I Am a Highly Sensitive Person


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I Always Knew...

... that there was something "different" about me. However, it wasn't until I read Elaine Aron's book "The Highly Sensitive...

And That's Not Always Easy

The world has always seemed a strange place to me. I have a natural understanding of things, like a natural law or something. I feel...

I Would Like To Clear Up A Few Things About Sensitive People

This is my personal interpretation of an HSP! A) It's not only about having one's feelings hurt easily. I know many people that are easily...

Thick Skin

I am 35 years old, and still trying to develope a reasonable thick skin, just enough to protect me at the appropriate times. I have always...

Searching For Something..?

some days are better than others. throughout my life I have been trying to understand why i often feel so different than others. things...

Benefits Of Being An Hsp?

I know very well that being an HSP has both advantages and disadvantages.  But in this world we're leaving which gets even harder every day...

Being An Hsp

It's strange, to be highly sensitive in a world that's all about competing and getting in people's face to get ahead... and I often feel...
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  • "It's strange, to be highly sensitive in a world that's all about competing and getting in people's face to get ahead..."
  • "My nervous system sometimes feels so frazzled that I just have to go off by myself..."
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34% of people who have this experience are in their teens, 26% are in their twenties, and 20% are in their thirties. 79% of people who have this experience are women.

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