Despite the fact that I love the word "schadenfreude" because there is no one word in the English language that it can be translated into, one shouldn't necessarily partake in "schadenfreude"-ing.
Taking pleasure at someone else's misfortune though is, sadly, part of our culture's favorite past times. Don't even try to tell me you haven't laughed or at least smiled to yourself when someone else got in trouble instead of you. Or when someone fell (maybe that person was me...considering I fall all the time...), you know you chuckled. But being in a situation where your misfortune is being laughed at...well basically it sucks.
My friends have picked on me in good humor for a long period of time. They all do this because they "know [I] can take it". It's fun...I even find it hilarious...in small amounts. Over the years things have started to get to me more. Sometimes I can't tell whether they're kidding or not. And to constantly be the one being mocked...well that starts to hurt. Can't someone say something nice? I know they say they're just kidding...and they are...but after awhile things start to stick. And being made fun of for the same things over and over well...I just start feeling like "Well, maybe that really is a problem."
I'm a very emotional person, so maybe I take things too personally? I don't know.
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