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I am brand new to this group. I have been crying most of the day today and have been even annoyed and irritated with myself for being so highly sensitive. I love it that I am highly sensitive when it comes to the positives. Many people are drawn to me and my personality just because of that quality. I like doing the little things for others, building up each person I meet along my way. My problem comes when I am highly sensitive on the other end of the spectrum. Someone may bluntly say something directed at me which strikes a chord and instantly causes my heart to hurt which then causes me to cry for an hour, a day, sometimes many days. Or in the case of my divorce 2 years ago, after 31 years of marriage, well I am not exaggerating to say that I have cried at some point each and every day during those 2 years. Every day there was all the ugliness from the divorce staring me in the face, all the raw feelings, my adult kids taking sides.....I really seriously doubted I would ever get through all the pain and remain intact. And I am not joking when I say that all that crying literally placed vertical lines on my forehead, from the way I always scrunch up my face when I cry. Well, anyway, I am glad there are others out there who are highly sensitive like me. I have mostly considered it a negative trait as I tend to think of people or situations with my heart rather than with my head. Sometimes this is good; a lot of times it is not. It is interesting that many of you think of being HS as a positive trait. Love to all of you.