Traits of an Empath #4

4. Watching violence, cruelty or tragedy on the TV is unbearable: The more attuned an empath becomes the worse it is and may make it so they eventually have to stop watching TV and reading newspapers altogether.
I do not watch the news.  I do not watch murder trials.  I did not watch the coverage of Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon, or anything else.  Thankfully, I have a job where there is no TV.

I read the newspaper for the foreclosure section or the coupons.

I can't handle all of the bad news.  If something happens, I'll find the news online, read what I need to know and I'm done.  I will always choose to read my news.  I am well aware of current events.

I do not watch scary movies.  I never have.  I likely never will.  The blood and the gore (realistic or not) is too much for me to take.  The screaming kills my ears.

I do not read crime dramas or mysteries.  I get too hung up on what could possibly happen to me.  I read to get lost in a story, not to figure out who killed Colonel Mustard in the Dining Room with a candle stick. 

I am absolutely terrified of serial killers.  I know the odds and I just can't help it.  It the fact that they are so mentally askew to do such evil things and my mind can't comprehend.

I do watch some TV but, I'm quite selective.  I like to fall asleep to food programs or cheesy 80's sitcoms.  I watch more history type programs or goofy reality shows.  I like restoration type shows as well - homes, vehicles or even little type things.  At my house we call it "safe TV".  TV that Gail can watch without reaction, because she does react and she reacts strongly.

I do not watch politics either.  See above.  I almost always have an opinion.  Generally a very strong opinion.

Now, let me say I do enjoy me some police drama.  It started with Hill Street Blues (man, that theme song still chokes me up!), to Third Watch to CSI: to Blue Bloods.  What will they give me next??