I’ve always been a person who doesn’t mind to hear the problems of others. Hell it’s why I got into psychology. Its why when I accepted my job I felt I could help make a change in someone’s life. Something admirable, you know? But sometimes it can be too much. Like my brain is on emotional overload and I need some sort of release. I mean we all have problems. But sometimes you have you to put yours ahead of others.
I hear people’s story every day at work. When I get off I'm either receiving texts, calls, or faced with more people in my personal life’s problems. Family, Friends and/or others who shall not be named. Somebody needs you to do this. Somebody needs this from you. Somebody wants to talk about this. I don’t mind it. I love that I'm someone that can be counted on as an ear or shoulder. But got damnit if I don’t need it myself sometimes. But you’ll never hear me tell anybody that. I'm not that type of person. I'm a fixer. I don’t want you to help fix me. Is that making sense? Well here’s my point. At what point do you stop? What point do you say enough and just get lost. Go off on your own and not be found for a little bit. Because you know once you are found someone is going to have something they need your help with or they need to talk to you about.
I can’t be the Man of Steel AND Clark Kent every day. Sometimes I am my own kryptonite. Maybe it’s my fault. Maybe I bring these things on myself. Too many people don’t care what you are going through but if you aren’t who they feel you should be they began to act funny with you or slander you in some kind of way. Well that’s just petty and ignorant. Step outside of your own microscopic view of the world and realize that maybe the sun DOESN’T set and Shine on my backside… But that’s another story.. Just don’t pretend that your problems are more important than someone else’s. Be mindful. You don’t know how that person is affected by it. Like the saying goes don’t judge me because I sin differently than you… Well you can’t judge my problems because they are different than yours.
I don’t know. But at some point I gotta turn my phone off, gas my car up and take a few mental health days. Hell even Superman had a Fortress Of Solitude when he needed a getaway. Sometimes you gotta put down the cape and grab some flip flops…
Say bye, bye to Kal-El.
