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Why Understanding the Fight-or-Flight Response is so Critical for HSPs
In my book, Mere Sense, a Memoir of Men, Migraine and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive, I describe an incident that really threw me off my game early in my life. I reacted to a social incident with an … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, fear, Fight-or-flight, Self-care, stress, wisdom
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Using Your HSP Voice to Make a Difference
Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a pastor and a civil rights activist. He spread his message of equality through nonviolent resistance and peaceful protest against discrimination during the late 50’s and 60’s. He led a march … Continue reading
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Tagged change, creativity, details, emotional reactivity, Express yourself, motivation, speaking, subtleties, voice
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How to Explain Your HSP Need for Alone Time to Others
When I first entered into a relationship with the man that would become my husband, I told him that there was something he needed to know about me. I needed time alone. It had nothing to do with him, or … Continue reading
Mastering Give-and-Take, an Essential HSP Skill, Part 2
Knowing the art of give-and-take is an essential skill we all need in order to successfully live a happy and productive life. Determining and maintaining boundaries is especially important for HSPs. Those boundaries are already blurred due to our empathic … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, Finding Your Truth, give-and-take, HSP, Inner strength, insensitive world, thin boundaries, wisdom
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Mastering Give-and-Take, an Essential HSP Skill, Part 1
On June 14, I spent the late evening and part of the night huddled in the basement under the staircase, as a tornado touched down in the countryside two miles from our small town. In the morning, when we assessed … Continue reading
Dealing with Toxic Family Members, An HSP Essential Guide
It’s a fact of life that there are toxic people out there. I detailed some of the toxic people I’ve run across in my memoir, Mere Sense. But there are far more people I’ve come in contact with over my … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Emotions, HSP Journey, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged awareness, boundaries, emotions, Empathy, Finding Your Truth, grey rock, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, intuition, Toxic people
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Applying the Superpower of “The Mere Sense of Living” Available to HSPs Only
For too long, highly sensitive people have taken the term “too sensitive” as an insult. No one can really blame us for that, as it has been used as a form of abuse for much too long a time. This … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, authenticity, conscientiousness, Finding Your Truth, giving back, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP
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An HSP’s Absolute Necessity to Connect Emotionally
We, as HSPs, need solitude. We thrive in solitude. There is research-backed evidence that shows that solitude is essential to an HSPs wellbeing in the areas of emotion, cognition, spirituality, and social/relational life. Seclusion is great most of the time, … Continue reading
Using Your HSP Empathy for Spiritual Growth
It is a common misconception that psychopaths have no empathy. Depending upon the way you define the word “empathy,” this is far from the truth. These troubled individuals often have and make full use of what is known as cognitive … Continue reading
Navigating the Urge to Feel
In my very early adulthood, there was a popular song called “Born to Be Alive.” Its message was a very upbeat, motivating, but simple one. Enjoy being alive. Most people support that message, but have no idea what being alive … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional regulation, emotions, feelings, Finding Your Truth, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP
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