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How 'highly strung' are you?

adjective
very nervous and easily upset.
'highly strung horses'
synonyms: nervous, excitable, temperamental, sensitive, unstable, brittle, easily upset, easily agitated, on edge, edgy, jumpy, keyed up, irritable, fidgety, restive, restless, anxious, overanxious, tense, taut, stressed, overwrought, neurotic, nervy, uptight, twitchy, wired, wound up, het up, strung up, stressy, toey, overstrung

My Dad says I'm highly strung but I think he's just being insensitive! I can be excitable, even restless, but never uptight, or het up, or even temperamental. So I'm not so clearly defined, I guess!
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Deserthiker · 61-69, M
I am very constant on the outside. My mind is very active and hyper aware.
I just don’t show it outwardly. However, sudden movements out of the corner of my eyes cause me to turn quickly. They startle me.
I have ptsd