Emotional Sensitivity

One wrong word, and tears spring to your eyes. A look that is too sharp, and your heart races. A small comment that others have long forgotten works in you for days. You lie awake at night, replaying scenes, feeling the shame again, the hurt again, the insecurity again. You look at the people around you and wonder how they do it — how they can simply move on, while you are still working through the wound.

Your skin feels thin. Too thin. Everything gets through. The moods of people in the room, the undertone of a message, the tension in a conversation — you absorb it all like a sponge and carry it with you. And sometimes you only notice hours later that you are not actually feeling yourself, but what you have absorbed from others.