#sensitivity-and-self-suppression

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fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

Children who grew up being told they were 'too sensitive' often become adults who apologize before they express a need, qualify every opinion with 'I might be wrong,' and treat their own emotions like an inconvenience they're inflicting on the room. - Silicon Canals

Childhood emotional invalidation teaches sensitive people their feelings are problems to manage, causing them to minimize themselves and apologize excessively as adults.
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