Rayne Dowell
Rayne is one of the Content Creators for HSP World. She's a curious traveler, yup an HSS too, who loves reading, writing, spending time outdoors, and playing in new projects.
Highly Sensitives and the Benefits of Naturally Recognizing Patterns
A large flock of pterodactyls noisily erupt from the trees by the watering hole from where the hunter-gatherer tribe has set up camp and is engaged in their afternoon activities. While the rest of the tribe doesn’t take notice of…
Meditation, A Maserati, and a Highly Sensitive Nervous System
A Highly Sensitive nervous system is like a Maserati. About 15-20% of the population are born with a genetic personality trait called the HSP Trait (Highly Sensitive Person), also known as Sensory Processing Sensitivity. Which means they notice much more…
How Highly Sensitives Can Respond to Gaslighting
“I can’t go with you to visit them and stay overnight for three days and spend the whole three days at their house. It’s too noisy, and too much going on for me. It’s not that I don’t love them,…
3 Main Influences That Affect Highly Sensitives (And How To Deal With Them)
With a critical eye, I examine it… The bird looks a bit distorted. The watercolors look good in some places but could be better in others. I got the right mix of water, color, and brush strokes in some areas.…
8 Ways Highly Sensitives Can Get A Handle On Their Big Emotions
It’s five in the afternoon, and after a busy day of meetings and appointments, I’m standing in line at a noisy supermarket, picking up some items for dinner. My stomach is rumbling. A heavily perfumed woman steps in front of…
8 Holiday Hacks for Highly Sensitives
Holidays are a time for creating beautiful memories. But for Highly Sensitives, holidays can sometimes be challenging. Not just because 70% of HSPs are introverts and holidays are a time for celebrating and socializing. But even for the 30% of…
How Highly Sensitive People Can Avoid Feeling Overwhelmed
As HSPs we have a finely tuned nervous system and the stimuli we receive daily can be overwhelming. But it’s not just the amount of stimuli my senses pick up, it’s the depth of processing aspect of my trait that…
Why, as an HSP, I Don’t Relate to the Word “Empath”
When I first found out I had the HSP Trait I was so relieved. I couldn’t believe how everything just fell into place. So much made sense to me now. Why I dreamed the way I did, why I could smell scents…
Are Psychiatrists Crazy?
“You look great! You look good!” I’m new to finding a Therapist and I’m sitting across from a Psychiatrist I haven’t met before. I’ve just related what therapies I’ve been researching that I think would be helpful. Her response is…
An HSP on What Strength Means
It feels like a splintered wooden skewer is winding its way up, slowly and methodically piercing through my intestines as it insinuates its way toward my throat. I’d been gazing out the bus window lost in reverie but have been…
