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 HSP World Podcast: Episode 1 – What It’s About
The HSP World podcast is no longer available in audio format. Below please find the transcript. Welcome to the first episode of The HSP World Podcast! Thomas: Hello and welcome to the HSP world podcast. I’m Thomas. Robyn: I’m Robyn. …
Living in LaLa Land: Inside the Imagination of an HSP
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. – Cheshire Cat It wasn’t until adulthood that I realized how lucky I was to grow up in such an artistic and creative family. I’m now learning that not everybody…
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 Emotional Sensitivity
On a scale of one to ten how bad is your pain? One of the many questions an HSP has to answer differently. Emotional pain can be the same way. I experience emotions others may not or on a level…
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 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…
The Twelve Days of Christmas (for Highly Sensitive People)
The holidays can be a wonderful time, and a stressful time for all of us. With all the lights, the decorations, the music, the get-togethers and the food come family, friends, and usually — by the time it’s all over,…
Tuning Out the World: An HSP’s Case for Guilty Pleasures
Mass shootings and famine, the homeless and war. Natural disasters you cannot ignore. Sexual assault and global warming… These are a few of my least favorite things. Such topics can easily be crammed into a ten-minute news segment, let alone…
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…
A Place for Highly Sensitives
