Sensitivity.
There is always more to discover about ourselves.
One thing I have always known, though I didn’t have words for it growing up, was that events felt like too much. I grew up in a large family as the daughter of a rabbi, surrounded by people, noise, expectations, and constant social energy. The lights, the sounds, the shifting emotions in a room, I felt all of it deeply.
I couldn’t explain it to anyone. I just knew that anxiety would rise and panic would come in waves when I had to speak publicly, show up socially, or be “on” for others. From the outside I seemed capable; inside my nervous system felt overwhelmed.
