Tragic Flaw

If you remember reading tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, etc. the hero or heroine always had a tragic flaw that led to their downfall. Not that I'm a hero, but I know what my tragic flaw is. I am too sensitive and too easily hurt. Hopefully this trait will not lead to my undoing like it always did for the tragic hero, but it is definitely my most glaring flaw. I am not the type of person that normally worries about things outside of my control, but when something happens that makes me feel hurt, slighted, or forgotten by someone, it really does bother me and it takes me a long time to get over it.

There was a recent incident at work related to the holidays where my feelings were really hurt and it took me several days to get over it. The night that it happened, I spent hours thinking about it and being upset over it. It really consumed me that night and most of the next day and I had difficulty getting to sleep and didn't sleep well that night at all. After a few days, I kind of came to terms with the incident and it didn't bother me so much, but then I got to thinking about how the incident had dominated my thoughts so much over the course of those days. I realized that I have to try and rewire my brain so that my psyche isn't so bruised over incidents similar to the one that happened at work. I realized that I can't let things like that get to me so much. That is definitely something that I will be working to improve this year.