Pariah | Muse

I promise you that no one is deliberately being “too sensitive” unless they’re intentionally practicing manipulation. 

Usually the difference is abundantly clear. For example, I used to date someone that would say “are you yelling at me?” every time I spoke firmly about my boundaries. That is one hundred percent manipulation. To use the same example, if they’d verbalized their discomfort in a progressive manner (i.e. “I’m not fond of your tone”) that would be entirely different. I’d be more inclined to pull back a bit, apologize, then proceed with more care. But this was not the case. 

For the record, I never raised my voice once. Manipulation. 

Anyway, the point is that not one person on this earth is “too sensitive”. You’ve either hurt someone or you haven’t, and if someone tells you they’ve been hurt, you owe them an apology. It doesn’t matter what you feel you’ve done. You’ve crossed a very real boundary for your opposite and if you can tell that they are not trying to manipulate you by expressing their true emotions, you must make up for it. 

If you’re not sure whether the emotions are true or not, ask questions. Communicate. Try. Most things are solved through thorough conversation, but if you don’t put that effort in, you’ll be calling everyone “too sensitive” forever. You have to try.