Are you too sensitive? Should you change? | Marwa Azab | TEDxOakland

Thank you Marwa. You have no idea how much blame i got over my sensitivity since my son got married. In any circumstances , as soon as they feel the don’t want me near , this matter of sensitivity got dragged on the middle and blamed me for it. Recently , my granddaughter who is 6 , has shown whatever a girl at this age would show when she wants something or, when she got upset ( crying) , they have put that on me that because i am sensitive and has shown my sensitivity when my son
was cruel to me , thus my granddaughter has learned that from me. Further more, they have
decided not to let me get close to their children because i am a bad influenced for them. I have shared your speech with my son who is highly educated in medical field , so is his wife ! To listen and see who is a high sensitive person ! I draw and paint and i love it. I am a kind and truly empathetic person. But, recently i have lost all my self esteem because of destructive criticism by my son and indirectly by his wife ! I am an educated registered nurse who i just got retired this year. Thank you and God bless you

I am to sensetive 💔💔😭😭😭.

Thank you for sharing your and others experience of being a Highly Sensitive Person.

Couple this with two narcissistic, highly critical, judgmental and often frightening parents.

I cried out of joy when you mentioned trees bending & nature 😊 ... Thank you for validating my lifelong experience. I just fall in love with myself again !

I will

Despite I try how much more to avoid be sensitive, I couldn't avoid them. What should I do???

Thank you for this. I noticed myself feeling better/a weight lifted during this talk. Thank you.

M too sensitive but all people around me are narcissistic people how to protect my self

this is the best ted talk iv ever watched in my life.
touched me in so many places and feelings.
thank you very much for passing the knowledge to other people :)

Very brilliant, if Nature itself is imperfect, so should I be.

I instantly resonated with Marwa within a minute of her talking. I've felt the same with nearly every video I've seen of someone talking about this subject. Coincidence? 😊 Shout out to my fellow HSP's 🤗😎

I always thought why am I like this? Why I'm not like my friends? They don't care about other people's opinion, they don't get hurt by their words, they are normal. At a point, I started to think that maybe I'm not normal. I feel sad even if I saw a stranger struggling or getting scolded or anything. I'm full of emotions. I always help others and support them but when it's time to support myself I'm unable to do it. I feel so demotivated. I cry over small things and I feel like there is nobody who understands me. And today I found out that I'm normal, just a HSP. I don't know should I do something about it or accept it because I feel like this world isn't a good place for a HSP....

It hurts more when your mother tell you to grow up and be a woman to not be so sensitive:( like 😕 don't my feelings matter

Sensory processing sensitivity. Innate biological trait. Genetic tendencies. Am I a highly sensitive Person? or a highly sensitive circuit board?

Finally, I found myself today! I will not ask myself many curious and sometimes intimidating questions. Thank you so much Dr Azab, this must be a life-changing Tedtalk for many like me. God bless your sensitive heart!!:)

Its cathartic to be told, after 28 years of hearing "why do you take everything to heart?", that you have the potential to be wonderful. I feel like I had been bogged down, suffocating for years trying to emulate people who seem to steer through life seemlessly, but in vain.

Sensitivity is a strength but it takes another people with at least a moderate level of empathy to appreciate that. And the world is increasingly getting rid of empathy. Maybe HSPs are part of the slaughter.

This was wonderful. Also explains why sometimes I just want to run way into nature, alone, and feel like that would make me feel better. Its just my brain asking me to let itself recharge without judgement.

I have learn so much about myself in this video

i finally know what I am, I've been crying for all the video. Thank you

Good job