9 times out of 10 people's negative reactions towards you have EVERYTHING to do with what is or isn't going on in their lives. I've found that taking that understanding to and really accepting it deeply has changed how I deal with and process lots of information.

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{Somebody's gotta be the HERO... Might as well be ME.}
"When a friend's in trouble, don't insult him/her by asking what you can do, think for yourself and start doing it." - Unknown

Thank you so much... I'll try to think of it that way when I encounter those kind of people from now on.

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Lacey
The Animatress
Give Love a Try

There are two important sides to dealing with being over sensitive in your life in general

On regards to everyday situations, you only have to maintain perspective:

You are what you are, if you love what ever that is, and you are comfortable with the understanding that you are not perfect, that not everyone will agree with your thoughts, that a lot of times letting you know about that disagreement will be done in a crude and clumsy way probably influenced with what ever feelings of inadecuacy, complexes and just basic stupidity. That no matter how good you might consider yourself, how sweet, loving, open and friendly, there will always be unhappy and bitter people, with their own problems and lack of knowledge of how to deal with them, and that these people, when ever they cross your path, will not be receptive to what ever good you might have to offer.

But the most important thing about maintaining perspective, is the understanding that none of these attitudes, harsh words and angry feelings will change who you are, your self, your core being. Let these bad vibes, these nasty words and expressions wash over you, don't let them linger, treat them as what they are: empty, with no depth, and sometimes even no real bad intentions just bad judgment and temporary anger.
The wind will take them away, and they will leave no scar, they will not imprint themselves on you.
They don't matter and they should not affect you because they have no value.

Listen only to constructive criticism or honest conversation regarding something you might be doing wrong and that needs addressing, given in a friendly matter with a well modulated tone of voice, the rest is just background noise.

About being too open in a love relation (related to this thing of being open to getting your heart broken):

Trust love, and trust your judgment regarding it. Be open, honest and direct. Learn to read behaviors. Don't indispose or predispose yourself, but don't be somebody's door mat either
You will get hurt in love, there's no stopping it. Things will sometimes not work out the way you want at all. Understand this is part of life, let it make you a better person, but don't build a wall. Don't numb yourself to love for fear of being vulnerable. A coward's way of dealing with it, is to hide in a thick shell, in a hardened armor nothing can penetrate.
Because the truth of the matter is, some time, sooner or later, something WILL penetrate, and if you haven't trained your heart in picking itself up, dusting itself off and getting on with life every time it got hurt, your heart will not have developed a tough yet flexible skin to it, resilient yet warm, capable each time to react even better than the last time it got kicked in the groin. Having a shell is just like being an egg. The moment something actually gets through, your "inner" protected part will be TOO tender and easy prey, and you will get CRUSHED, just like stepping on an egg, and it will be extremely hard to deal with the hurt and sorrow.
People that build shells, that get a protective armor, when they get hurt, they build even more walls, becoming sad a bitter people who see no joy in life. They can't smell the flowers or feel the rain, their shell keeps them in, cold and lonely.

Don't be afraid of getting hurt, it will always be a learning experience and you will always come out a better person at the other end.

Have a great day!

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"Life offers no bad or unfair things. No foul luck.
Just challenges and opportunities to become a better person"
Myself.

MY PERSONAL WEBSITE

Wow. I was going to say something, but you've pretty much cover all the bases there. Well done.

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- Trisha Fate
The Afrodiseum
afrodiseum.blogspot.com

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- Trisha Fate
The Afrodiseum
afrodiseum.blogspot.com

MY CHAT: [link]

CURATOR'S ACCOUNT: *NCWeber

Well, hope it's something useful to anyone who reads it

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"Life offers no bad or unfair things. No foul luck.
Just challenges and opportunities to become a better person"
Myself.

MY PERSONAL WEBSITE

people can be jerks. especially on the internet. just don't take it to heart.

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new, improved, and back from japan!

Imma try

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Lacey
The Animatress
Give Love a Try

Thankies ^_^ go look what someone wrote on my profile page! Some racist jerk...

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Lacey
The Animatress
Give Love a Try