A love letter to the emotionally intense
The Strength of Sensitivity: A Love Letter to the Emotionally Intense In a world that celebrates detachment, we’ve glorified the phrases like “I don’t care,” “I’m unbothered,” and “I’m a savage.” We’re in a generation that wears emotional numbness like armor, where being “a bad bitch” often means being cold, distant, and unaffected. But I’ve realized something — behind many of those hard shells are hearts that break easily, souls that feel too much, and minds that battle silently with overwhelming emotion. And you know what? That doesn’t make them weak. It makes them human — deeply, courageously human. We rarely talk about those who feel everything deeply. The ones who get emotionally affected, sometimes by the smallest of things. The ones who have breakdowns that nobody sees, or worse, the ones that people laugh at. The ones who are called “too sensitive,” as if it’s a flaw. But I believe — no, I know — that it takes immense strength to be vulnerable in a world that punishes vul...