Emotions

The emotions involved with certain things affect me intensely. They affect everyone, I'm sure but they affect me particularly intensely because of whatever trauma my brain's been through. reminiscing or watching a video of something from my childhood makes me feel very excited. Everyone gets excited when they see nostalgic videos but let me try to explain. For the first year or so after I had a stroke, I would laugh uncontrollably at things that only I thought were funny. I would cry at sappy movie moments and other things that were designed to pull at your heartstrings. It was uncomfortable for anyone around me I'm sure but it was a whole psychological shift for me that as of September 2022 I'm still dealing with. There's been some progress since then though and I seem to be less emotionally affected by things. And I'm trying to accept that that's something that'll be with me for the rest of my life and I should continue to learn to embrace it. I don't wanna lose that kind of extreme empathy or whatever it is that I experience, but I'm not worried about it. Odds are really in favor of that not disappearing. It sounds kinda sappy but I think everyone should try to relive the experiences that made them happy as a kid and try to recreate that somehow in their daily lives. Maybe the world would be less of a crapbox.