Extreme sensitivity to criticism
Are you extremely sensitive to criticism?
Do you feel really bad whenever someone criticizes you?
Extreme sensitivity to criticism is certainly a problem that could
make your life intolerable. After all if every single critical comment
can change your mood and make you feel downfor a day or two then you
will always be feeling down as long as you are meeting people.
Whileextreme sensitively to criticismis an annoying problem still it
can be dealt with in a very short period of time if you understood few
key concepts about emotional sensitivity. In this article i will tell
you how to get rid of your sensitivity to criticism.
Understanding extreme sensitivity to criticism
In my previous article dealing with criticismi said that criticism
only hurts when it touches an already existing wound.
We become extremely sensitive to criticism when we already have a
certain wound that we remember whenever someone criticizes us.
For example if you are too concerned because you are not successfulor
even because you consider yourself a failure then most likely you will
be extremely sensitive to any critical comment that questions your
competence.
Depending on the number of the wounds you have you might be able to
tolerate criticism in certain areas while being extremely sensitive to
it in other areas.
If you get high grades each year but have no friendsthen you will
tolerate criticism when it comes to questioning your intelligence or
dedication but as soon as someone criticizes your social skills you
will feel really bad.
Dealing with extreme sensitivity to criticism
There is only one way to get rid of your extreme sensitivity to
criticism which is to heal your wounds completely.
Stop running from your fearsand write down the wounds that are making
you sensitive to criticism. As soon as you sort them out write an
ambitious plan that helps you heal all of those woundsone by one.
If you started working on your plan with some dedication you will
discover that your extreme sensitivity to criticism is becoming lower.
As you progress through the plan this sensitivity will keep going
lower and lower until it will disappear completely.
Our Article is not a complicated medical website nor a boring online
encyclopedia but rather a place where you will find simple, to the
point and effective information that is backed by psychology and
presented in a simple way that you can understand and apply.