Emotional Moments–Handling Them

I used to have the idea planted in my head that I would good in emotional situations. I remember flirting with the idea of being a therapist and saving the world. Consoling people in their hardest of times and healing hearts with my words.

One day I woke up and I realized I SUCK in emotional situations. I am not sure if this was simply because I know myself better now. I don’t know if I changed and I used to handle them well but no long do. I have no idea how I got from there to here.

I get really uncomfortable when people are upset around me. Mind you, I am a VERY emotional girl. I cry about everything. However, if someone breaks down in front of me it tends to play out like this:

…awkward…look around…

silence.

“It will be ok.”

Awkardly pats on the back…

Silence.

It is not that I don’t care. It is not that I don’t feel bad for the people that are hurting.

Here is the deal: I know that if you are upset there is nothing I can say to change your feelings. There is nothing I can physically do to make you feel better. The fact that I can’t change someone situations to make them better paralyzes me.  So I awkwardly attempt to make the situation better…

Here is a question for you: What do you do in these situations?

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