How to be mindful of extra sensitive people 🌊☁️☀️
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Mindfulness 🐚
They hold onto criticism.
Consider the impact of your words and take the approach of least harm.
They will take things personally
They don’t have the barriers needed to let go of what feels like an emotional threat to them.
Soften your tone.
Be calm & gentle. They react to your tone more than your words.
Validate the feeling, not the logic.
Their triggers will not be rational, you don’t need to agree with their interpretation
Their neediness is valid.
They value deep connection and fear loneliness, this can make them vulnerable in relationships.
Offer your presence, don’t try to ‘edit’ them
You cannot help by ‘correcting’ their lens, let go of judgement.
Don’t tell them how they should feel
You don’t control their feelings, you can only navigate through the waves.
They feel emotions more intensely and deeply
Acknowledge that “It’s not how I would feel, but it is true for them”
Remind yourself that they aren’t being ‘dramatic’ on purpose
Their overreactions are not ego-driven.
Respect that they feel how they do
You will not understand the reason why break down, you don’t need to.
Self-reflections ☂️
“It’s impossible to calm a wave mid-ocean-
I can only navigate through it or wait it out”
“I don’t personally feel the same way, but I understand that this matters
“They’re triggered- I don’t need to argue with the alarm”
I just don’t need to set it off further
“Everyone shows irrationality, this is how they show theirs”
This doesn’t make them weak, because I have my flaws too. My behaviour is not superior.
