Doctors can desensitize patients to relieve pain, lessen the effects of allergies, and cure phobias. Lives can be greatly improved.
At times, we may need to desensitize ourselves when we are overly sensitive, take offense at others' behaviors, get our feelings hurt too easily, and hold grudges. We need to realize when we are being too self-centered. Our lives will be improved when we thicken our skin, become more sensitive to other people, chill, and not sweat the small stuff.
Some video games, TV shows, books, and movies can desensitize our normal, healthy reactions. Overexposure to images of sex and violence can cause us to numb our sensitivity. We may identify with a character who blurs the lines between good and bad in order to be successful or survive. Our basic values may shift temporarily or change.
The right amount of sensitivity is necessary for physical and emotional health. We need to be on guard when we become too sensitive or when we allow outside influences to weaken our values.
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