I couldn't sleep last night due to a horrible movie I watched that left me with a bad feeling. I don't know whether is was the fact that it was based on a true story that made it worse or was it because I hadn't seen a movie like that in a while, therefore making me more sensitised to the emotions of fear. Anyway, it was a really bad movie and that coupled with having a discussion previously in the night, with somebody who seems to make a lot of bad decisions in their life despite people trying to give sound advise, made me not sleep.

Why do people ask your opinions, and then do what they want to do anyway? I'm sure I've done it before but it is not really fair to the person listening as they become emotionally involved. And if the listener genuinely cares about the other person, it makes it 10 times worse.

It's ok if it's just about a silly thing, but when it is a major life changing decision, I think other people's opinions matter- especially if they have been in that particular circumstance or they know something that the person involved doesn't know.

To keep myself from getting hurt or upset, I am trying to make a conscious decision not to get emotionally involved and to just accept what the other person decides to do.

Here's hoping!