[Pu the Owl]

Originally posted by Redpyramidhead

The very meaning of being sensitive means sensitive to others feelings. I think what Hylas is talking about is "fragile" or "handle with care" people.

I said "often", not all of the time. Sensitive people are usually people that feel so intesely that they sort of need, consciously or not, to interiorize their point of view on things and also on events. Sometimes for this reason they can seem to others to only be able to see things following their own sensibility, thus the label of "selfishness". "Fragile" people, as you call them, are weak, while sensitive people are not necessarily weak. Also, being sensitive doesn't mean they're always open-minded regarding others' sensibility or needs as well. There are people whose sensibility is more projected on the inside of their person, and others whose sensibility is projected on the outside.

Anyway, the description Hylas offered, and that's why I couldn't agree with most of her post, which I think was more a result of a moment of anger than real thought, is the one of a manipulative carefree person. Of course this kind of persons call themselves sensitive, since it's an easy way to say "Shut up, I can do whatever I want", but that is not the description of a genuinely sensitive person, at least from Hylas' words it isn't. She said they can act pretty well when necessary. This means they do it consciously, while I don't think simulating sorrow consciously is a trait of a sensitive person's character, at least not in a crucial moment. In case they fake a little or exaggerate their reactions to impress, it's an occasional form of self-defense, not an habit to inflict pain on others and be proud of it.

Originally posted by Vicious_2003

By sensative people you mean "Women" right.

I won't even waste time to reply to this. It's clearly blasphemy