The Negative Side of Caring

Care is a word that is typically used in a positive context. If I had to define the word care, I would say that care is having concern for a subject and taking action for said subject. You might care for your ill grandmother by visiting her and helping her with chores. You might care about the life choices your friend is making and try to lead them down a better path. Every time we hear the word care or think of the act of caring, we always envision to a positive, kind, loving action. Rarely seen is caring’s negative side, a side to caring that doesn’t fit into it’s normal heartfelt definition. This negative side is simply caring too much.

There is nothing that bothers me more than when people care too much about me, my actions, or my preferences. Some people just think that it is their job to fix everything about me, no matter how minute the detail may be. People care about how I look, people care about my personality, they care about what kind of computer I use, they care about my glasses, they care about practically every part of me, and they want to change each of these aspects to better suit themselves. I still will never understand why people care so much about such mundane things. Some might say that they are just trying to help, but these things are what make me who I am, and I don’t need anyone telling me that I need to change them. Maybe everyone just needs to sit down and think about what they really care about. I’m sure there are plenty of subjects to care about that are more important than what I choose to wear to school today.