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Category Archives: HSP Journey
An HSP’s Absolute Need for Hiatus
The holidays are always a super-busy, super-stimulating time for me. So much is going on. My spouse is a regional officer for a national volunteer organization and attends many local chapter meetings. During the holidays, when these groups have their … Continue reading
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Tagged down time, Finding Your Truth, Hiatus, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, rejuvenate, relaxation, renew, Self-care, sensitivity, take a break
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Making the Most of Your Active HSP Mind
One of the causes of an HSP’s overstimulation is their overactive mind. Our minds are always working. We obsess over details. We make connections between minutiae that others can’t see. We are innovative and creative. Our minds never stop their … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, Depth of Processing, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, HSP careers, Mind, personal growth, potentiality, social responsibility, workplace
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Is HSP Sensitivity a Curse or a Blessing? (Part 2)
In our last post, we took in many of the advantages that HSPs possess. In this one, we must look at the disadvantages in order to see the whole picture, and make a balanced choice. Cons Relationships Because we can … Continue reading
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Tagged advantages, blessing, burden, Curse, Finding Your Truth, good fortune, pros and cons, scourge, wisdom
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Is HSP Sensitivity a Curse or a Blessing? (Part 1)
We know that we are different from the other 80% of the population. Our sensitivity creates different biological responses than our counterparts. As a consequence, we often perceive our world differently. Our senses are the tools through which we comprehend … Continue reading
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Tagged advantages, blessing, burden, Curse, Finding Your Truth, good fortune, pros and cons, scourge, wisdom
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How to Maximize Your Personal Power for Self-Protection – Part 2
In Part 1, we looked at the destructive nature of toxic people that can wreak havoc on an HSP’s life. Here are four steps you can take right now to build up the power to resist the attacks of toxic … Continue reading
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Tagged Finding Your Truth, HSP, Narcissists, Own Your Power, self-protection, sensitivity, Toxic people, wisdom
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How to Maximize Your Personal Power for Self-Protection – Part 1
In my memoir, I tell of an incident early in my life, many, many years before Dr. Aron began her work to identify and classify the personality style known as highly sensitive. The characters in this incident were myself, another … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, guard, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, power, Protect Yourself, protection, resistance, self-defense, sensitivity, Strength, wisdom
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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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