Do you think being overly sensitive is a negative or positive trait? I'm a very sensitive person and someone can make me upset so easily..I find it very hard to forget the sad emotions.I Think about them for days or weeks..
I am not sure how to answer your poll as it is a bit confusing..lol
But personally, I steer clear of hyper-sensitive people. They get upset too easily, so you constantly have to watch what you are saying. Also, you can't really tell jokes or fool around as they take everything personally. Irish humour does not agree with them..lol Too much like hard work for my liking. Life is too short.
I am sure there are others who are also hyper-sensitive who see it as a positive though. There is someone for everyone
May 10, 2014 6:22 AM CST Is being hyper sensitive a negative or a positive trait?
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 Posts
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 posts
mollybaby: I am not sure how to answer your poll as it is a bit confusing..lol
But personally, I steer clear of hyper-sensitive people. They get upset too easily, so you constantly have to watch what you are saying. Also, you can't really tell jokes or fool around as they take everything personally. Irish humour does not agree with them..lol Too much like hard work for my liking. Life is too short.
I am sure there are others who are also hyper-sensitive who see it as a positive though. There is someone for everyone
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
babe1994: Do you think being overly sensitive is a negative or positive trait? I'm a very sensitive person and someone can make me upset so easily..I find it very hard to forget the sad emotions.I Think about them for days or weeks..
Your language is here is interesting - you talk about being 'overly' sensitive, which already implies you view your sensitivity as being 'too much'. Is this your opinion, or the opinion you've taken on board from others telling you you're 'overly' sensitive?
How do you feel about yourself? What do you find positive about your sensitivity? What do you find negative about your sensitivity?
What sort of things upset you and what sort of sad emotions do you have trouble forgetting?
Do you think you should be able to forget sad emotions quickly and why?
jac379: Your language is here is interesting - you talk about being 'overly' sensitive, which already implies you view your sensitivity as being 'too much'. Is this your opinion, or the opinion you've taken on board from others telling you you're 'overly' sensitive?
How do you feel about yourself? What do you find positive about your sensitivity? What do you find negative about your sensitivity?
What sort of things upset you and what sort of sad emotions do you have trouble forgetting?
Do you think you should be able to forget sad emotions quickly and why?
Lmao Jac..you are wasted. You should have been around at the time of the Spanish Inquisition!
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
mollybaby: I CONFESS!
I confess!
I did it!
It was all my idea!
I'm sorry!
I swear I will never do it again!!!!!!
You're a lying little toad, and you know it Molly Cork.
The OP has gone offline and I suspect she won't be back, which is unfortunate. I asked the questions I did for very specific (and terribly clever) reasons in the hope of helping her get a clearer picture of how she thinks and feels about herself.
What any of us think about sensitive people is to do with ourselves and how we think and feel about ourselves.
mollybaby: I am not sure how to answer your poll as it is a bit confusing..lol
But personally, I steer clear of hyper-sensitive people. They get upset too easily, so you constantly have to watch what you are saying. Also, you can't really tell jokes or fool around as they take everything personally. Irish humour does not agree with them..lol Too much like hard work for my liking. Life is too short.
I am sure there are others who are also hyper-sensitive who see it as a positive though. There is someone for everyone
May 10, 2014 7:02 AM CST Is being hyper sensitive a negative or a positive trait?
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 Posts
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 posts
jac379: You're a lying little toad, and you know it Molly Cork.
The OP has gone offline and I suspect she won't be back, which is unfortunate. I asked the questions I did for very specific (and terribly clever) reasons in the hope of helping her get a clearer picture of how she thinks and feels about herself.
What any of us think about sensitive people is to do with ourselves and how we think and feel about ourselves.
With respect to the other person who may have gone off line , And i do mean this with respect as already said ,
The worst thing they can do is to try and solve any personal issues they have on a World Wide internet .
They should seek private health consultations with Medical Professionals , not try and seek any help out of a Comic . It will do them more harm than good .
We are not the professionals ,
We maybe able to give friendly advice ,but that is all .
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
kettleson: With respect to the other person who may have gone off line , And i do mean this with respect as already said ,
The worst thing they can do is to try and solve any personal issues they have on a World Wide internet .
They should seek private health consultations with Medical Professionals , not try and seek any help out of a Comic . It will do them more harm than good .
We are not the professionals ,
We maybe able to give friendly advice ,but that is all .
Maybe some know more than you realise and maybe not everyone can afford to access health consultations with medical professionals.
But I do agree with you, nearly every single response on this thread is going to directly feed and exacerbate the OP's difficulties, rather than help her resolve them.
May 10, 2014 7:28 AM CST Is being hyper sensitive a negative or a positive trait?
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 Posts
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 posts
jac379: Maybe some know more than you realise and maybe not everyone can afford to access health consultations with medical professionals.
But I do agree with you, nearly every single response on this thread is going to directly feed and exacerbate the OP's difficulties, rather than help her resolve them.
Jac ,{im not having a personal pop at you ,as i think you know }
Maybe some people dont have access to health care but an Open Forum with access to everyone is a very insecure unsafe place to get comments that some may not like or be looking for , even do harm to vulnerable people with health problems as it isnt like a 1 to 1, and progress being personally monitored by other Care Officials .
Thats all im saying . Just think its common sense . {jmho}on a serious matter .
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
kettleson: Jac ,{im not having a personal pop at you ,as i think you know }
Maybe some people dont have access to health care but an Open Forum with access to everyone is a very insecure unsafe place to get comments that some may not like or be looking for , even do harm to vulnerable people with health problems as it isnt like a 1 to 1, and progress being personally monitored by other Care Officials .
Thats all im saying . Just think its common sense . {jmho}on a serious matter .
And that would apply to all responses on all threads, I agree.
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
kettleson: Well maybe your rite , but on a so un-serious site like this , maybe there are other sites more beneficial than this that are more specialised .
I think what you're saying Kettle, is that my responses are potentially damaging to vulnerable people without professional supervision, but your responses are not.
This is not a professional site. I can respond as I please, just like everyone else. I can evaluate whether my responses are appropriate, or not, just like you do. Neither of us really knows what impact our responses will have on the OP. We just respond how each of us thinks is best.
May 10, 2014 8:23 AM CST Is being hyper sensitive a negative or a positive trait?
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 Posts
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 posts
jac379: I think what you're saying Kettle, is that my responses are potentially damaging to vulnerable people without professional supervision, but your responses are not.
This is not a professional site. I can respond as I please, just like everyone else. I can evaluate whether my responses are appropriate, or not, just like you do. Neither of us really knows what impact our responses will have on the OP. We just respond how each of us thinks is best.
Well Jac , youve just gone all Negative and read my comment all wrong , "Your responses are damaging and mine are not " ?
Wich part of my comment did you read that ,?
There you go , reading into things that are not there Jac ,
Thats the Danger of you and i not being professionals .
And your comment about you can respond how you like also goes for every one else who responded with there comments . Every one has that right including you .
But please dont try and take me down a road you maybe aiming at , ive been in cyber land as long if not longer than yourself , maybe even this site .
kettleson: Well Jac , youve just gone all Negative and read my comment all wrong , "Your responses are damaging and mine are not " ?
Wich part of my comment did you read that ,?
There you go , reading into things that are not there Jac ,
Thats the Danger of you and i not being professionals .
And your comment about you can respond how you like also goes for every one else who responded with there comments . Every one has that right including you .
But please dont try and take me down a road you maybe aiming at , ive been in cyber land as long if not longer than yourself , maybe even this site .
Chill Out .
Down the road to the pub sounds good or shopping!!! It's the weekend, let's enjoy!
babe1994: Do you think being overly sensitive is a negative or positive trait? I'm a very sensitive person and someone can make me upset so easily..I find it very hard to forget the sad emotions.I Think about them for days or weeks..
Maybe you need to seek some professional help with anger management.
May 10, 2014 8:46 AM CST Is being hyper sensitive a negative or a positive trait?
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 Posts
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 posts
minnieme2: Down the road to the pub sounds good or shopping!!! It's the weekend, let's enjoy!
This is a serious thread for serious people saying serious things But as its seriously the weekend lets go seriously down the pub and have a serious Drink ,
babe1994: Do you think being overly sensitive is a negative or positive trait? I'm a very sensitive person and someone can make me upset so easily..I find it very hard to forget the sad emotions.I Think about them for days or weeks..
I do think that a lot of people get upset about things said to them.
If you can't seem to snap out of it and actually realise yourself that this is a problem for you, either kick yourself seriously in the bum and try to change it or talk to someone who can help you.
kettleson: This is a serious thread for serious people saying serious things But as its seriously the weekend lets go seriously down the pub and have a serious Drink ,
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
kettleson: Well Jac , youve just gone all Negative and read my comment all wrong , "Your responses are damaging and mine are not " ?
Wich part of my comment did you read that ,?
There you go , reading into things that are not there Jac ,
Thats the Danger of you and i not being professionals .
And your comment about you can respond how you like also goes for every one else who responded with there comments . Every one has that right including you .
But please dont try and take me down a road you maybe aiming at , ive been in cyber land as long if not longer than yourself , maybe even this site .
Chill Out .
It was your comments (directly responding to me) talking about vulnerable people, professional healthcare and professional supervision that lead to me me thinking that you were directly responding to my comments.
Personally, I don't think this is a professional issue when someone asks a question on this site, as no one is getting paid for their posts.
What I do think is that by asking the question in the first place, the OP is evaluating herself based upon other people's opinions of her, rather than her opinion of herself. Ergo, if anyone offers their opinion, they are feeding her tendency to rely on other's opinions of her, rather than her own opinions of herself. It becomes all very cyclical and doesn't resolve any discomfort, or distress she's feeling.
By asking the OP questions my intention was to open a space where the OP could decide for herself the positive (if any), or negative (if any) aspects of her emotional sensitivity; which bits are working for her that she might want to keep, which bits aren't that she might want to change.
May 10, 2014 9:06 AM CST Is being hyper sensitive a negative or a positive trait?
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 Posts
kettlesonFAR FROM Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK414 posts
jac379: It was your comments (directly responding to me) talking about vulnerable people, professional healthcare and professional supervision that lead to me me thinking that you were directly responding to my comments.
Personally, I don't think this is a professional issue when someone asks a question on this site, as no one is getting paid for their posts.
What I do think is that by asking the question in the first place, the OP is evaluating herself based upon other people's opinions of her, rather than her opinion of herself. Ergo, if anyone offers their opinion, they are feeding her tendency to rely on other's opinions of her, rather than her own opinions of herself. It becomes all very cyclical and doesn't resolve any discomfort, or distress she's feeling.
By asking the OP questions my intention was to open a space where the OP could decide for herself the positive (if any), or negative (if any) aspects of her emotional sensitivity; which bits are working for her that she might want to keep, which bits aren't that she might want to change.
It is though a bit dodgy on a site like this though Jac . But hopefully myself and you and others would help those that needed it .
Also the none cyber world were we all tread as well have lots of situations were we dont look away but try and help those who are in need .
Obstinance_Works: In the West we're so far down the cosmo/dog eat dog route that sensitivity is almost a synonym for weakness(or even broken)and people in the West are only really compassionate when they want to be seen as such. Everything is about me the individual(including altruism), and the vast majority of us are the least genuinely sensitive and most self-interested people there ever was.
But this wasn't always the case, men and women long since past we're braver and stronger than we could ever hope to be, but were also less selfish and far more attuned to others in daily life.
Then came the Bob Dylan generation - all of those that scratch the world to pieces whilst they come on like a friend - and from this moment you had better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone. Few considered that it's better to be scared together than alone. And if they could give us back our unity, give us back our family then we wouldn't be every nation's refugee trapped here in lonely insanity.
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