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I find I am very very senstive, while I more of less have the anxiety under control its all the other symptoms and being overly sensitive is a major one.

I find myself crying watching a sad tv program, or I was at a funeral recently and I was almost in tears and I didn't even know the person, I once had a run in with my boss and I am sure I saw the tears in my eyes build up.

I want rid of this sensitivity, I mean how would I cope with a close family members funeral? I really don't know how I am going to handle something like that, and worry that something like that may just tip me over the edge as I am so sensitive.

Ironically one of my favourite music artist is the late Tupac Shakur, I have all his albums and DVD's, and there is a guy who is anything but sensitive, I only wish some of that could rub of on me.

NOOOO its Okay to be sensitive!! BUT i totally understand where youre coming from for sure. I think anxiety in general just messes up with your emotions/hormones/EVERYTHING and we become hypersensitive to things. I cry over little things too. You know before when I was on anti-depressants I never cried. I couldn't even if I wanted to. I felt numb and remember thinking how terrible that felt. I just wanted to release something and couldn't. Does it make you feel better when you cry?

Celeron, I'm the same way. I wish I could control my emotions more. There was just a fire on my street and a girl's condo was gutted. I happend to run into her the next day at Wendy's. I introduced myself and gave her my condolences about the loss of EVERYTHING and here I start crying like a baby. She starts comfortimg me! When I told a friend about it she said that it just means that I have a big heart and to embrace that part of me because it's special. I still feel like a cry baby though.

I'm the same at total stranger's wakes and funerals. Just have this emotion that takes over. I too worry about how I will handle my parents deaths. In fact, I started a thread about it a few months back. I worry about losing them a lot and worry that I'll completely lose it when one of them dies.

I've never cried at work though.