#445 | Why Highly Sensitive People Feel the Need to Defend Themselves & What They're Really Trying to Protect

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Have you ever received one small critical comment and found yourself explaining or defending yourself before you've even decided whether you agree with it?

For highly sensitive people, criticism can quickly become less about what was actually said and more about what someone might now think of you. When your attention shifts toward repairing their impression of you, you lose the space to listen to your own experience and decide what you actually think.

• Understand what you may really be trying to protect when criticism triggers the urge to explain yourself.
• Recognize how trying to control someone else's impression of you creates unnecessary stress and keeps you hooked by criticism.
• Discover how letting go of the need to defend your identity can help you become more open to feedback without treating it as a verdict on who you are.

Press play to discover how to stop treating criticism like something you have to defend yourself against and start responding with greater freedom, openness, and trust in yourself.

Todd Smith, founder of True Inner Freedom

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