What Is ‘Distress Tolerance’ and Why Does It Help HSPs?
Distress tolerance is the key to managing stress in a healthy way, which is particularly important for highly sensitive people.
Distress tolerance is the key to managing stress in a healthy way, which is particularly important for highly sensitive people.
An overloaded nervous system can cause many symptoms that practitioners might misinterpret and misdiagnose — so it’s important to be open about being an HSP.
We work long hours, endure toxic environments, and push ourselves way past our limit — all in the name of not looking “weak.”
HSPs don’t do well with being pulled in a million directions at once.
There’s always a “good reason” to be perfect. But most of the time, it just makes you miserable.
Actually caring about the people you’re working with — and doing what’s good for them — is a recipe for success.
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