Sensitivity was Am I being Unreasonable?

[Guest guest]

Phyllis - could you tell us the name of the book you mentioned re

being sensitive? I certainly feel physically sick when I hear about,

never mind hear, torture (even reading of things that went on in

medieval & Tudor England). I couldn't eat or sleep for three days

after going to the Yad Vashem memorial/museum in Jerusalem. I think

it's your husband who was being unreasonable actually (not wanting to

start anything though,).

I worry that DS can hear things on the telly which is in the room

underneath where he sleeps and have plans to ban the thing into the

dining room with a nice comfortable :-) settle to sit on (yes, maybe

am being a little unreasonable). It's his father who is watching the

things incidentally, I am welded to the computer of course...in the

freezing even in midsummer hall....so I wear a hat and get funny looks

from the people next door as they go up the garden. C'est la vie....

I think there is something wrong with a society that can sit and watch

those things on the television but can't bear to see the body of

someone who has died peacefully (or not) in their home or hospital,

thus getting a terrible fear of death. Or bone a chicken, (apologies

to veggies). Or clean a toilet, even.... It seems to me that we've

chucked out all the 'normal' bloody and messy things in life for this

weird little semi sterile world and still need to fill the gap with

something, so we go over the top.

Comments on a postcard, please...

Caro

Apologies for delayed reaction, if you've all moved on from this, but

am digesting these days as am supposed to be editing newsletter

instead of reading nct coffee (but couldn't quite bring myself to

unsubscribe altogether - does anyone else have equal problems in

leaving this list??? But I haven't eaten chocolate for 36 hours!)

[Guest guest]

> Phyllis - could you tell us the name of the book you mentioned re

> being sensitive?

It's called something like 'The highly sensitive person: how to

survive when the world overwhelms you.' It's by a woman, maybe Sylvia

something?

Just looked it up on amazon. It's Elaine Aron and here's the link

(probably too long to just click on):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0722538960/o/qid=993325148/sr

=8-1/202-2119899-3445400

HTH,

Phyllis

[Guest guest]

> Phyllis - could you tell us the name of the book you mentioned re

> being sensitive?

It's called something like 'The highly sensitive person: how to

survive when the world overwhelms you.' It's by a woman, maybe Sylvia

something?

Just looked it up on amazon. It's Elaine Aron and here's the link

(probably too long to just click on):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0722538960/o/qid=993325148/sr

=8-1/202-2119899-3445400

HTH,

Phyllis