaning, I could be having a great day until someone I care about starts crying, and then I worry about them for the rest of the day.
Along with that, one of the few good qualities I can tell you about myself is that I’m a good listener. I’ve always been told that… most likely just because I tend to be a quiet person around certain people. Who knows? But this means that I’m constantly hearing other people’s problems (which is fine, seriously) and then worrying about them.
Am I the only one? Do any of you do this too, and if so, to what degree? Does it bug you for a minute and then go away? Does it keep you up all night, depending on the severity of the problem? Or do you kind of shrug it off, thinking that your own problems are quite enough for you, thanks?
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Well, aside from the fact that I tell you EVERYTHING (sowwrryy). I’m usually someone that people feel they can tell me basically EVERYTHING. I mean, people don’t even know very well. And I too, think this is because I don’t talk a lot around certain people (usually because I don’t LIKE them). I’m not so big on the worrying unless it’s someone I specifically care about (you, Matt, Leigh). What I do is take every single little thing someone says to me during the day and analysis it until I know what everyone is thinking. (Or until my head explodes because it drives me crazy.) I hate doing that!
August 22nd, 2007