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How a ‘Bad’ Childhood Affects Highly Sensitive People

How a ‘Bad’ Childhood Affects Highly Sensitive People

A bad childhood — or child abuse — has an even bigger impact if you’re a highly sensitive person. But can you still recover, or even thrive?

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How I Learned to Stop Being Ashamed of My ‘Big’ Emotions

How I Learned to Stop Being Ashamed of My ‘Big’ Emotions

It took a crisis to help me realize that my “big” emotions can be a “big” strength. Here’s how.

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A Letter to My Mind, From a Highly Sensitive Person

A Letter to My Mind, From a Highly Sensitive Person

Dear highly sensitive mind: You think too much. You think ahead. You think behind. You think sideways and at odd angles. It’s too much.

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Sensitive and Burned Out? You Might Be Ready for the Nomad Life

Sensitive and Burned Out? You Might Be Ready for the Nomad Life

A nomad lifestyle may offer the healing you need.

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Here’s What No One Tells You About Being a Highly Sensitive Black Woman

Here’s What No One Tells You About Being a Highly Sensitive Black Woman

Being raised a Black woman, “strong” is who you are. Sensitive me didn’t measure up.

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Sensitive Black Women Are Strong Black Women

Sensitive Black Women Are Strong Black Women

My idealism leads me to see the world as what it could be, not just as what it is — a world where ‘strong’ can look many different ways.

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How I Learned to Cope With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression as an HSP

How I Learned to Cope With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression as an HSP

I’m an HSP with postpartum anxiety and depression, and the one seems to magnify the other.

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As a Highly Sensitive Person of Color, I Don’t Fit Anyone’s Cookie Cutter

As a Highly Sensitive Person of Color, I Don’t Fit Anyone’s Cookie Cutter

Besides being Black, I’m also a highly sensitive person — and I’m not going to hide it.

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I’m Sensitive, and I Drank to Turn It Off

I’m Sensitive, and I Drank to Turn It Off

Need to drink to handle a party? This might be why.

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How George Floyd’s Death Impacted Me as a Black HSP

How George Floyd’s Death Impacted Me as a Black HSP

I feel everything deeply. How can I watch a man die for nine minutes?

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The Cause Of My Suffering Was My Desire To Be Perfect

The Cause Of My Suffering Was My Desire To Be Perfect

There’s always a “good reason” to be perfect. But most of the time, it just makes you miserable.

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How I Learned to Stop Faking It and Live Honestly as an HSP

How I Learned to Stop Faking It and Live Honestly as an HSP

One day, with my fingers stuck in my ears at a nightclub, I found help in an unlikely place.

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