Should Highly Sensitive People Hide Their Sensitivity?
A good poker-face. That’s what I needed. At least, when I was in my late teenage years, it seemed like it was exactly what I needed to succeed in my social endeavors. I’d learned through trial and error that a…
How Does A Highly Sensitive Person Create Healthy Relationships?
I had to make some very difficult decisions regarding relationships that were unhealthy for me. As someone who had always put others feelings and priorities ahead of my own, I noticed I had a pattern. I’d fallen into the habit…
Life Before and After Learning I Have the HSP Trait
Unlike the other books, this particular book cover was facing outwards. Maybe it was serendipity. We were in an alternative bookshop in Totnes, Devon, UK, when my partner chanced upon Dr. Elaine Aron’s, “the Highly Sensitive Child, Helping Our Children…
The Paradox of Being A Sensitive Man
I really dislike the term “sensitive male.” Use it with me and it’ll make me feel uncomfortable. Why? Because I’ve always felt the term “sensitive male” does not take into account that every person’s energy is as unique as their…
An HSP on Discovering the HSP Trait
In the winter of 2016 something in me was triggered. I demanded within myself, answers, explanations and clarity. Something inside of me pushed me like never before. I spoke out, but from within, asking the Universe for the answers no matter…
A Highly Sensitive Man on the Freedom of Self-Acceptance
Last Christmas (sounds like a song) I was sitting in a completely dark living room with my girlfriend. Not because we had no power, or thought it was nicer, but purely out of necessity; I could not bear anything anymore.…
Strength, Balance and the Sensitive Male
Sensitive men are so strong. That may sound like a contradiction but not in this case. It takes courage to be yourself when you are a sensitive man. It’s not looked at too kindly when it comes to men. Society…
An HSP on Shining Our Spirit
I had been standing outside checking a load on one of the flatbed trucks when I first heard the young boys laughter in the distance. It came from the direction of the lone house at the end of the residential…
Why Sensitive Men are So Appreciated
HSPs make up about 20% of the population. You would think, with that number, there would be more men who speak up about having this trait. After all, according to current world population statistics there are about 800,000,000 HSMs (Highly…
Seeing Beneath the Surface
HSP’s are quirky people. We color outside of the lines when it comes to meeting stereotypes and expectations. The difference is because we look beneath the surface and react accordingly. For the Highly Sensitive, awareness is a whole different ball…
A Place for Highly Sensitives
