Parenting a sensitive child can feel like you’re constantly walking a tightrope — you’re trying not to overwhelm your child, but sometimes also wishing they would handle things better. Using the right parenting style can make it much, much easier.
My experience as a highly sensitive Latina is different from what you might expect — and sheds light on the struggles that all HSPs deal with, regardless of race.
Some people are physically, emotionally, or sexually unsafe. Here’s how to get rid of them — without escalating things.
Being an HSP is not the same as having a chronic illness, but it is something that is a preset deep within your body and cannot be ignored.
Society tends to say men shouldn’t be sensitive, yet getting into a relationship with a highly sensitive man has many benefits.
Since highly sensitive people see the world differently than those who are less sensitive, the way HSPs deal with it is different, too.
As a highly sensitive extrovert, I’ll need alone time to feed my sensitive side, yet I’ll also need people time to feed my extrovert one.
Little-known fact: You can’t feel overstimulated and playful at the same time.
Ultimately, telling people you’re a highly sensitive person is your decision — but there are pluses and minuses to both.
When an HSP’s core trait — sensitivity — is not just absent from being celebrated, but demonized all together, it’s hard to love it.
I’ve come to realize that I’d always been sensitive — I just didn’t know how to identify it before. Now I know I’m an HSP. So what now?
When highly sensitive people feel overwhelmed, the goal is to take care of our bodies, so our bodies take care of us.
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