hmmmm... you 'feel' a certain way but, you are 'thinking' that your therapist wasn't trying to intentionally invalidate your point of view. thats an important insight to hold onto...because this reminds us that are feelings aren't always necessarily the truth...Hearing things like "your sensitive"..especially from a therapist, triggers situations from our familes where we felt unheard and it seems to be when we hear the word "sensitive" we correlate it with, "So, your telling me what I feel is not important..." Which, this isn't always the case. Being told your sensitve is a vunerable place to be. It could very well be true that your T wAS only making an observation that you are a sensitive person... in hopes of you at least getting to know yourself on a deeper level........NOT an attack to who you are but, an insight... So yes, keep in mind the differences between what you are "feeling" at any given moment and what you are 'thinking' . We must have awareness.

in regards to sensitivity being a bad thing,

I think anything in life, if it gets distorted or overused, or just used in the wrong way can be bad for us... but, it doesn't have to be.

we can use EVERY human trait for good or for bad.

I am a highly-sensitive person. I have felt invalidated a lot/good portion of my life. I was always told that my feelings we're too Big, too much, that I was making a big deal of things.. and you know what, maybe I was. no doubt in my mind about that...especially those adolescent years!

but, there was also moments where my sensitivity allowed me to let a small child curl up on my shoulder and cry there heart out or serve a homeless man a thanksgiving meal with tears in my eyes...

see, thats what GOOD can be done with my sensitivity.

however, I think with every trait we have, we have to take the Good with the Bad and the BAd with the goood... the people who survive are the people who don't let the bad destroy them but, they place value in the STRENGTHS of there character trait, whether it be, a very punctual, organized person, or a very analytical person...

see, it can all go any way.. I know we've all met the punctual, organized person who got on our nerves because they we're too controlling and bossy and everything had to be so detailed and done the right way... We felt smothered in these moments.
At the same time, we wouldn't be as efficient without them...

every soul in life is needed,

the sensitive, the not-so- sensitive..because, I mean, if Everyone was highly sensitive, that would be bad too...
we need those people who can take heavier hits in life... because we all know, life hits hard.

and each trait has a positive or negative.

a good and a bad side too it.

I typically think my sensitivity is a bad thing (partly, due to our culture...I don't think America is really set up for highly sensitive people)
Regardless, I think sensitive people are valuable in a world
full of so much cruelty and hatred.

I think we offer something unique
and if petty little arguments have to come up in the midst of it all,

Well, maybe thats part of the sacrifice we have to make....If it makes the difference between making a change
in life or standing by the wayside....

just my take on it, coming from a HIGHLY sensitive person.