Over-Emotional

Throughout my life, I have grown up to believe I am over-emotional, a.k.a. melodramatic. I cry over spilled milk for hours, I whine if I have a small cut, and even a simple remark someone makes will be turned into an emotional attack on my psyche. It can get bad.

However, as college has been drawing on and on, I have found out that being over-emotional also has its own upsides too.

1. You are able to empathize with others. (I was told this by Ashley Hall, thanks by the way)

As you go through life and hear about people's problems, sometimes I know you just want to just tune them out and focus on your own. Sometimes you just want to pretend like you are listening just because you want to keep that friend, and then you get caught in one of those moments where they ask you advice or what they just said, and you really do need to "chew it over with Twix." Okay, blatant product placement aside, I feel as though with me being over-emotional, I'm able to understand the pain that person has gone through, because maybe I have suffered through that same kind of emotional pain. I maybe have a sort of familiarity with the situation. This empathy would help me to connect with more people greatly, as it's always nice whenever someone has actually "placed him/herself in you shoes" so to speak.

2. Your care is easily shown to others and seems genuine.

If you are a person like me who shows his or her heart on his or her sleeve, then you know what I'm talking about. You like to tell people you love them every day. You want people to recognize that you would do anything for them, and you want them to say it back. You need a sort of emotional balance within this world to survive, so when you say, "Hey, I love you," or something of the sort, it just sounds genuine. Sure, I'm victim of saying, "Love you," to some of my friends, but if I say, "I love you," to you, just know that means you are one of the most important people in my life and I would do anything for you. Just sayin'.

3. You are really good at theatre.

I'm not kidding. You can laugh it up all you want, but people like me know it to be true. I can be VERY melodramatic if the situation calls for it, and that's just what this over-emotional lifestyle has. You are pushed to the breaking point in some of these situations and it makes you feel like you are on a daytime soap opera, however, it's just your life. You are then able to transfer this emotional power you have into your theatre, and as far as I have been told, I can be VERY dramatic.

Am I saying that this over-emotional thing is an always good thing and one should always aim to be over-emotional? No. However, if one is over-emotional by nature, I don't want that person to be discouraged by the media and be told that it is a bad thing. Over-emotional people make the world go 'round. We need these people to start movements, build buildings, and make change. If people were just mundane, the world wouldn't be fun.

What I'm saying is that if you are over-emotional, don't fret, your happily ever after is on its way, and no amount of worrisome stepmothers, evil queens, or witches is going to change that. So go ahead and sing your little songs about your Prince coming and how your dreams are a wish your heart makes... because I know I will.

~This is Deej, signing off.