too sensitive?

When I was 17 I was diagnosed with and treated for hypersensitive nerves.

When I was 19 I was diagnosed with and treated for depression & anxiety.

When I was 22 I was diagnosed with and treated for obsessive compulsive & obsessive compulsive personality disorder.

All of these things are still with me, although a lot more controlled than at first and now, at the age of 25, I have been told my genetics make me too sensitive. Yep, apparently being highly sensitive, both physically with my nervous system and mentally/emotionally is a ‘thing’ and is most likely the reason I have experienced bouts of all of the above.

I have been learning and dealing with these personal matters for 8 years now although I can remember having my first panic attack 12 years ago at the age of 13. In this time, I have been offered different counselling, theories and medications and have been on the receiving end of very different perceptions. These perceptions range from those who do not understand, believing you can simply ‘choose to be happy’ to those who sympathise to those who empathise.