Your tolerance to stress

I am tolerant to a degree, but this is, to some extent, only managed by the strategies I have in place, which might be seen as masking or avoidance by some people. I experience hypersensitivity to external stimuli (mainly sound and vision) at times, less so at others. I’m never completely insensitive, but the range of feelings is extremely difficult for me to process (although I have got better at this). I have a sort of mode that I stick to, which also serves as armour against stress.

It’s hard to say because it is relative to the situation; also, you view things as being more or less meaningful at different ages. If you were in a relationship with someone whose values you shared, you might believe you have the same stress resilience as them. Really, it is the mentality you adopt, because stress is often you putting pressure on yourself to perform in time with someone else’s expectations — and how you deal with that.

I am tolerant to a degree, but this is, to some extent, only managed by the strategies I have in place, which might be seen as masking or avoidance by some people. I experience hypersensitivity to external stimuli (mainly sound and vision) at times, less so at others. I’m never completely insensitive, but the range of feelings is extremely difficult for me to process (although I have got better at this). I have a sort of mode that I stick to, which also serves as armour against stress.

It’s hard to say because it is relative to the situation; also, you view things as being more or less meaningful at different ages. If you were in a relationship with someone whose values you shared, you might believe you have the same stress resilience as them. Really, it is the mentality you adopt, because stress is often you putting pressure on yourself to perform in time with someone else’s expectations — and how you deal with that.