Do you think that me being overly sensitive has to do with the way I was raised?

My feelings get hurt VERY easily because all my life, people have made fun of me, picked on me in school, & judged me & always have negative opinions about me & turn me down for certain opportunities of fun, based on them thinking I'm slow & retarded. I have a college degree.

It's like the littlest thing someone says to me, I take it to heart & get very depressed over it & keep obsessing over it & I get so worried that I can't concentrate or focus on an exam, based on me being worried about their negative opinions. Certain employers tried to play mind games with me, based on their first impression of their opinion of me looking retarded or like they just KNOW something is wrong with me. & they don't wanna hire me.

& the way I was raised in foster care, the whole family hated me & constantly physically & emotionally abused me & always laughed at me.

Is this abnormal & immature for me to have very sensitive feelings & worry about what people say @ the age of 24?

I am much older than you and I am still sensitive and get my feelings hurt. As a child I was not raised in a loving home and I do think this has a lot to do with it. My younger sister was treated much better and she is not this way. As you get older though you learn to deal with it; it may hurt but you get past it and just consider the source.

There is certainly nothing wrong with you and I cannot imagine anyone with any brains thinking that you are retarded.

I have the same problem so I probably shouldn't be answering. I'm 22 and I was constantly talked down to as a child and I'm sure that's why I am so sensitive.
I go to therepy for this - there is nothing wrong with being sensitive, unless of course, it affects your life. You need to work with self-esteem workbooks and mental practices to make you start to not worry about what other people say/think. I think going to a therapist is the best option for you.

You will always remember the things people called you, and it will always hurt. Even when your old.
BUT, you will also gain confidence in yourself as you get older, and nobody knows you more than yourself. Eventually, you will overcome the pain of the namecalling, and grow to be a really sweet person because you'll feel empathy for others. You'll be a stronger and better person for it.

It just takes time hun.

your way too young to let this bother you! find some new freinds or a boy freind and start doing things you like I wish I was your age I'm 42 and sometimes feel like that!

it is not necessary