Do I enjoy my own misery?

I always get really emotional over other peoples problems, normally when related to children. A few months back, a three year old girl from my city was accidentally shot in the head in a drive-by. She was in the hospital in critical condition. I balled hysterically for about twenty minutes. That's just how I am! I don't think it's a bad thing.

Too much sympathy isn't a bad thing. Although I do sometimes wonder if I worry so much about other people's pain as a way to stop me thinking/coming to terms with my own.

You are a very special person to go over to him; not many people would.

SassySpy, I feel for you, you are just simply a very caring person. But it is also a kind of curse. I can imagine how you felt as I was witness to a similar accident involving a dog which suddenly and inexplicably ran accross a road in the path of an oncoming car. I heard the noises the dog yelped and then quiet. I was the car driver! I know I had no chance of stopping in time. I was in shock. Some other car drivers stopped to help, I could not move. Then I looked up to see the owner running towards the incident, a small boy with his Father. I just wanted to die. The dog was taken away and phone numbers exchanged. I left. Thank God I had a phone call later to say the dog had survived, albeit with a broken leg. I dont know if there is a moral here but there is still some hope that things will work out fine, eventually.

Why would you want to stop yourself from giving that hug, people who are prepared to do that are far too few these days.

The deep rooted feeling you felt for that total stranger is indeed a rare comodity. What you and I see plenty of, is that same emotion feigned to amazing extremes. People want to appear sympathetic (and not to contradict you but this is especially true over the internet) but not actually commit themsleves because of how painful it can be. That pain is good. It proples decent people to effect change. Sympathy and compassion are not vices and there are those that will make them out to be.

I have always thought you were a great person because you
are so empathetic.
Sassy you should not even question those feelings.
You rock,in my book!
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