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Sandra's avatar

Your article describes me perfectly! And yes, decades of this. But I am getting stronger by the day and am very hopeful that I can get over this. Gave up on my not very helpful therapist.💕

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Will Watson's avatar

Stronger by the day is an amazing way to go through life Sandra! And don’t let one mismatched therapist keeping you from looking for another, the right one for you is out there! ♥️

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Sandra's avatar

I’m getting ready to find one here and do telehealth! 💕

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Donna Lavecchia's avatar

Oh the games they play as they empty your wallet 😢.

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Will Watson's avatar

There are bad seeds in every profession, but speaking from personal experience, there are life-changing ones too! Don’t give up hope! (Someone once said to me about finding a therapist “hire slow, fire fast” and that approach has worked well for me.)

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Sandra's avatar

“Hire slow, fire fast!” Easy to remember and helpful! Thanks, Will!

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Sandra's avatar

Luckily that never happened to me. Sorry it happened to you, Donna. 💕

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Nadja Maril's avatar

The price we pay for being human and opening our souls to pain...

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Will Watson's avatar

A steep price, but not one I’d trade for anything else.

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Nadine's avatar

As a highly sensitive and empathic person, I totally resonate with what's said. And this is what I've realized as well in my self-discovery: to give myself all that I was so generously giving others. And to know my limits and boundaries. Without closing the heart, but with being selective of who's getting access to it as well. 👁️👁️👁️

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Danielle Uhl's avatar

I feel this article so hard!

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Sandra's avatar

I am reading Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents right now! 💕

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Will Watson's avatar

I wish I could read it again for the first time!

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Sandra's avatar

Have a feeling I will be giving it a few reads, at least! So I know what you mean!

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Cassandra Zilinsky's avatar

LOVE 💕 this SO MUCH! 🥰🙌💫🦋🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Thank you! 🙏

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Will Watson's avatar

I’m so glad Cassandra! Thank you! 💛

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Julie Freeman's avatar

Beautiful.

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Grace Drigo's avatar

I posted a note a while back that said: “ I wonder if sometimes it’s better to be blissfully oblivious rather than painfully aware.”

High sensitivity is both a gift and a curse depending on the situation and it’s taken a long time to fully accept that this is who I am, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything; yes it may hurt more but it also means we feel things like passion to a greater degree.🩵

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Kate Mapother's avatar

Thank you for this.

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sue easley's avatar

Love this🩵

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Fierce Goat's avatar

THIS...To be sensitive with our own pains. Be intuitive with our own needs. Be kind in the very same places where all our woundings live.

The places they abandoned, and we can no longer afford to.

OMG Will! This HIT me smack on the forehead. Thank YOU!

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Ramona Walmsley's avatar

I recommend your book to my clients on a regular basis - thank u for writing it!

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Donna Lavecchia's avatar

Every Word Resonated With Me ❤️🙏.

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Will Watson's avatar

Awesome Donna, that makes me so happy to hear. Thank you my friend. ♥️

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Donna Lavecchia's avatar

I still watch Sensitive the Untold Story every so often, to get a refresher look at who I am and So Relate to Alannis Morissette’s song—That I Would be Good. I didn’t become famous but was similarly exploited.

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