How to Cope With High-Functioning Anxiety When You’re an HSP
When you have high-functioning anxiety, it may seem like you’re an overachiever — but beneath the surface, you’re a ball of stress.
When you have high-functioning anxiety, it may seem like you’re an overachiever — but beneath the surface, you’re a ball of stress.
Particularly for highly sensitive people, a play ethic helps reduce overstimulation and increase a sense of calm.
Highly sensitive people are extraordinarily skilled at “seeing” others and knowing what they need — which includes kids.
For a long time, I felt like there was something wrong with me. But then I learned to reclaim my high sensitivity as a positive trait rather than a flaw.
Yoga is the perfect way to quiet your overstimulated mind and have it focus on just one or two things vs. 100.
When I learned I’m a highly sensitive person, it felt as if an instructional manual had been recovered.
HSPs are overstimulated… a lot. But therapy can help you feel more at peace.
If you’re a highly sensitive person, you’ll see some of your HSP traits reflected in these characters.
Distress tolerance is the key to managing stress in a healthy way, which is particularly important for highly sensitive people.
If you’ve ever tried to numb your feelings through something like food, shopping, or alcohol, you’ve experienced emotional buffering.
I’m a highly sensitive person and my twin is not. Sometimes I wonder if I have double the sensitivity for us both!
Men are raised to be “strong” and “tough” and to not wear their emotions on their sleeve — which can be difficult for highly sensitive men.
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