Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.
One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting.
We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.
I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.
I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.
Trigger warnings are part of the West's debauchery of self-indulgent victimhood.
I think we've gotten to a point where we're becoming really sensitive to things like body dysmorphia, but I think it's gone too far, where people are accusing everyone of hating themselves.
To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.
People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days - it's almost a new type of greed, a new kind of road rage.
I do agree that Justin has integrity, honesty and amazing judgment, but sometimes I think he's just maybe too sensitive, and that's kind of scary.
I think there's a knee-jerk reaction to things from parents.
I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter.
We tell children their wellbeing is paramount, but we are also guilty of mollycoddling them. There's a constant emphasis on their vulnerability, which is proving toxic.
I had this ego that was unstable. If you said anything about me good or bad, it really went to my head.
The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibilit y for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires
People with anxiety tend to be hyper-reactive. We are like jack rabbits, off and running to the races, reacting to some event, even while the event is still happening.
I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
Kids raised on a culture of “We’re not going to keep score in the game because we don’t want anybody to lose.” Or just ignoring race to a fault. You can’t say “the black kid over there.” No, it’s “the guy with the red shoes.” You can’t even be offensive on your way to being inoffensive.
