If you think people who get emotionally attached to fictional characters in books and films is silly, I am almost afraid to tell the story I am about to tell. You see in November, I wrote a rough draft for a novel, and one of the main themes of the novel is abusive relationships. As I was at the part where my heroine's marriage was going from bad to unbearable, the Paris attacks happen. Terrorist attacks and natural disasters are always very upsetting to me, being HSP, but what made Paris especially bad, is because I have been to Paris when I was 18; and if you could be in love a city, I was!
While watching the news, people were saying Paris felt different. It was like the life had been sucked out of the city. And that wasn't the only thing going on in my life causing emotional turmoil; A dear friend of mine was dealing with a major life event that has had a very negative impact on her life, plus ongoing issues in the family. I was raw, so raw I was on the verge of have an epic nervous breakdown. There was a whole tub of ice cream in the freezer...I didn't mean to eat the whole in less than a 24 hour period, but ... I KNOW I WAS BAD! …show more content…
My mother voiced her feelings about when she saw the empty container. I replied, “I REALLY upset!” Our friend jokingly chimed in, “That is not an excuse.” A) she was right, and B) she didn't mean anything, but remember, I was emotionally raw and struggling to keep myself together. I couldn't hold it in, I cried. And our friend, who did not mean to upset me saw me crying, and that made her cry. Knowing that my crying, was making her cry, made me cry even
While watching the news, people were saying Paris felt different. It was like the life had been sucked out of the city. And that wasn't the only thing going on in my life causing emotional turmoil; A dear friend of mine was dealing with a major life event that has had a very negative impact on her life, plus ongoing issues in the family. I was raw, so raw I was on the verge of have an epic nervous breakdown. There was a whole tub of ice cream in the freezer...I didn't mean to eat the whole in less than a 24 hour period, but ... I KNOW I WAS BAD! …show more content…
My mother voiced her feelings about when she saw the empty container. I replied, “I REALLY upset!” Our friend jokingly chimed in, “That is not an excuse.” A) she was right, and B) she didn't mean anything, but remember, I was emotionally raw and struggling to keep myself together. I couldn't hold it in, I cried. And our friend, who did not mean to upset me saw me crying, and that made her cry. Knowing that my crying, was making her cry, made me cry even