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Sensitivity Is Strength

If you tend to feel ashamed of your emotions, it might be time to dig through your shame in order to unearth your core exuberant, loving, passionate self.

Heather Havrilesky
Jul 24, 2024
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All Is Illusion, Maybe (1973) by Dorothea Tanning

Dear Polly,

This post (Being Sensitive and Emotional Isn’t Easy) was so timely. Thank you times a hundred for writing it. I have hidden my sensitivity, led with it, bludgeoned others and myself with it, tried to fit it into boxes — forever. You're right. Learning how to wield the tool of sensitivity is NOT…

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