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The POWER and the GIFT of BEING SENSITIVE - Intuitive Mentoring

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this is where i st<strong>and</strong><br />

I can’t deal with it. I get overwhelmed, even though I know<br />

this sensitivity is a gift. So I tend to avoid o<strong>the</strong>r people.<br />

I have gotten so good at<br />

avoiding everything<br />

As soon as I get over-stimulated, it makes more pain, so I<br />

avoid it. I have gotten so good at avoiding everything. I’m<br />

a combination <strong>of</strong> sensitivity <strong>and</strong> toughness. I’ve toughed it<br />

through a lot <strong>of</strong> stuff. As a child I learned how not to show<br />

what I was feeling. My mom didn’t like sensitivity in her children.<br />

We learned really quickly not to show or say our feelings.<br />

I was really quiet, didn’t get involved with o<strong>the</strong>r people.<br />

I’m a combination<br />

<strong>of</strong> sensitivity <strong>and</strong> toughness<br />

In my years married to a drinker I would go to <strong>the</strong> bar with<br />

him, but I would drink tomato juice. I never participated, I<br />

sat with my back against <strong>the</strong> wall. I looked after everybody.<br />

Afterwards I would lie awake from all that I had experienced.<br />

I was devastated by all <strong>the</strong> pain that all <strong>the</strong>se people were in.<br />

I didn’t underst<strong>and</strong> that I had a more than average ability to<br />

feel o<strong>the</strong>r people’s stuff.<br />

I didn’t underst<strong>and</strong> that<br />

I had a more than average ability to<br />

feel o<strong>the</strong>r peoples’ stuff<br />

© Rue Hass 2005 35 <strong>Intuitive</strong><strong>Mentoring</strong>.com<br />

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