When you’re an HSP dealing with a difficult family member, treating your interaction like a…
Are You a Highly Sensitive Person?
Welcome to Highly Sensitive Refuge. We're on a mission to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It’s okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP) — in fact, the world could use a lot more of what HSPs have to offer. Learn more about being a highly sensitive person.
Being told to “stop being so sensitive” is just one reason why you may hide…
Being “sensitive” was not a characteristic recognized in my culture growing up. But since then,…
HSPs have an arsenal of traits that make them ideal to be their own boss,…
Being a highly sensitive person made the pain more painful, but the lessons much more…
From tearing up when I see a cute dog to overthinking (everything), now I know…
The sooner you embrace being a highly sensitive person, the sooner you can leverage your…
Since HSPs are very affected by stimuli, like the scent of a freshly painted wall,…
Joy has many health benefits, like reducing stress, which can help when HSPs feel overstimulated.…
- Self-Development / March 25, 2021
HSPs, You Might Be Suffering From Chronic Invalidation — and Not Even Know It
Chronic invalidation can be hard to detect since people often unconsciously exhibit behaviors they grew…
HSPs often pay less attention to the words that are spoken — instead, they pay…
- Self-Development / March 23, 2021
Why It’s Important to Tell Your Medical Practitioners About Being an HSP
An overloaded nervous system can cause many symptoms that practitioners might misinterpret and misdiagnose —…