I was always told that I am a sensitive man. I felt that being sensitive is a gift and that I would be better able to empathize with people and build better relationships romantic or otherwise. But overtime I realized, being sensitive hurts me a great deal in various aspects. It seems like people sympathize with emotional men more than they respect. My Ex GF broke up with me recently, even though I was good BF to her despite her being a bad GF to me. Though the breakup was not mainly because of my sensitive nature, my ex told me something that is not getting out of my head. She said that she has a lot of “sympathy” for me that she didn’t break up earlier because I am “sensitive”. It felt like she had all the control despite it was me who put most in the relationship. Ironically after the breakup I realized how terrible GF she has been and it’s me who should have broken up way before. After that I realized how sensitive I have become with time. I get hurt by the smallest things where I put effort into something but other people don’t reciprocate it back. I developed anxiety over time because of various life events. So I easily get anxious when someone shouts loudly, assuming something might have happened.
The bottom line is, I don’t know if it’s my sensitive nature that I should suppress or it is just the emotional regulation I should work on or something else? And how do I do it? submitted by /u/Quieter22
Originally posted by u/Quieter22 on r/AskMen
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