im hypersensitive. badly. any critique or correction and i can feel my stomach drop into a pit that seems endless. i get so upset. i hold it in well so no one really knows but if i let it out i sound absolutely crazy because its such overreactions to minor things
Yes I am, and I really hate myself for that.
Not as much as I used to be but Iām still sensitive
Doctor who brings me to tears everytimeā¦ if thats relevant
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Iām definitely sensitive, and I was in denial of my sensitivity for so long lol. That lack of self-awareness backfired on me in a major way.
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Iām way too sensitive. Itās backfired a ton for me as well. As a kid I was told how overly dramatic I am then it was jumpy and now just sensitive. But also I feel like I can be pretty numb and not care about anything at all. But that could be a coping mechanism of sensitive people. Like the vampires turning off their humanity switch because life just gets so hard and unbearable
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If you ask 100 normal people if theyāre more sensitive than the average person, I bet youād get the same result. We all tend to think our emotions are stronger than others, that weāre more affected by the world around us than others, that we care more than others. Itās rarely true. Even for us.
I donāt think weāre more sensitive. Not in general. I think we think weāre more sensitive.
Iāve had four therapists say Iām sensitive. Rarely will one else say it but therapists do a lot. Sometimes they say it in a positive sense but usually I take it as kind of a praise or kind of the opposite too.
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Maybe you are. Maybe youāre one of those who actually are, and not just like the majority of us who just think that we are. Iāve thought I was sensitive, too. I was certainly depressed for a while. But Iāve realized I was just fooling myself into thinking my way of experiencing the world was somehow special and different from how others experience it.
I think I have strong emotions. But that doesnāt make me special or sensitive. It just makes me more moody and changeable. But I like it.
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To me, all people are sensitive. Even the toughest bad boys get sensitive they just express it in a different way.
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Yes. Thatās sort of what Iām getting at here, in a sort of frustrated way. All humans are sensitive, and we tend to think that itās just us because we donāt see it as easily in others.
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I think yes. But sometimes Iāve noticed in hindsight that I can be tactless need to work on that.
Iām sensitive ā¦my girlfriend doesnāt get it ā¦she called me a ā ā ā ā ā ā¦ now itās just plays like a broken record in my headā¦and Iāve picked some fights pretty much acting like a jerk lately!
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sensitivity = drama in my mind
so no, iām not sensitive
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I need to be more of a jerk and stick up for myself. Iām a doormat.
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I second this. My counsellor says Iām an empath. I think that just means Iām an easy target
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