Two ideas—hypersensitivity and resilience—seem at first glance to be at odds with one another.
In our European culture, a person who is hypersensitive is typically seen as a weak individual who is greatly impacted by life's events. Other cultures, like Japanese culture, value sensitivity, so this is not the case there. On the other hand, someone who is resilient is thought to be able to endure adversity without suffering and to bounce back quickly.
However, the prevailing wisdom in these two cases is flat-out incorrect, or at the very least reductive.
The fact that these two ideas have become more and more popular in recent years unites them.
Some media outlets are quick to latch onto a "trendy" topic and over-popularize it in order to bring it to the public's attention. However, because descriptions are oversimplified, they become meaningless generalisations that ignore the complexity and individuality of human nature.
In this essay, I will discuss the connection between hypersensitivity and resilience from the perspective of someone who is personally invested in both subjects.
My personal life experience, professional research, audience interactions, and readings on these topics have all been combined to form this opinion.
Even though it's subjective, some people might find what they're looking for.
And I will have succeeded in my life's mission if these few words can inspire you, the hypersensitive reader, to be yourself without denying your exquisite sensitivity.
Inherent to the human species is sensitivity.
Our society typically equates sensitivity with frailty.
Sensitivity is a trait that all people have, whether it is exaggerated as in the hypersensitive or not.
Depending on the circumstances of life, the family, the cultural environment, and the social environment, it is developed, whether sufficiently or not.
The term "hypersensitivity" doesn't sit well with me. It is evocative and well-known to the general public, so I use it. The parties involved immediately recognise one another.
However, the prefix "hyper" is used to denote a quality's superiority or exaggeration.
Which could refer to a person who is "above the rest" or who is "abnormal." which, in both instances, is untrue.
Therefore, when I refer to "different sensibilities," I don't intend to imply that some people are better or worse than others in terms of their overall worth.
Every individual has unique characteristics, whether they are hypersensitive or not.
However, I consistently notice that a new hypersensitive person has a sense of being "different" and I have had this experience as well.
Yes, being hypersensitive makes you feel out of place in a social setting. Indeed, we frequently feel alienated and misunderstood.
Fortunately, there are ways to eliminate these unpleasant emotions.