Too Much, Too Sensitive, Too Emotional?

Originally aired on Soul Deep Dig Podcast
Ep 029 July 17, 2025
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Have you ever tried to share your feelings—only to be met with blankness, defensiveness, or a quiet sense that the other person just doesn’t believe you?

Not that they disagree.
Not that they need space.
But that they somehow don’t trust your emotional truth at all.

If you’ve ever felt that, you’re not alone. And you’re not imagining it.

In this post, we’ll explore what might actually be happening beneath the surface—especially in long-term relationships where one person is deeply emotional and the other tends to withdraw.

When You're Emotional—and They Just Don’t Get It

Some of us are wired to feel.
We don’t just say “I’m angry” or “I’m happy”—we know the difference between elated and hopeful, between irritated and overwhelmed. We sense layers, textures, tones.

But not everyone can access that kind of emotional clarity. Some people can’t name what they feel—or even feel it at all. And when someone like that ends up in relationship with someone highly attuned, a quiet emotional divide can open.

Over time, that divide can become more than just difference.
It can become mistrust.

The Real Wound: Emotional Mistrust

If you’re emotionally expressive, and the person close to you is emotionally distant or avoidant, you may start to feel disbelieved.

Not about the facts—but about your entire emotional reality.

That disbelief might not be loud or cruel. It might come in subtle ways:

• “You’re too sensitive.”

• “You’re overreacting.”

• Silence when you open up.

• A sense that they’ve put you in a mental box labeled unreliable.

Often, they’re not doing it on purpose.
They may be overwhelmed. They may have grown up in homes where emotion = danger. They may not know how to stay balanced when someone feels deeply around them.

And so, without realizing it, they flatten your experience.
They dismiss your feelings.
They stop trusting your emotional way of knowing.

This Isn’t Just About Them

Let’s be real: it hurts.
When someone you love can’t (or won’t) meet you emotionally, it erodes connection—and often your own sense of clarity. You may start over-explaining. You may shut down. You may begin to doubt yourself.

But here’s the shift:
You don’t need them to validate your emotions in order for them to be true.

You can begin to rebuild trust with yourself.
To reclaim your emotional landscape.
To stop over-explaining.
To set real boundaries.
To choose relationships where emotional truth is honored—not flattened.

A Word About Spirituality

If you’re on a spiritual path, this can get even trickier.
Because the more attuned you become, the more emotional nuance you carry. And to someone disconnected from emotion, that spiritual clarity might look like chaos.

They may not just dismiss your feelings—they might dismiss your path.

And still, your truth remains.

If This Is You...

If you’ve been told you’re too much.
If you’ve been misunderstood by those you love.
If you’ve been cast as unreliable when you were actually seeing clearly—

You’re not the problem.
You’re not too emotional.
You’re not broken.

You’re just deeply feeling in a world (and maybe a relationship) that hasn’t yet learned how to meet you there.

And there’s healing in coming home to yourself.

💬 Want Support?

If this resonated and you’re ready to reclaim trust in your own emotional landscape—even if no one else gets it yet—Untangling Work™ can help.
It’s not about fixing the other person.
It’s about coming home to yourself.

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