According to one clinical psychologist, many sensitive people are one of two emotional energy types.
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Below, Dr. Manly breaks down what it means to be one or the other in more detail.
Velcro types allow things to stick with them, and risk these becoming lasting issues and insecurities.
To be clear, being like waxed paperdoesntmean ignoring or rejecting your own or someone elses emotions.
clinical psychologist, life fulfillment expert, and author ofDate Smart,Joy From Fear, andAging Joyfully
The waxed paper emotional energy key in, however, is much more fluid and self-assured.
How can you avoid collecting more emotional burs and release any youve already accumulated?
If this comment rubs you the wrong way, get curious about why before you respond.
Are there indicators that this person is being passive aggressive and attempting to insult you?
Are you self-conscious about not being perceived as lazy?
These could be scenarios that could create an emotional bur.
But they dont have to.
to figure out exactly how to interpret it.
That pause can help you not take the comment personally, or worse, react in a defensive way.
clinical psychologist, life fulfillment expert, and author ofDate Smart,Joy From Fear, andAging Joyfully
Know that youre not doomed to be in the Velcro state forever.
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