Courteney Cox on sensitivity, and needing to be acknowledged
“I have, like, hyper-awareness. It’s like a disease. I can’t help it. I notice everything.”
[From Courteney in Control, By Hilary De Vries, marieclaire.com August 2006; photo by James White]
A newer profile article says “Cox, who considers herself always to have been sensitive, has grown even more so since having a kid [5-year-old daughter, Coco]. To the point where she can’t bear to landscape the front of her house because it would involve killing the plants there.”
“I can’t tell you how much time I think about taking up the plants that don’t really work anymore,” she said. “Something has completely changed in me. I don’t know what happened. I’m sure it’s after Coco — I’m sure. I have a life to take care of.”
[From Courteney Cox: 'Cougar Town's' really normal Hollywood star, By Kate Aurthur, Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2009]
> Related page: Intensity / sensitivity
> Related site: Highly Sensitive
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More quotes by Courteney Cox :
“I came from a big family where everyone was talking and no one really listened, and I just need to be acknowledged.”
> Related post on Inner Actor blog: Acceptance – rejection
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“I was starting to notice some things, and I wanted to stop judging myself so much. I’m such a nurturer of others, I thought maybe it was time to start nurturing myself.” [About starting therapy again.]
> Related article Being Creative and Self-critical – by Douglas Eby
> Related page: Counseling / therapy
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December 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
This brief but comprehensive overview neatly summarizes how Courteney Cox seems to have run headlong into the triad of pressures that uniquely beset gifted women: the natural desire to be a superlative parent; a strong need for personal fulfillment; and the need to be loved for who they are regardless of caretaking or eminence. More on this at: http://www.thegiftedway.com/giftedtheory/im-not-gifted-im-a-woman/