I’m so tired of being told I’m overreacting when I’m just explaining basic things

This keeps happening and it’s starting to really get to me. I’ll explain why something made me uncomfortable or why I’m frustrated, usually pretty calmly, and the response I get is some version of “you’re reading too much into it” or “it’s not that deep.” It’s never said in a yelling way, which somehow makes it worse, like I’m supposed to just nod and agree that my own reaction is the problem here.

What really wears me down is that I’m not talking about anything extreme or dramatic. I’m talking about tone, small comments, little moments where I feel dismissed or talked over. I’ll explain it once, sometimes twice, and instead of listening I get told I’m emotional or too sensetive. Then suddenly I’m defending my reaction instead of the actual point I was trying to make, and I start second guessing myself even when I know what I felt was real.

I’m just exhausted from having to justify normal human feelings all the time. I don’t want a debate or a lecture, I just want to be heard without being made to feel dramatic for it. Maybe I am tired, maybe I’m burnt out, but wanting basic understanding really shouldn’t take this much effort.

Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:43 AM UTC

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