Poll Do You Believe You Are A Very Sensitive Person?

[Deleted member 5760]

In a word - YES

Im highly sensitive and extremely empathetic...

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Yes.

I am also often told I take things to personally.

 

[Jubilation4Me]

I've always been told I was way to sensitive by family, teachers, bosses, strangers, and friends....when I used to have them. I do the very best I can, but sometimes my reactions to things are just totally embarrasing to me AND the family. I've been known to just fall apart and start to cry in public over something really silly. People just look at me like I'm a lunatic. I've actually been so upset in a store before that a manager came to try and assist me. It's a wonder I wasn't carted off to a hospital facility for my behavior.

 

[vietnam2nd]

i am senistive i was spit on and called a baby killer when got back from vietnam couldn't wait to get out of my uniform. my ex wife would hurt me when we argued. i take everthing personaly.

 

[curiouser]

Vietnam2nd, I'm so sorry you had to experience so much hate and lack of support upon your return from Vietnam. Thank you so much for your service and the sacrifices you endured for our country.

 

[Deleted member 5760]

I second that thought curiouser..

Vietnam2nd, as a 'peace lovin gal' it took me a long time to understand why anyone would go to war. But a little story I can share that I hope you don't find inappropriate or offensive. When I was in Thailand an American naval ship was docked on the island I was staying on at one stage. I met a navy man one night and he seemed like an incredibly peaceful guy. After about 30 mins of conversation I simply had to ask him 'what is a peace loving guy like you doing in the Navy?'

His answer - 'I am half Puerto Rican. I came to America when I was 18 years old with $180. I got an engineering degree, and now I own two houses. When I joined the navy everyone said I was crazy. But I simply felt it my duty to protect this country that I feel saved me from poverty'.

I've never looked at the issue the same way again. Vietnam2nd, I'm truly sorry you had to ensure any hatred or discrimination for your service. Thank you for being so brave and standing up for what you believed to be right.

 

[Fragile]

Pretty serious problem for me to the point I isolate now and have to be somewhat dissociated to just cope with the everyday. Even minor phone calls upset and stress me out and avoid those too when I can get away with it. There seems to be no barrier between me and everything else.

 

[Lauren]

I too thank you for your service Vietnam2. I wish the people who did that to you understood that they only have that freedom of speach because of courageous men like you.

Fragile....I so understand what you are saying. I used to just stuff everything, as much as possible. It eventually got to the point that I had a breakdown. After that I was so terrified of negative feelings that I couldn't feel much of any emotion. I became numb. Now that I am digging in and working on all this crap I can't seem to stop feeling. I would love to find the balance. I guess ultimately that is what I am trying to achieve in working thru this hell. To be able to experience emotion good and bad without the bad throwing me over a cliff so to speak.

Good luck and I am glad that you are here ;o)

 

[ScubaChick]

I find that anymore I am sensitive but not sensitive towards others as much as I used to be. Anything, a look, a comment or just a freaking song can turn me into a pile of tears or anger...but I am totally not sensitive to others as much as I'd like to and used to be. I hate it. I just hate it.

 

[disconnect]

Incredibly sensitive, overly-so, in fact.

 

[MissPlumDrop]

I am definitely a hypersensitive. As a child, I was constantly told that I was too sensitive, and to this day I am still too sensitive. I was always deeply affected by the criticisms and bullying that I experienced. My family made me think it was a bad thing and that I needed to toughen up. I suppose this toughening up is what led me to accept being mistreated as a grownup and lends to the "it's really not that bad" mentality that I suffer as a survivor of abuse.

 

[pandora]

Yep...care too much about others to the point of not caring enough about myself...would give anyone the shirt off my back.