Empfindsam
empfindsam would be sensitive in english, but it is not. empfindsam is like
empfangen, to receive,
finden, to find.
empfinden, to sense
to receive, to find, to sense, to react to a given trigger, a sense for the human nature. It took a while to realize, maybe four years. You remember the words of your mother, how she described you as a child - at these moments where you hide behind her. She used this word. You realize that you saw everything, that you felt it and you reacted. You keep a distance, you stay quiet and you never have a chance to develope this sense, to focus on it, to express it. Such a basic thing.