- Introduction
- Explain why I wasn’t invited to family movie night
– give example: home alone and feeling bad for the “bad” guys
- Introduce my hypersensitivity and empathy
– Examples from childhood: movies/shows, bugs, toys
- “I believe that experiencing profound emotions is not a bad thing, as long as I extend the same kindness and understanding to myself.”
- Body
- Story of my first car accident
– Mundanity of driving to school (driving fast down backroads)
– deer jumped in front of my car
- Implications
– had never killed something before
– saw the carcass on my way back
– guilt over not stopping
- Aftermath
– used it as inspiration to go vegetarian
– viewed it more as a punishment
– wasn’t giving myself the proper substitutes for meat
- Full circle
- Had to come to terms with the fact that it wasn’t my fault
- What happened was an accident
- Vegetarian wasn’t a bad thing so long as I did it correctly and for the right reasons
III. Transition
- Always viewed my empathy as a bad thing
- Learned it’s a gift and part of who I am
- Conclusion
- I will never change
- Learn to look at my quirks as attributes and use them productively
- Reflect on the Importance
- Easy to get caught up in things that are bad about yourself
- Messy cycle (doesn’t do any good)
- Reflection pt. 2
- More proactive to move on
- Closing Statement
– why “I believe that experiencing profound emotions is not a bad thing, as long as I extend the same kindness and understanding to myself.”