"My intensity scares people away. I feel everything so deeply that I make others uncomfortable—I need to calm down and be more 'normal.'"
How it sounds in your head: You've always been 'too sensitive,' 'too dramatic,' 'too emotional.' People don't know what to do with you when you feel things so deeply. You make them uncomfortable. Just be normal.
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions."
-- Acts 2:17Enemy assignment to silence prophetic sensitivity, plus cultural devaluing of deep feeling and intuition, especially in women over fifty.
She's spent decades being told she's 'too sensitive' and watching people become uncomfortable with her emotional depth. Hormone shifts have amplified everything, making her feel even more 'too much' compared to others.
He was so overwhelmed by God's Spirit that he sat ASTONISHED for seven days, unable to speak—intense and 'too much' by any standard. God didn't rebuke his intensity; He used it to deliver NATION-CHANGING prophecies and position Ezekiel as a watchman whose deep feeling served an entire generation.
I REFUSE the lie that my intensity scares people! IT IS WRITTEN that God pours out His Spirit and deep feeling is a GIFT for the last days—I'm not too sensitive, I'm DISCERNING! My emotional depth isn't a flaw; it's a FEATURE designed by God for revelation and connection. IT IS WRITTEN that I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and that includes how deeply I feel. The BARAK blessing covers my ENTIRE being, including my emotions. I don't need to calm down; I need to STEWARD this gift. I am not too intense; I am TUNED to hear and feel what others miss!
The Father doesn't ask you to numb your feelings to be acceptable. He's celebrating the deeply-feeling heart He gave you, the one that can perceive His whispers and feel His heartbeat—that sensitivity is exactly what He WANTED in you.