I've always been told I feel 'too much.' That I should just turn off my thoughts and feelings, to put 'whatever I'm feeling' behind me and 'focus on the task at hand.'

But that's not me. It's never been me, and it never can be me. I feel emotional pain almost as much as I do physical pain, and you wouldn't tell someone with a broken leg to 'walk it off.'

I don't know why I am this way. I feel too much, I love too much, I cry too much. I live life so vibrantly, but I also become much more hurt so much more easily. Walking things off is impossible for me.