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. …
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…
3 Main Influences That Affect Highly Sensitive People 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…
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…
8 Holiday Hacks for Highly Sensitive People
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…
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,…
Why This Highly Sensitive Person Wondered if Psychiatrists are 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…
A Highly Sensitive Person on What Strength Means
A Moment of Strength 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…
Gratitude As A Magical Elixir for the Highly Sensitive Person
Common annoyances for Highly Sensitive People Noisy people. Noisy places. Clutter. Messy minds. My messy mind. In a mostly extroverted, non-HSP world these are the things I try to mitigate…
Highly Sensitives, a Mental Health Diagnosis, Curiosity and Wholistic Healing
Questions highly sensitive people can ask themselves Is it PTSD? Or Anxiety? Or Depression? Or could the depression and anxiety be a by-product of the PTSD? These are the questions…