You've been told you're too sensitive about injustice
You notice injustice — the slights, the unfairness, the wrongs others wave off — and you are told you are too sensitive, that you see problems where there are none, take things too seriously, make too much of it. It makes you doubt your own perception, wonder if you are overreacting, and question whether the wrongs you see are real or imagined.
When I named my age's injustices, I too was told I made too much of things — so I know this dismissal and its function. Your sensitivity is accurate perception, not oversensitivity — you notice the wrong because you are attuned to it, having felt it, while those who call you too sensitive have the luxury of not noticing what does not touch them, so your sensitivity is a finer instrument, not a distortion; you see what they prefer not to see. The charge is a tool to make you doubt your own sight — it shifts the problem from the injustice to your supposed overreaction, a gaslighting that teaches you to distrust your clear perception, so refuse the maneuver and hold to what you have seen. And keep your sensitivity, and choose your battles with it — do not numb the faculty that lets you perceive injustice, but be strategic about which perceptions you act on, for sensitivity is your gift and discretion your strategy. What did you name that got you called too sensitive?
What changes unlock by starting
- You see your sensitivity as accurate perception
- You refuse the charge that makes you doubt your sight
- You keep your moral sensitivity intact
- You choose your battles with it strategically