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Above The Middle

Championing Sensitivity

The sruggle of feeling things deeply.

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Joe Gibson
Aug 22, 2022
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From a young age, I’d always been sensitive. Problems hit me harder than most and it didn’t take much for tears to well. I just seemed to feel strong… about everything.

And society hasn’t historically been built for the sensitive kind. Working to the bone is championed, masculinity is championed, but being an emotional p…

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