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Being Sensitive is a Way of Life Delicate, fragile, sore all synonyms for the word sensitive. Did you also know words such as careful, thoughtful, compassionate, and understanding, are also synonyms for sensitive? How is sensitivity viewed in society? I’d say that it varies from generation to generation. From my life experience I’d say many young people view it as a sign of weakness, almost like survival ofthe fittest. Can being sensitive really be a weakness though? Yes, but only if you allow it to be. Can being sensitive be a strength, yes. The words delicate and fragile are almost viewed as warnings. If something is fragile you might think I should avoid that all together, but doesn't being fragile also give things a value. A value that …show more content…
Since I was young I got in trouble a lot at school. This resulted in losing many of my friends, because they didn't want to get in trouble. Fairly quickly I was labeled by the other students and even the staff. In sixth grade I was asked to leave the school, as you could imagine my parents were disappointed and heartbroken as was I. This made me take a step back and look at life and where I wanted to go. I made the necessary changes as much as I could, and the new school was great. Something still had to change though, and I couldn't quite figure out what. When I got to highschool I did, my sophomore year the best and worst year of my life. It was hard to get through I was going through a very hard time in school as I was a loner. It was also very eye opening though I realized I was looking at the world half empty not appreciating what I had, and I didnt need to do that. Quickly that changed, and I was much happier as time went on. It turned into me wanting to learn and understand my own feelings of why I can be so happy and then sad the next moment. I needed to understand why, through my looking I found out many people feel the same way but for different reasons. I now wished to understand others as much as myself. I became sensitive without even knowing it, when I realised this I was happy I knew why I felt the way I did. Looking into it I didn’t know if it was good or bad, but looking at my family and few friends I had I realized that they were all good people, so that must make me a good person as well. I know this may not get the point across, but it's hard to explain if you haven't seen it yourself. I consider myself to be a strong sensitive person, because I don’t live solely on the sensitivity aspect. I incorporate logic and adaptability with it to make it a strong bond. Let me explain. If your boss yells at you do you cry and have a pity party, or do you