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VERED BRETT | Abstract art | Original paintings on Instagram: "True story… 

Ever been told your sensitivity is your weakness? That it’s something to hide, feel ashamed of, or “fix”?

For years, since I can remember, I believed that being highly sensitive was a fault in my personality. I hid it, I tried to change it, and I felt like it made me a failure in the eyes of my family, and later on, with other people. 

On my first job interview, I was asked (as they always do), to name one thing I would improve about myself. What did I naively say? 

My sensitivity. 😞

But I couldn’t explain why it was a bad thing to the interviewer. I didn’t get that job (thankfully) but it stuck with me that I couldn’t explain why being very sensitive is bad. So I analysed it. 

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VERED BRETT | Abstract art | Original paintings on Instagram: "True story… Ever been told your sensitivity is your weakness? That it’s something to hide, feel ashamed of, or “fix”? For years, since I can remember, I believed that being highly sensitive was a fault in my personality. I hid it, I tried to change it, and I felt like it made me a failure in the eyes of my family, and later on, with other people. On my first job interview, I was asked (as they always do), to name one thing I…

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