FatalHeart
Wisdom's Associate
- Jan 23, 2013
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- Single
I am a very sensitive guy. My feeling get hurt really easily. I OWN THAT. I know that most people will never admit that, or that being sensitive make me week to a lot of people. But it is who I am.
What is wrong with being really sensitive? I am not going kill myself because my feelings were hurt. I am not going to attack the person that offended me. I may pretend that person doesn't exist any more, which is not a punishment toward him for it is not easy relating to me anyways. And I will move on from my hurt feelings.
I have had people try to be friends with me, but I tell them the truth that it is not easy being friends with me. But sometimes they try anyways, and I just can't. Why? Because I am taking a risk.
But my sensitivity hasn't affected my professional life. I will still do my job, even if I have to work with somebody. But I keep it professional. I don't care about his or her personal life. If my grade depends on working with somebody, then so be it. If that person hates me and shows it, my feelings will be hurt, but I will survive and get over it.
Conservatives act like as though hurt feelings make a person week. I don't see anything wrong with them. I was told that it is arrogant to have hurt feelings. How?
I know I am sensitive and I own that. It is who I am. And yes, it makes it hard for me to make friends as a result. But I am still surviving.
What is wrong with being overly sensitive? Don't we have the right to feel what we feel? People act like as though there is something wrong with that.
I am not a tough guy with thick skin. I am quiet and I keep to myself these days, except if I have to work with somebody and my grade depends on it.
Be blunt and don't worry about hurting my feelings. I asked.
"The wise man will avoid all extremes." Remember that as a Christian you should be living to please God, which means that if He calls you to something or to behave a certain way, your feelings do not come first, but God's feelings come first. The only way feeling strongly can be arrogant is when it gets in the way of what God wants. God made you as a sensitive person. Good. It means you hold a special position to help those it helps you understand, but if you let your feelings rule you more than God's laws or desires, then you become evil and your feelings are actually wrong to follow. I say wrong to follow, not wrong to feel. There are times when we may worship ourselves or our own feelings, letting them take greater preference over and define the truth, instead of letting God's voice or truth reign, in which case, we are wrong. Not all feelings are created equal. Not everything you feel is going to be righteous. Your feelings can actually be evil, selfish, arrogant, rude. Remember that sin comes from the heart. It's in those times you let God lead your heart, change who you are, rather than letting your heart lead itself into oblivion. But as you grow mature in Christ and read the Bible, the Holy Spirit will show you where you do need to change. We all need to change. Those who are not sensitive are ignoring a part of who they should be and sin because they lack kindness, awareness, and understanding, but there is another extreme of being so sensitive that you let what you feel be more important than God's will for your life. Both of these are wrong.
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