Yup, I get that, too. I tend to avoid certain kinds of movies because it can trigger undesirable things (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder flashbacks, anxiety attacks, etc.). I don't know if I respond to the acting, to the writer's intentions, or what it is. You wouldn't think it would be a problem, but sometimes it definitely is.
I'm very selective about what I will watch, especially in a theatre, where there's no "escape" and everything is so much bigger and more immediate. At home, with a DVD, it's much easier to tune out if something is starting to bother me.
These days, it's not as bad because I use shielding as a normal precaution. You wouldn't think it would work with a movie, but it does seem to help. Maybe it's just a sort of "insulation" between my empathetic self and the characters (or the writers' and their intention to make me cry or upset me or scare me or whatever).
May the light surround you, may you be blessed. May the light surround us, may we be blessed. May love and light surround us all, and may we all be healed and blessed. And so it is, and so it shall be, now and ever after.
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