Is being sensitive a personality trait?
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Being overly sensitive is a trait. It is who you are. Don't change who you are.
I've been told that I'm too sensitive as well. Just out of curiosity I did a internet search a while about it and this is what I can up with (its wordy but well worth the read):
If you find you are a highly sensitive person, or your child is, then you need to be aware of the following points:
- This trait is normal--it is inherited by 15 to 20% of the population, and indeed the same percentage seems to be present in all higher animals.
- Being an HSP means your nervous system is more sensitive to subtleties. Your sight, hearing, and sense of smell are not necessarily keener (although they may be). But your brain processes information and reflects on it more deeply.
- Being an HSP also means, necessarily, that you are more easily overstimulated, stressed out, overwhelmed.
- This trait is not something new I discovered--it has been mislabeled as shyness (not an inherited trait), introversion (30% of HSPs are actually extraverts), inhibitedness, fearfulness, and the like. HSPs can be these, but none of these are the fundamental trait they have inherited.
- The reason for these negative misnomers and general lack of research on the subject is that in this culture being tough and outgoing is the preferred or ideal personality--not high sensitivity. (Therefore in the past the research focus has been on sensitivity's potential negative impact on sociability and boldness, not the phenomenon itself or its purpose.) This cultural bias affects HSPs as much as their trait affects them, as I am sure you realize. Even those who loved you probably told you, "don't be so sensitive," making you feel abnormal when in fact you could do nothing about it and it is not abnormal at all.
I think it can be changed but if it's one of your traits than try to improve it.
I Think It Is A Personality Trait And Some People Are Affected More Than Others, It Can Be Changed And Its Really Not About What You Say But How You Say It..
I think you don't have to change who you are. People's personality is something unique, if you are sensitive and you wanna change that is ok (ITS OK ONLY IF YOU WANNA CHANGE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO, NOT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE!), because its your personality (yoursss! no 1 else).
In my opinion being sensitive is not bad...But if you really sensitive, you have to think things a lot (over nd over) after something happens. Because when something bad happens to you, it would affect you more than to a person who is less sensitive =)...
My english is not so good, But I hope I helped you.
It is true that you learn something new every day. I want to thank bamboo_sista for the link hsperson.com.
I took the test for my son & I and we scored off the charts. That would explain why I cry like a river watching the news, reading an article etc. Neither one of us can tolerate loud noises & my son often complains about the tags in his cloths. If I am in a room where someone’s attitude is nasty I feel uncomfortable and I try not to absorb what they are giving off. I can sense when someone is down etc
I am blown away really by this and I will continue to research it further
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