to secretly cry at Gok Wan

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there was a repeat of How to Look Good Naked on earlier and I watched 10 mins and had to turn over because I knew if I watched it to the end I would end up blubbing.

It's a manipulative telly programme FFS. The lady hates her body and gets some nice styling advice from the sympathetic gay man which is really lovely. But then they spoil it all by making her show some sort of pseudo liberation by getting her kit off and parading her stuff down a cat walk. And I never know whether that is a bit suspect or a really proud moment. But her DH or DCs always say how proud they are and I end up welling up, and don't know whether to be happy or sad.

Am I being manipulated into crying by a TV programme format?

Have you ever tried "Extreme Makeover Home Edition"? I really try to be cynical about it and ask dh not to put it on but can't help but get hooked and always alway always blub at the end. I wonder if these programme editors are as manipulative in their personal lives - scary thought.

S'hormones as well, innit - I do it too and DH laughs at me. Ditto anything that shows achievement - Australia's Got Talent at the moment is dong me in.

Mind you, I always get teary whenever I see men cry wherever, on tv or in RL, so I don't think it's all about manipulative programme editors. Some people, like Casmama, would probably prefer to NOT watch BECAUSE they know they are going to blub - that wouldn't help the TV ratings for the programme, so I can't see it would be a good thing for the producers.

I'm a bit emotionally pent-up since we moved house and can't get cable telly.
I miss Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

I cry at everything too.

I haven't watched How To Look Good Naked but I even cry at Embarrassing Bodies when people have very painful and/or debilitating conditions that have obviously caused them a lot of misery.

I want to become a doctor so I'd better try to get over that.

The thing is I'm not usually a crier - Gok does it for me.

Never seen Extreme Makeover - is that just on Sky? Probably best to stay away anyway........

LetThereBeROck - according to Dr McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy, that's a good reason to BE a doctor, not to give up! The minute you stop being human about things and stop being sad for people's problems, you are not so good at being a doctor because you lose empathy.

Empathy is an essential quality for a doctor I agree but I think I really overdo it.

Ah, you can be trained to cut back on it, LTBR! Although I always knew that, even if I ever did train to be a doctor (could have if I hadn't been too lazy) I could never work in paediatrics - that would be too much for me.

Thread hijack alert. This is about really important stuff like empathym (or lack of) with the makeoveree (is that a word?).

Not trivial things like doctor/patient empathy.

sorry empathy