It is hard work. I know, believe me.
I think it's like everything I've ever come across, it's about balance.
David I sent you this earlier but I'll post it here again.
I think this little article is absolutely brilliant.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...hly-sensitive/
5 Gifts of Being Highly Sensitive
By Therese J. Borchard
Quote:
Certainly, there are extremes of emotions that are considered mood disorders, for example, and should be dealt with as a health challenge.
But “too emotional” or “too sensitive” are usually criticisms based on majority behavior and standards.
Overall, I think being highly sensitive is a trait we can embrace and use to be more creative and aware. But it demands taking care to live strategically, even outside popular values, to avoid overwhelm so we can better nurture our abilities and creative talents.
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Different source but same words as Alffe posted.
This all reminds me a little of my mindset about young children with different conditions... autism, tourette's syndrome, anxiety/ocd etc.. It's always been my belief that everyone should look for the positive qualities in a child and then reinforce those positives. The difficulty is that a lot of people in the world don't "see" and as alffe just wrote, they don't hear either and therefore they just don'g get it.