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saying it "triggered one of her insecurities" makes it sound like its her fault for being "overly sensitive" in fact dude was an asshole and her feelings were totally justified. i wouldn't recommend …
Growing Up With a Perfectionist Parent Is Messing With My Sense of Self — Recently I’ve started noticing a pattern in the way my mom treats me and my siblings, and it’s been messing with my head a lot. I genuinely love my mom and I know she loves us deeply—she’s the kind of…
I (21M) have survived two decades of severe physical, emotional, and financial abuse from my Indian parents. I'm finally exhausted and need to tell my story. I am not free yet. — # TL;DR: I'm a 20-year-old only child in India who has endured severe physical, verbal, emotional, and financial abuse from my parents since toddlerhood. They have beaten me, medically neglected me, …
I think I’m a female narcissist and it’s ruining my relationship — I’m a 29 year old female and I think I’m a covert narcissist. It’s ruining my relationship with my partner, a 28 year old male. I constantly feel overly sensitive to criticism, have the “victim mental…
day 5, i feel like i am dying inside. — my boyfriend dumped me after 7 months of dating because he lost feelings. The way he acted in the beginning up until the 5th month made me feel like he could never do something like this, he even made…
Can just emotional neglect cause CPTSD? — TW: SH I'm not looking for a diagnosis, but I'm just wondering if this can cause CPTSD, since nothing really happened, it's more about what was missing. During my early childhood my dad was away ex…
I feel overwhelmed and lost and I think being the only and eldest daughter plays a role — I am 25 years old and the eldest and only daughter with four younger brothers. After spending the last few days with my family, I feel completely unimportant, like I don’t matter. Growing up, I was al…
Living with my best friend (27) and her boyfriend (29) is making me (27)feel deeply unhappy, am I being unreasonable? — TL;DR *Living with my best friend and her boyfriend makes me feel like a third wheel and an outsider in my own home. There are still nice moments, but overall I feel lonely and like I’m orbiting thei…
Disagreement over Woody Allen with person I was dating. Am I overreacting? — I had been seeing this person for a few months and was having fun with them. But a couple things gave me pause and led to me ultimately ending things, but I don’t know I was overreacting and projectin…
Need insight on new relationship — I met a guy (40) on a dating app who came across very intentional and wanting to date with the intention of marriage (I wrote this on my profile to weed out serious people). We talked for a month and …
Authentic vs dickish M29 F29 — I 29F and my husband 29M, together 10 years married 4 years, are in a stalemate. My husband is not really capable of feigning excitement. For example, if I am excited about a plant, instead of saying …
Feeling shut down by my therapist — There’s a specific topic that when brought up in the past, my therapist has been kind of curt about. I’ve brushed it off when it’s happened before bc I’m known to overthink & see things that aren’t re…
Rated by publicly on Internet by service when you are professional — Let's just say I looked at my sis' ratings by random patients for their one time service from her as a doctor. Very hard on her. I think some patients' remarks are coloured by my sister's style whic…
Narc or not narc? — For the longest time, I believe I was raised by a narc mom. But I don’t know, it feels like my grief is gaslighting me into thinking I was just an overly sensitive strawberry? Or maybe it’s opening my…
Is my therapist innapropiate or am I overly sensitive — Im 29F, hes in his 50sM. Okay this may be long but please bear with... a year and a half ago me and my partner were on a break and started seeing a couples counsellor after 4-5 months he suggested due…
Thank you. This means a lot. It has been easy not to engage knowing she is housed and safe. It’s the thought of willingly letting anyone, much less my blood, be in serious need and, despite having…
After reading this, I think you are getting in your own way. > My reason is basically that ***I need to be able to trust him*** to ***protect himself from stresses in his life*** better. … ***I perce…
You are not overly sensitive, the dynamic you described is not healthy and it did not support you properly when you were young and developing sense of Self. You are spot on to question and challenge i…
I was meant to go out with this guy on Sunday but had to reschedule due to issues on my side. I immediately offered some alternate time suggestions because I didn't want him to think I was blowing him…
Yes, you are being overly sensitive. You had only been on one date, and had not discussed exclusivity.
Agreed. I do get what OP is saying to a degree - but they lost me when they said their codependent partner left them to do all the emotional labour. That's uh.... Not a people pleaser then. A people p…
Can you describe an overly sensitive partner?
hmm, i feel like for me its maybe in the way she responds to me speaking about two things existing at once (?). for example, i have an alcohol problem that we both are aware about - i have always be…
Mmm, I can really only self-describe haha. But if that's helpful: I use 'overly sensitive' to describe myself in a few ways. 1. I'm autistic and just genuinely find the world over stimulating and too…
I wouldn’t say you are being overly sensitive. She’s allowed to be a person but she wasn’t in her professional best when she did that. She made it about her, a cardinal no-no of the field. It’s a mino…
Honestly when someone tells me that I am overly sensitive, I always ask “overly sensitive for whom?” Usually it is for them, who called you “overly sensitive”. And the reason they labeled you this is …
I don’t see any problem here he didn’t do anything wrong sounds like you’re being overly sensitive. He’s not a mind reader if he wants something ask for it that’s what I do. You’ve only known him a ye…
i sometimes feel like my constant torment (eventually) made me a kinder person. i hate the world and i'm mad that i couldn't just have normal parents and now i'm pretty much alone at 18. that said,…
Was he drinking when he went on this rant? He might not be a terrible person and just got lost in his own train of thought. My mom married a very loving and caring man who has been amazing to her, but…
I’m 52 and suffering the exact same. I kept on looking for help but nobody could help me. My family had me kind of branded as overly sensitive and crazy. Now I’m waking up to the devastation of a life…
When I lost my first girlfriend, a year ago yesterday -first as a romantic partner, and then as a platonic friend, too- because I turned out to not be as emotionally healthy/stable as I thought I was,…
Emotionally held captive. I could be having the most awesome day, going about my business until suddenly, some small thing ‘I did’ sets them off and because it’s my fault I have to listen to them, cat…
Laughing at me when I asked my mother to not smoke inside (I'm late-diagnosed AuDHD) and when I would run upstairs to call CPS or the police after being smacked around. Being a prodigal violist, a ran…
You are right if you allow the anxiety to spiral it can get worse. You have to learn how to re-regulate your nervous system. Turn away from the anxiety and let go of it. Move in a differen…
Wow, I identified with so much of what you said here (right down to the ADD and MBTI stuff, haha - I like it, too). I remember that that sub has some weird rules about things related to Narcissistic A…
HUH!? I'm so confused. Why are people so offended by facts these days? Honestly, that's one of the things my Autism cannot grapple with. I'm always trying to dig out the truth and understand why thi…
Forgiveness is a two-way street and if you're dealing with someone who expects apologies they're unwilling to accept that might necessitate some couple's counseling. Just because someone gets upset do…
I remember when I entered into college/early 20's I realized the term to describe my mother was a "drug addict" (she used off and on, not enough to qualify for rehab according to the stage). I'm 34 n…
Original copy of post by u/rosygal07: I met a guy (40) on a dating app who came across very intentional and wanting to date with the intention of marriage (I wrote this on my profile to weed out seri…
His words said marriage. His body language said maybe. That gap is the data. People who are certain about you do not squirm when the future comes up. They lean in. He pulled back when things got real…
Even if you are incredibly overly sensitive and unrealistic, why would you stay miserable and let your kids grow up thinking that is normal rather than just leave? If you can live in peace without him…
Baby wabey is pouting because he wasn't the center of attention, and now he has to stomp his little feeties to make sure you know he's mad. He wants to put you on ice, but not breakup? I'd give him sp…
honestly… you’re not being overly sensitive here if anything, it sounds like you’ve been trying really hard to explain away things that made you uncomfortable because parts of the therapy felt good a…
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I don’t think that conversation would solve it. Guys are overly sensitive about that- more than they should be. I think you just keep on working on seeking Gods forgiveness and continuing to work on o…
I'm a therapist who had C-PTSD and now I treat C-PTSD. I've been practicing since 2010. Do not return to see him. He has helped you as much as he can. His feelings are none of your business. You are …
So sorry. Often when i cried my dad would applaud and say what a great actress i was. Or he would laugh at me. They always said i was dramatic, overly sensitive. My emotions were always made fun of or…
He is horribly abusive. The fact that he is introducing coercion, negging, emotional abuse and gaslighting THIS early, and not being good to you is a sign it will turn ugly real fast. I’ve been throug…