RSD and (perceived) verbal punches

Another really really big rock that I need in my life is to not let my rsd sensitivities take over my conversations, emotions, reactions and therefore accidentally sometimes my life. 💪🏽

Ok. We might have a harder time with this but if people can still be athletes with one foot and one arm where is my excuse to not take responsibility for my own reactions just because my chemical wiring is a different kind of reliable?

Any advice around this? Should I just practice taking punches/advice more often? Every time someone corrects me I hear a character flaw. But I need to reframe this because I get things wrong all the time.

I hate explaining/defending myself. Because I am not good at it (yet). What would it be to hear well intentioned or even not well intentioned advice/corrections and choose to respond (or not rather than shut down) clearly and calmly?

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