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This is something that is starting to become a real curse, I suppose I have always been this way, I just fear how I am going to cope with the death of a loved one, I really don't think i'll be able to get through it.

I was watching a movie just now about LeAnn Rimes (Holiday in your heart), it wasn't even that sad a movie yet there I was with tears running down my cheeks, I just feel so week, I cry at any emotional moments on TV, I have to try and hide it from my wife by pretending I have something in my eye or something

And the thing is my axniety is more or less gone, but there is still all these other little things that pop up, perhaps if I wasn't so sensitive I wouldn't of had an anxiety disorder in the firt place.

Pearpickinporky (another interesting username!),
People have told me my entire life that I'm too sensitive. I have come to learn that what that means is I am sensitive to things other people don't notice or care about. I tried to hide it, but I have no poker face and couldn't pull it off. So I started being afraid to go out, and my social life disappeared. Thank God for my husband or I'd be sunk!

Many women would give their right arm for a man who is sensitive. I don't see it as a curse anymore. We can experience life more fully because we see and feel so much. The key is not to put that energy into anything negative if we can help it.

I have spent much time worrying about losing someone to death lately. Several people my age (46) have dropped dead around me lately, and my favorite family member, my grandmother, is 89 and although she's healthy, I don't expect her to live forever. Talk about anticipatory anxiety! Loss is part of life, and we don't have to experience it over and over until it's actually in front of us.

It sounds to me like you have more inside to deal with. I used to cry at coffee commercials! But please don't feel bad for being sensitive. It's really a gift, as well as a curse. I choose now to focus on the gift side... Hope this helps.
Leslie