Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

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speak up / speak out – means?

Pronunciation

dagger – knife “dag ger”

prawn
prone

torn
tone

maintaining – “mayn TAYN ning”

Vocabulary

talk – ability / communicate
speak – language / communicate
say – content / words / meaning

personality – what you show to others
character – what is inside / who you really are
character – role in a movie etc

Why some people are susceptible to others’ opinions / environment?
In daily life we can see some people are more susceptible to environment, most of them are highly sensitive. It has nothing to do with their characters, regardless there are introvert / extrovert, they may be more easily influenced by emotions, environment and other people’s opinions / words. These kind of people are called as HSP ( High sensitive people)
For example, criticism is a dagger. when a HSP is dressed- down /called out, he/she will spend time to reflect on what kind of mistakes he has made. Most of the time they will do plenty of reflecting, and they prone to negative overthinking cause they aware subtleties and process information deeply.
They are susceptible to others’ emotions, and frequently emotionally exhausted from absorbing other people’s feelings. When it comes to conflicts, HSP are feel extremely hard to deal with tensions, as they can aware the others’ feelings from subtleties easily such as facial expressions, body languages. Their kindness would let most of them become conflict-avoidant, and in the end, they would do anything to keep the others happy. Conflicts can be poison to HSP
There are several ways for HSP to deal with the disadvantages of being sensitive:
• Start everything with your own needs: Being alone sometime and think and firmly stand on your own opinions and hold your self – boundaries
• Be brave to speak up your opinions and the people who are really close with you will understand you, if not, they are not qualified to be your friends.

Why some people are susceptible to others’ opinions / environment?
In daily life we can see some people are more susceptible to being affected by their environment, with most of them being highly sensitive. It has nothing to do with their personality, regardless whether they are introverted / extroverted, they may be more easily influenced by emotions, environment and other people’s opinions / words. These kind of people are called as HSP ( High sensitive people).
For example, criticism is a dagger and when a HSP is dressed- down /called out, he/she/they will spend time to reflect on what kind of mistakes they have made. Most of the time they will do plenty of reflecting, and they are prone to negative overthinking cause they aware of the subtleties and process information more deeply.
They are susceptible to others’ emotions, and frequently emotionally exhausted from absorbing other people’s feelings. When it comes to conflicts, HSP are feel extremely hard to deal with tensions, as they can perceive / they are aware of the others’ feelings from subtleties within communication / subtle changes in facial expression or tone and body languages. Their kindness would cause most of them to become conflict-avoidant / averse / their kindness means the majority of them have a tendancy to avoid conflict, and in the end, they would do anything to keep the others happy. Conflicts can be poison to HSP.
There are several ways for HSP to deal with the disadvantages of being sensitive:
• Approach everything by ensuring your own needs first: Being alone sometimes to think and firmly standing by your own opinions and maintaining your self – boundaries
• Be brave to express / voice / tell others your opinions and the people who you are really close to / who are your real friends will understand you, and if not, they are not qualified to be your friends.