Are you the type to bear the weight of the world on your shoulders?

[lavender]

 

[Azwed]

Is anyone ever gonna take me up on one of my fabulous massages?


I do tend to worry about other peoples problems, if they are in an area I think i can help with. If not then I try not to worry, since there is nothing I can do.

 

[goodgirl79]

lavender...i'm right there with you...i've got some strong shoulders...

 

[Debbie]

Yes I worry about others and bear some of the weight of the world on my shoulders. Worrying doesn't make it all go away but it reminds me to deal with my problems. (As a teenager I used to run from them.)

My youngest son is not a worrier at all. His motto?
It all works out.

 

[Angelus]

There are times that I wish that I could do something to fix all the things of this world and it pains me when there is nothing I can do. I know that there are some things in this world that suck, some more so than others and it pains me to see what we are doing to this world.

There is only one question that I ask myself when I see all the crap that goes on in this world..... why?

 

[april-wine]

I thought I was till I was told I can't see past my own nose....I didn't think I was that selfish....I guess I am....Since it's all about me me me me................

 

[MissTaken]

It has taken me years of working with people with difficulties to learn to compartmentalize and be realistic about how much I can do for others. I also have learned that my worry and sleepless nights don't help them or me!

I used bear the weight.........

Now, I try to share it and leave it when the day is done. Sounds easier than it is.


Fragment alert! Someone is tired!

 

[Elizabeth]

Yeah..I do that. I had to be responsible fairly early in life. I do my best to not let things get to me but..... I worry less than I use to but I still have those sleepless nights.

 

[goodgirl79]

i also think i'm addicted to worrying...i'm sure that has something to do with it...but i constantly worry about others...i really could never be a parent

 

[Cheyenne]

Do things really get to you? Other people's problems worry you or perplex you as much if not more than your own? Do you let the problems of the world, whether they be poverty, inequality, etc. get you down?

My worry is inversely proportional to the amount of help I think I can give. A global problem, like world peace? I can have little effect, so I worry less. No lost sleep. A smaller problem like a family member in trouble somehow? That I would worry a lot about.

 

[Nathon_88]

Yup. Always have, always will.