Sometime I experience 'emotional leakage'. In other words: I cry. Even for no apparent reason. Not talking allergies here - unless I'm allergic to certain kind of emotions - but my tearbuds could be tickled by a sad piece of music, if the tv guide tells me Bambi will be on tv soon, hearing an uplifting story or whatever.
The other day even when I shot up from my desk chair: 'Oh no, I forgot my daughter's birthday!', ran to the toilet (we Dutch have a birthday calender in the bathroom. Very convenient) to quickly check and went 'See, it was last...oh...it's coming month. Pfew!' But it took me an hour to focus back on work again because the tears kept coming.
Knowing how easily emotional I can get, maybe I shouldn't follow wonderful instagram-accounts like Magic with Thomas (only click if you think your heart can handle the love and affection). Let alone respond to these kind of clips with:
"Thomas' interactions never fail to let me smile; what an amazing lad he is! My oldest daughter was complaining her younger sister was better at sports. But broke a smile when I told her - she was eight at the time - "She may be a better runner and climber but you can do magic!" "I can, dad?" "Yes, every single time you interact with people, if only you just cross looks, you make 'em smile."
"I recognise that power in Thomas. 🥰" and people responding to it with: 'That's genuine beautiful!' Which is a sure way to summon the Waterlanders. Dutch expression again...'creatures living in Waterland...tears...', get it?
Here's another clip of this amazing young man bringing a smile to people's faces:
When I see the Scarlet Witch, I'll ask her to magically make people realise our eyes are placed horizontally and not vertically so everyone should film, holding their phone cameras horizontally. And we watch them horizontally too.Perhaps I should follow Thomas' example and wear earphones to not get overwhelmed because my condition (some like to label it ADHD but - although I may experience all the symptoms - it's simply who and how I am) sometimes gets in the way of work or social interactions
It's worse when I'm 'not sitting nice in my skin at the moment' as the Dutch saying goes literally.
Do you have a saying in your mother tongue meaning 'I'm a bit emotionally unstable at the moment and am not sure why. If you value your nose and limbs and hate to see a grown man crying, please keep your distance for a short while.'?
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