How to Speak to Loved Ones About Being Highly Sensitive
We can’t control how other people react to us, but we can rewrite the conversation — and finally get heard.
We can’t control how other people react to us, but we can rewrite the conversation — and finally get heard.
Kindness is often taken for weakness. So how do you avoid being on the bottom?
Your heart starts racing, your ears may throb, your body tenses up. You’re getting flooded.
As highly sensitive people, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when a moment becomes too loud or or too “busy.” That’s where grounding comes in.
I called up Dr. Elaine Aron, the researcher behind the HSP movement, for some much-needed advice.
I’ve been training for this day my whole life.
Western society encourages us to decide with the Mind and ignore feedback from the rest of the system.
I thought my inner critic was an enemy to be destroyed. It wasn’t until I learned to make peace with it that I stepped into freedom as an HSP.
As a highly sensitive person and empath, I felt other people’s stress, tension, and brokenness as if it were my own.
Holiday get-togethers can be exhausting and overwhelming for highly sensitive people, who process everything deeply. Here’s how I survive.
Highly sensitive people are easily receptive to pain — both physical and emotional — which can make doctor visits and health concerns extra difficult.
For highly sensitive people, who feel and process things deeply, staying healthy may look very different than it does for other people.
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