The human mind and psyche are very complex. We’re still not totally certain how all of it works. Dreaming, emotions, memory, and the brain, for as complex as it is can be fooled and tricked easily, misleading perceptions. Most perplexingly, is that every brain is different. While they may share emotions, they may react to certain situations differently, and have different opinions about the same things. Some people get angrier than others, igniting passionate debates and arguments with others, some people get more nervous and timid than other people, going through their day with anxiety, always tense and on guard. Some people are more sensitive than others, with very thin skins they go through their day and this can be dangerous.

Here’s a fact of life; people are cruel. Not everyone will want to be your friend or be nice to you, regardless of whether they should or not. Some people are just that surly; some people do it just for fun. Prevalent on the internet is this sort of ‘mean culture.’ People will sling insults, regardless of whether they fit a situation or not for the sake of being insulting or offensive. These people tend to mean nothing by it, it’s just how they talk or choose to express themselves, however, and people who are too sensitive don’t know how to deal with these kinds of people. They take everything at face value, which causes them to get worked up. This is where things go bad. More often than not, they end up looking obnoxious or like a spaz, while the insulter just sort of soaks it in. Some people get enjoyment out of watching these outbursts of sensitivity. Some even take it to more depressing extremes and hurt themselves or others.

Sensitivity can be a dangerous emotion that can have dangerous consequences. So what’s the solution? People can’t just be made to not be cruel. Cruelty seems to be a part of our primitive brains, and some part of all of us gets a thrill from mocking others. So, should sensitive people toughen up? Perhaps…learn to ignore others and how to deflect insults with humor.