I am very sensitive to the emotions of people around me.

Over the years, I have found that this sensitivity can lead me to misinterpret the intentions behind the feelings I am picking up or to take things too seriously.

Example: I pick up that a person doesn't like being around me, and I interpret this as the person does not like me. In fact, the person is struggling with her own feelings, and I represent some things to her of which she may not even be conscious. So those feelings are really things that she has not worked out for herself and not so much about me. I picked up the emotion but not the intention behind the emotion.

Along the same lines, because I believe that the person does not like me, I can take it very seriously, instead of taking it lightly.

I don't know if this helps.