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16 Ways to Calm the Heck Down When You’re a Highly Sensitive Overthinker

16 Ways to Calm the Heck Down When You’re a Highly Sensitive Overthinker

There are tried and true ways to change your response to stressful situations, even if you’re a deep thinker — or “overthinker.”

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HSPs, Do You Absorb Your Partner’s Stress? Here’s How to Stop.

HSPs, Do You Absorb Your Partner’s Stress? Here’s How to Stop.

I knew I was absorbing my partner’s stress when I found my HSP senses depleted to the point of a sink overflowing with water.

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Do HSPs Need a Unique, Quirky Lifestyle?

Do HSPs Need a Unique, Quirky Lifestyle?

Do you long for a life that is more peaceful, more authentic, more “you”? It may be more realistic than you think.

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What Happens When HSPs Get Under-Stimulated?

What Happens When HSPs Get Under-Stimulated?

For an HSP’s powerful, deep-processing mind, understimulation can start to feel a lot like burnout.

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Am I a Highly Sensitive Person — Or Do I Have Anxiety?

Am I a Highly Sensitive Person — Or Do I Have Anxiety?

There are some overlapping similarities between being a highly sensitive person and having anxiety. But here’s how to tell the difference.

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How ‘Emotional Storms’ Keep HSPs Awake at Night — And How to Make Them Stop

How ‘Emotional Storms’ Keep HSPs Awake at Night — And How to Make Them Stop

For HSPs, racing emotions and overthinking can interfere with your sleep. Here’s how experts say you can change that.

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How Discovering I’m an HSP at 50 Changed My Life

How Discovering I’m an HSP at 50 Changed My Life

I lived 50 years of my life believing that my sensitivity was a “weakness,” something to be mastered and beaten into submission. I was wrong.

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Ask Alane: How Do I Finally Find a Happy Relationship as an HSP?

Ask Alane: How Do I Finally Find a Happy Relationship as an HSP?

Why do HSPs struggle to find happy, meaningful relationships? 

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What Happens When You End Up in HSP ‘Overdrive’?

What Happens When You End Up in HSP ‘Overdrive’?

When I was in “overdrive” mode, it was like I was in a fog because I was constantly drained — and I couldn’t see the road ahead.

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Why Healing Your Inner Child Is a Game-Changer for HSPs

Why Healing Your Inner Child Is a Game-Changer for HSPs

The biggest struggles of HSPs often start in childhood. How do you break free — and start feeling whole?

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Are These the 10 Biggest Mental Health Game-Changers for Highly Sensitive People?

Are These the 10 Biggest Mental Health Game-Changers for Highly Sensitive People?

Highly sensitive people have their own unique mental health challenges. What if your tools to overcome them were just as unique?

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How to (Actually) Find Your Purpose as a Highly Sensitive Person

How to (Actually) Find Your Purpose as a Highly Sensitive Person

Highly sensitive people want purpose in life. Here’s what researchers say about how to get it.

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