A.I. wroteI know I was a drama queen,but I get too sensitive when it comes to helpless kids. I was very selfish in the past and I didn't care about anyone except myself. It was not what I saw on the deep web that changed me. It was a video that was recently shared on Facebook about Arab parents abusing their newborn child. I don't know why this one in particular but it trigged a sentiment that I have never felt before.
I don't think this is anything you need to justify. If you feel terrible after witnessing the suffering of a helpless being, it's probably a good sign that you well up. Show's you're still human and all that, right? It's normal.
I personally cried after I witnessed a kitten, yes, only a kitten, starve and slowly die over a few days while I couldn't do anything to help it. Since then I've seen much worse happen to animals and to humans, and I barely shed a tear now. It relates to my previous point of accepting that things like this are a part of life. It still pains me every single time I witness suffering, but my accepting of it has cushioned the blow and the pain. That doesn't mean that nothing can be done to help the helpless. Just because you accept that it happens does not mean that you think there's no ultimate solution to the problem. Maybe there is an ultimate solution, maybe there isn't. But so long as you accept it and remove the element of surprise, you'll be much more capable at confronting, understanding, and perhaps even actively opposing these things you witness.