Empaths beware

Last night, Mark and I purchased the pay per view movie, Bohemian Rhapsody. Though I feel it was a good movie, I was left sad. I'm kind of sorry I watched it. I often react differently to certain movies other people love, and it's just me I guess. A good example of how I know myself rather well is that I have never seen and will never see the movie Titanic from years ago. I know how it ends, why would I form an attachment to characters who would die in the end? That would have haunted me and I'd have been sad for a long time after seeing it. It was fictionalized, but real people with lives and hope for their future died when that ship went down, I don't need to see it. I know the story already. No thanks. I don't care to see things that leave me sad, there is enough in life that does that on it's own without paying money to add to it all. I should have known better last night. As for me, give me entertainment that actually makes me happy. I'm a happy ending kind of gal. The music was good, though. This portrayal of Freddie Mercury would end with us knowing he was ill and of his impending death. What a shame his life was ended at only 42 and he was often so lonely. But, from a teaching perspective, I hope the teens who might watch it would perhaps get that fame and fortune is not everything and that even with all the tea in China, you could be a very lonely, sad and misdirected person. Meaningless relationships left him sick and dying and those people were not at his bedside when he died, they were takers who took from him. I suppose the teaching from that is that long term promiscuity, and a party life style can leave one hollow and actually lead to an early death. We've seen so many in the entertainment industry fall due to the drugs and the other lifestyle situations. I wonder if kids of today get that? Would watching this story change anyone's direction and how they might handle fame and fortune? I have no answers. It does make me thankful that my life is as it is, that I made some decent choices over the years, though I had a rocky road in my 20s. I lived, I learned. Mercury did achieve greatness and the music he was part of lives on. I love Queen's music and grew up with it, and I should have just not watched the movie. So, with this melancholy mood, I wish you a good Sunday and I hope that I do some serious cheering up as I go through my day. Once I get busy, I'll feel more like me again. Normal is a good thing. Yes, I am the empath who should know better than to expose myself to various things that hurt my soul. I do wish that empath warnings might be available for films and TV shows, perhaps they are? I should check if that is so. I know I had begun to watch the TV series "This is Us" for awhile and had to stop, it was just too sad for me.