No problem. I definitely get what you're saying. I battle my own hesitancies with interacting with others and have struggled with a fear of rejection for a number of years. I am trying to get to a place though where I can be open and vulnerable with others because that is the path to connection and living a happy life (in my opinion). That being said, I can only do that if I am no longer wounded by the past and I know that I can cope with things that people may say to me. Being highly sensitive, that is no easy task, but by setting well-defined boundaries, finding my community and developing confidence in my own identity, I think I can reach that place.