I still get very high and very low in life. Daily. But I've finally accepted the fact that sensitive is just h... — Glennon Melton

I still get very high and very low in life. Daily. But I've finally accepted the fact that sensitive is just how I was made, that I don't have to hide it and I don't have to fix it. I'm not broken.

Author: Glennon Melton

Insight: There's a particular exhaustion that comes from trying to smooth yourself down—dampening your reactions, apologizing for caring too much, treating your own sensitivity like a bug in the system rather than a feature. Most of us learn this early, usually from people who were doing the same thing. The message gets absorbed quietly: feel less, seem more stable, and maybe you'll finally fit. But what Melton touches on here is genuinely radical for how ordinary it sounds. Accepting that you're built to feel things deeply doesn't mean surrendering to chaos or becoming a victim of your moods. It means recognizing that the same sensitivity that makes you vulnerable to lows also lets you notice when someone needs you, to catch beauty others miss, to care about things that matter. The highs and lows aren't flaws to engineer away—they're part of how you're wired to move through the world. The non-obvious part is this: you don't get to choose the sensitivity and then cherry-pick which feelings come along with it. You can't ask to keep the empathy while dumping the sadness. But you can stop fighting yourself about it, stop the second layer of shame that comes from having feelings about your feelings. That acceptance itself—not the emotions, just the stopping of the fight—is often what actually changes how you move through each day.