Is it normal to be embarrassed when people tell me to stop something?

I'm not sure how much sense this will make, but is it normal to feel extremely embarrassed, like to the point of crying, when people tell me to stop something. For example, I was told to turn on some music in the office today. So I did, and then about ten minutes later, someone told me turn it off, and I just broke down crying? I just felt weird, overwhelming shame and guilt for having it on in the first place. This is just an example, it happens all the time with various things, like even as a kid, I remember once I had my hand up to ask a question, and I was told to "put my hand down for now", and I just felt like shit and so much embarrassment that I couldn't ask/answer a question in that paticular class ever again. Is this normal / if it's not, can someone please tell me why I feel this way??

Is It Normal?
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  • This sorta happens to me. Like when I was younger I tried to answer a math question and the teacher corrected me and felt worthless and useless. I hated her for doing that because I felt so embarrassed and like everybody thought I couldn't answer a simple question.

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  • Tell all those bossy people to go fuck themselves.

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  • Same here

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  • You know this level of over sensitivity isn't healthy. It comes from having a huge ego, and by ego I mean the life you lead inside your own head, scrutinizing every step you take. Reduce your ego and you won't take everything so darn personally.

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