QotD: Sensitivity Chip

May 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM
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What are you most sensitive about?

Two things.

1 - Anything that anyone might say that might imply that I'm not doing a good job at something. Obviously I know I'm not perfect, and of course I want to know if I need to improve the way I do something. But the message is sometimes hard to take. I take a lot of things personally that I shouldn't. But I'm getting better about it, slowly. I'm learning to look at criticisms more objectively, especially when they really aren't criticisms.

2 - On a much more serious and important note, it just kills me when I hear stories in the news (or anyplace else) of children being abused. Just looking at those words I just typed makes me want to cry. I seriously had to stop reading FOXNews.com except the headlines because there were just too many horrible things happening to kids. I feel like a jerk for burying my head in the sand, but what can I do? I just want kids to not have to hurt. They don't deserve to be mistreated, especially by the people they trust. How can someone mistreat their own child? Selfish, selfish parents. You need a license to cut hair but any moron can have a child. It's just not right. Ugh.

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I'm going to go ahead and cut and paste this for my own blog. Both of those drive me crazy. I love my boss, but like, .5% of the time she gets this tone to her voices that says, "What? Are you stupid?" And I haaaaate it. I'm very good at my job so it grates on me like nothing else when it's insinuated that I'm not good.

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ditto on #1 and #2. i'm trying to get better too (#1).

;o)

I am so with you on both of these. I have status update meetings at work every 2 weeks, and I absolutely dread them because my team is always behind on things. We go through our project plan and talk about where we are behind and what has to happen, and I sit there cringing and wanting to cry. Logically I KNOW no one in management is critiquing me, since not having enough human resources on our team has been documented as a huge risk. And even knowing that, I still can't help but take it personally.

i'm with you on both...

and #2... gosh. that kinda stuff upset me BEFORE i had mia. and now that i have her??? oh my gosh. i could just cry... and i TOTALLY think people should have to take tests or something in order to have kids... it just doesn't seem right that any jerk can have a kid... and some people who would make AWESOME parents have such a hard time conceiving... and ... gosh. i could go on and on. i'm gonna stop now, though... hehe.

Oh, no kidding! About #2, I mean. My parents were foster parents and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff most of those kids when through..It was beyond tragic. Even with years of counseling and being in a safe environment, some of them never recovered.

A person really can screw up a kid without much effort. :(

The whole thing is so out-of-whack. I know what you mean about it being so much worse after having kids. It's that mother's heart, I think.

I wonder if it's because we're all conditioned while growing up to strive for perfection. I don't think that's necessarily healthy, but I also think that kids that are just coming into the workforce now grew up with that "everyone's a winner" mentality so they think they don't have to try. There's a fine line in there somewhere that's really hard to find.

It's hard! Good luck.

I like to think I'm pretty good at my job too. Maybe that's why it bugs me. I kind of have middle-child syndrome, though, too. You know, where if you don't stand out you get ignored. I think that's my biggest problem - I don't want to be ignored.

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I'm totally the same on both points.

I am SO with you on the kids thing! It seems like every day there is horrible news about children being abused, killed, etc. I TOTALLY don't understand it. Is it getting worst or is there just more news coverage? I personally think something is going on!

QotD: Sensitivity Chip

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