{"id":99874,"date":"2018-09-04T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=99874"},"modified":"2023-03-14T05:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T05:03:37","slug":"how-can-i-be-less-sensitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/how-can-i-be-less-sensitive.htm","title":{"rendered":"“How Can I Be Less Sensitive?” Techniques That Help"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Aaron Tait<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

Constantly told you overreact? Do your emotions ruin relationships and opportunities? Leaving you wondering ‘how can I be less sensitive?”<\/p>\n

Why am I so emotionally oversensitive?<\/h2>\n

Often wonder, “Why me? Why am I so oversensitive?<\/a>“. Genetics can contribute. But even if we are born more prone to be sensitive<\/a>, we’d need to live through environments that trigger it.<\/p>\n

Trauma<\/a> in particular causes emotional sensitivity.<\/strong>\u00a0It’s as if our brains want to protect us from further trauma<\/a>, so overreact<\/a> as a way to protect us. We can even end up with borderline personality disorder<\/a>, or a diagnosis of emotional dysregulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Techniques that don\u2019t work at all<\/h2>\n

Often sensitive people come up with their own methods to be less sensitive.<\/strong> These include things like:<\/p>\n