My ultra-sensitive ways

Some comments are to be ignored, others are given their credence, and still others are taken to heart. They all blend together, at times, for me. There's no way to say, definitively, that every comment made by people will cause a jumbling of gray-area but there are certain times when someone's comment too closely mirror the thoughts in my head. In these moments I close up, I slow down (generally, I'm worked up about whatever it is we're talking about), and I start to process the thoughts and comments. Attempt to really figure out how much is real and can and should be adjusted. I wonder about how much an effect this will have on the view of myself and spend too much time pondering what others will think or how they will (re)act. The thoughts, like roots, grow and branch off to infinity. How much of is true? How much would it effect my life if were excluded? Will this diminish who I am? And then the real question is arrived upon: Where does this action stem from? I pause, I figure it out, cross the street with people I've been walking to lunch with, and become more conscious of how I speak. Add the change to the inbox, opened and viewed, and strive to implement it.