Alongitudinal study that traced the development of sensation seeking from early adolescence to the mid-20s found that increases in sensation seeking were notable from ages

At all ages, from childhood to adolescence, and even of course in adulthood, some are more likely than others to have difficulty withstanding the remarks. Nothing vexes them, makes them sad, affects them. They then retrench themselves in a silent manifestation to signify to others their disapproval, their anger, their suffering. Not easy for them, not easy either for their entourage who has difficulty understanding the springs of such behavior. The common point of all susceptible subjects: a crying lack of self-confidence, a fragile or failing self-esteem , And in some cases a paranoid character that will lead to the feeling of being persecuted by everything to everyone. There is a paradoxical coexistence between an ideal of the strong self and the narcissistic need to be loved and acknowledged. The susceptible is made in a tense surveillance, extreme vigilance, attentions and reactions of the other towards him. If he is cut off from his speech, he is presenting his point of view, and now he is silent ostensibly to mark his discontent. Let two of his close relatives laugh in an accomplice before him, without understanding why, and here he is, who is shaken by it, that it is delayed to wish him his feast, his birthday, that we do not congratulate him A promotion, of a success like the aggressor and here he is aggressive or of bad humor, which is reminded of him in an unusual way, and here he is deeply offended and kneaded with resentment. The remarks that others would relativize easily, receive him as a blow to his own love. His emotions overwhelm him, his impulsiveness too, and his inability to take the field! What complicates the data for the sensible is that his excessive reactions, disproportionate to the events, do not attract him compassion or indulgence on the part of the others. They are ridiculous, sometimes vain. They are angry with him for plumbing the atmosphere, to darken the meeting or the party. Of course, we have all experienced situations where we felt hurt by a reaction or a remark that seemed to us to be inappropriate, aggressive, vexing. Nobody, and it's happy, does not have a concrete epidermis! We are all sensitive to the judgments and looks of others. But the susceptible is, a priori, in a defense system, which is much more important than there is to defend, and its reactions "at the edge of skin" are recurrent. One can spot this narcissistic fragility in the children Or teenagers. Children or adolescents who complement each other with nothing and suddenly spend their time getting angry with their buddies, who do not accept the remarks of a professor and swear that are destined for him because he hates. Those in the family can never laugh at themselves and their little failings. And they suddenly sulk and retreat. Children must be helped to gain self-confidence, to bear their weak points, without too much complacency. They have an ideal of the tyrannous ego which makes them consider the least failure as the threat of being no longer good for nothing. They need to be taught to make a little fun of themselves, and encourage them to have a more distant reading of their ego. All about the quality and the ability to understand sensitivity, which May be the greatest qualities, are not able to develop and transform into susceptibility.