I Am a Highly Sensitive Person

... that there was something "different" about me. However, it wasn't until I read Elaine Aron's book "The Highly Sensitive Person" in 1996 that I knew there was a name for it. I just figured that I was "too...

I have been just as abusive to myself as I have be abused off and on over the years of my life. This has been a big thing to realize and I will have to find a way to forgive myself and learn not to do it any more.

As far back as I can...

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 everything - people, animals, trees, bugs and other people's emotions have played a huge part in my...

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 like the situation is complexified by being male, and highly sensitive. After all, guys "aren...

I don't know where to begin. I just found out I was a HSP back in October. It changed my world and how I precised myself. It was definitely a relief and a shock. I thought I was the only one but I did find a friend who was also a HSP...

I don't have too much to say.... But I am extremely sensitive, you can hurt me easily... the smallest acts of kindness can affect me more then you know... I will listen to you, and i will care about you... I might not even know you! and...

Hey,

I was wondering if any of you HSP's have or have had the same issue?? I'm in my mid twenties and still live at home for various reasons. One is that I have had psychosis more than once and it took me a while to become stabilized...

( deep breath ) I don't know if I will be able to write this...
And if I do, will I be sorry? As many of you get to know me, you may have noticed that I , in fact love you, but I have to " go away."

I am " gifted " they say, although...

Can't you feel it?
It's like a tingling in my ear.
I can feel it.

Can't you feel it?
It's a tug in your insides
damn could this be fear?

I can feel it
I can feel it

Vibes all around me.
Vibes all up in my face.

Can't you feel it?
I...

Hi everyone,

I was looking to talk to people about HSP. I have sensitive all my life and it has not been excepted while I was growing up. I feel different to other people and I get misunderstood. When I get upset people think I`m...

Hi Everyone!
My name is Megan. I've been looking for answers and help my whole life surrounding my sensitivities, and I just recently came across information about HSPs. Everything I've been researching has been so dead on! Realizing...

There is, in the mental health (neurobiology) field, finally a recognition that about 8% are actually wired for emotional sensitivity. It is amazing what the validation of knowing you are actually created, as in made in your brain to be...

Another day in the life of a sensitive. My best friend of 5 years died today. I didn't get to see him much since I moved out of my mom's house 2 years ago but his death is a like a death blow to me.

I have always cared much more about...

How did you guys find out about HSP information? How has your life changed since?

I'm really new to discovering it and I'm still feeling very alone. My boyfriend just doesn't get it and I've really never known another HSP, at least...

I'm a highly sensitive person. Along with many other things, this means that I'm sensitive to the needs of others. I wear my heart on my sleeve and am extremely considerate of other people's feelings, time and needs. But sometimes...

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 hurt but are not sensitive. People who are truly sensitive care about other's feelings as much...

During the last while speaking to my new friends, they notice that my mood can change allot in a short period of time and they thought I might be bipolar. I saw my counselor today and asked if she thinks I'm that based of the many...

no, it's not! I DO smell, hear, taste something, even if you don't!! I read a book about this so I know it's not just me that likes saltine crackers, plain!

America, why are you so obsessed with image? As an HSP, I can’t help but notice a trend. And as an HSP, I can’t help but question it. It baffles my mind, and I know I’ll never be able to understand it. It’s called image, and its...

Does any one else around my age find it emotionally exhausting and lonely being an HSP in the age range of stereotyped party animals, who only think about partying, sex and drugs and don't seem to see more too life like i do.... don't...