I am not in agreement with almost every other commenter on this post. You likely have a need to be heard, which is completely and utterly valid. Your sensitivi

I am not in agreement with almost every other commenter on this post. You likely have a need to be heard, which is completely and utterly valid. Your sensitivity, as you call it, is likely a sign that your deeply valid need to be heard is not being met. You likely also have a need to be creative, which is manifesting in your desire to work on design, which is also deeply valid. You likely also have a need to be treated as if you are competent, which you are and is deeply valid. Other needs you may have -- appreciation, belonging, cooperation, communication, empathy, mutuality, respect, trust, authenticity... and many others. Most of us deeply struggle to get these needs met, in spite of them being valid and it probably being possible a lot more often than we think. In NVC, non-violent communication, there is the concept that _needs are never in conflict, but strategies are_. You have a strategy for meeting your needs. It sounds like your current strategy for meeting your needs as a human being are to (a) work with this team and (b) communicate with this team in the ways you have been communication. You are understandably getting upset that your needs are not being met -- both with yourself and the team. The work you need to do to be happy is to take a step back and ask yourself your needs which. Here is a great list of needs -- https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory. Remember that all your needs are valid. From there, you need to think about what strategies you are using, whether they work and, if your strategies aren't working, which strategies you can use to get your needs met. That you can use to _actually_ get them met, because they are not being met right now. That might mean quitting the team you are on; or it could mean staying, but changing the way you communicate your needs. Again, without question, one of the things you need to do is _accept that your needs are valid and stop questioning them_, though you likely need to reconsider your strategy. Good luck.