I Am Too Sensitive
For as long as I can remember, I've heard the same thing:
"You're too sensitive."
Maybe you've heard it too, and not in a way that made you feel seen or celebrated, but as a subtle (or not so subtle) criticism. Like your emotions were inconvenient. Like your reactions were too much. Like you needed to "harden up" to survive this world.
What if I told you that your sensitivity isn't a flaw? That it's actually a trait, and one that up to 20% of the population shares?
Let me introduce you to something that changed my life and the lives of many of my clients: The Highly Sensitive Person, or HSP.
What Is a Highly Sensitive Person?
The term Highly Sensitive Person was coined by psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron. It's not a diagnosis or disorder—it's a biological trait, meaning you were likely born with this gift. HSPs have more finely tuned nervous systems, which makes them deeply responsive to the world around them.
Here's what that might look like:
• Feeling deeply moved by music, nature, or meaningful conversations
• Getting overwhelmed by bright lights, loud noise, or too much stimulation
• Picking up on the moods and micro-signals of people around you
• Needing more rest, quiet, or alone time than others might
• Having a rich inner world, vivid dreams, or strong emotional responses
Sound familiar?
You're not being dramatic. You're simply wired to experience more deeply and notice more nuance—and that's not a problem. It's a gift that just hasn't always been given the conditions to thrive.
Why It Feels So Hard (Without Judging Anyone)
If being sensitive is such a beautiful trait, why does it often feel like such a burden?
Could it be that many environments, family systems, schools, workplaces, even social groups, the internet, aren't built with sensitivity in mind. They're not wrong or bad. They're just not attuned to the subtleties that sensitive people pick up on.
In an overstimulating world that values speed, control, and certainty, being someone who slows down, feels deeply, and questions meaning can feel... out of place. Not because you are wrong. And not because they are wrong. Just because the design hasn't always included this part of you.
What if the solution isn't to change who you are—or try to change everyone else?
Could the solution be to honor your nature, and create conditions that support it?
Reframing Sensitivity as Strength
Being sensitive doesn't mean you're weak. It means your system is finely tuned. You sense subtleties others don't. You process things deeply. You're often the first to notice when something feels off—or when something truly resonates.
That depth can be overwhelming without tools. That tenderness can feel unsafe without boundaries. That gift can feel like a curse without support.
Support That Doesn't Ask You to Be Less
I work with many HSPs—people who've been told their whole lives they need to toughen up or stop feeling so much. At Trueforyou we don't flatten sensitivity—we explore how to turn it up and live in harmony with it.
Together, we explore:
• How to regulate your nervous system without disconnecting from yourself
• How to set boundaries without shutting people out
• How to make space for your sensitivity and show up powerfully in your life
• How to find environments, relationships, and rhythms that meet you
No one is at fault here. Not you. Not them. We're just working with the reality that we're all built differently—and that's allowed.
What If Sensitivity Is Just Another Way of Perceiving Deeply?
So the next time someone says, "You're too sensitive," you don't need to defend yourself or align and agree with them. What if everyone experiences the world through a different lens—and there's space for all of it?
And you? You get to honor your sensitivity instead of judging it.
What if you're not too much? What if you're not too fragile? What if you're exquisitely attuned—and that is quite the superpower?
If you're ready to stop making yourself wrong and start discovering what's actually true for you, I'd love to walk beside you on that journey.
Book a discovery call here.