Signs you are too Sensitive to Criticism
Being too sensitive to criticism is something that many people do not wish to admit to, but actually is a problem that many people have. If you are overly sensitive, it can cause problems in your relationships as well as in your professional life and even in your social life. It is best if you can overcome this problem, but first you have to recognize it and that takes some careful self-reflection. There are a few signs that you can look for to tell if you are overly sensitive, or if it is something or someone else.One of the first questions you will need to ask yourself is if you are suffering from low self-esteem. This is a sign that can go one of a few ways. It may be that you are too sensitive. It may be that you are overly critical of yourself. It may even be that someone close to you is too critical of you. No matter what the case, it is something that you need to take a closer look at.If you have determined that your self-esteem is low, you need to start thinking about the things that make you feel badly about yourself. If it is something that is within you, then it's not the criticism of others that you need to worry about. If it's only one person's criticism, then that is a person that you probably don't need in your life. If it is any criticism that you receive from anyone, this could be a sign that you are too sensitive, and you need to take a good long look at yourself and figure out what is worth listening to, what is worth discarding, and what is worth the effort to change.Another sign that you may be too sensitive is crying easily. There are some people who never cry at all, and others who cry at the drop of a hat. If you are one of the latter, it is likely that you are being overly sensitive. While it may seem like you cannot help it, you can gradually build up a resistance to the criticism you receive by simply thinking before you react. Decide if it is something you need to change, or if it's something that one person thinks and makes no difference to you. However, just because you don't cry, doesn't always mean that you are not too sensitive. Sometimes that lack of crying means that you are just afraid to show how sensitive you are, and you may be internalizing too much.If you find that you are too sensitive, you need to learn to think before you react. This may be easier said than done in most cases, but it is possible. It takes time, and as you learn, be careful not to over-criticize yourself when you don't get it quite right and fall back to reacting in the old ways. Just start over again from scratch, and each time, you will be able to go longer and build up more of an immunity to the critcisms that don't matter, as well as having more self-reflection over the ones that do. Be patient with yourself and you will get better.
