I remember always being told how sensitive I was and sometimes being told I was “overly sensitive.” I would get confused because I didn’t view the way I was as a bad thing, but I guess some people did.

Of course, I’ll admit that I was, and still am, a very sensitive person. I’m that person who will cry at the commercials with cute dogs or the sad ones about abused animals. I cry when I’m happy, and I cry when I’m sad.

Sometimes, it can be a real pain.

I think way too much about little things that most people wouldn’t think twice about. I react in seemingly extreme manners at times and get “way too upset” over everyday things.

The thing about being sensitive is that various events hit you in different ways that you might not ever expect and in ways that others might be shocked by. It’s hard for me to even have an idea, at times, as to how something would truly affect me.

All of these things have sometimes aggravated me. I mean, who likes to be that person who is sometimes even viewed as a “baby” over a personality trait that they can’t change?

But now, I’ve learned to embrace it.

I think being sensitive really shaped me as a person. I care a lot about people and their feelings. I never want to be someone who will hurt people's feelings.

We’ve all heard the saying “do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” haven’t we?

That really sticks with me because of this trait. I always think of the feelings of others first, which can sometimes be both a blessing and a curse. I really consider the impacts of the things I am going to do or things that could happen before it actually occurs so that I can be more prepared for how something may play out.

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So, maybe I take that way more to heart. While I will definitely be the first person to admit that being as sensitive as I am sometimes stinks, I also recognize how much it makes me who I am.

I view myself as someone who will always have someone else’s back, no matter what the past has shown and someone who will always do what they can in order to help someone or care for them.

I don’t know if I’d be that same person if I hadn’t have experienced what it’s like to be sensitive and take things so to heart.

I’m proud of the person that I am, even if that person can be a little “overly sensitive.”

I wouldn’t want it any other way.