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Are People Becoming Too Sensitive?

Are People Becoming Too Sensitive?

I notice a lot of people in the world are becoming sensitive about any little thing they deem not acceptable to them. They complain, gripe and become offended because it does not go the way they want. Does the world revolve around one person? Is everything done up for debate? This is something I just do not understand. To me such people have not experienced much difficulty and should go give some service to those who have no food or sweep the roadside of their community so they can see that there is a lot more to life than just what they think. I should mention that people who have come from an abusive environment or have special needs may naturally have sensitivity issues but I am NOT talking about them. What are your thoughts?

Sensitive Too People Are

In my opinion, people are stressed, stressed and more stressed. The expectations and pace of life has increased rapidly these past few centuries. Once upon a time people did not bother about learning to read or write unless they were appointed by the King as a scribe, priest or similar appointment. Now there are eight year olds that can read whole novels and understand basic programming principles.
Employers want more skills at a cheaper rate. People with degrees are working in entry level jobs just to put food on the table. Stress makes people overly sensitive to issues.

Are People Becoming Too Sensitive? Health & Special Psychology

That is a very good perspective to consider in the Topic - people are pent up because they are essentially forced to live by ideals that they have not established for themselves. Then they will have to understand that they need to channel their sensitivity into ways of releasing their anxieties for instance: exercise, hobbies, etc. The fact is we all have problems and stress and they are not a universe unto themselves.

Sensitive Too People Are

Very true. Consider these stats:-

Source - anger-management-action

I wish that I could have found these statistics for my country, but UK stats were the next best based on my area. I quoted these stats because anger is one of the ways that people express themselves when life does not go their way, or they find the situation at present unsatisfactory.

People in general have become more demanding in mindset, insistent in their request for compliance to their own ideals, standards, values, morals and opinions. They have developed the stressful ' everything needs to follow my plan' approach instead of the less stressful 'I prefer things to go my way, but if it doesn't ....'.

Personally, I find that a belief system helps. When a person chooses to simply trust in a force bigger than one's self, it is easier to accept that we don't control everything and a million times easier to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. And if that should ever fail, we should never underestimate the power of positive thinking. It is very hard to be stressed about the glass being half empty, if you are too happy or excited about the glass being half full.

Sensitive Too People Are

People in general are overly sensitive. If you say something in the wrong tone or look at them in a way they feel "offends" them they throw a tantrum like if they are 3 years old! When I hear someone describing themselves as thin skinned, easily offended or overly sensitive, I run as fast as I can!