Learn to live with, laugh at, and love being an HSP: A Highly Sensitive Person.

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hsp's and wi-fi/cell phones

Hello all, I have a question for you all , do any of you have issues with using devices (ipod touch , cell phones) which use wi-fi and other wireless technologies? I just (sadly) returned a brand new 64gb ipod touch, because just holding it made me feel crazed, like there was a 10,000 volt cable strapped to my spine. And I was wondering if anyone else out there is having similar issues and what you have done about it. I find the whole thing very frustrating because it just makes me feel more is… Continue

Added by artypeguy on October 24, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

hi

hello all, I just joined yesterday. I'm hoping to find this place helpful since i dont know much about being an HSP since i just found out about it a few months ago. But it seems just about to fit me and how i've been throughout my life. So i'm hoping this place will be a good place to find support and just talk about stuff. ~Suzanne Continue

Added by Suzanne on February 20, 2009 at 7:55am — No Comments

Hi All

Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello and that I hope this site will be an interesting and fun way to meet other hsp's, and hopefully make some new connections. Thanks! Continue

Added by Sofie on February 14, 2009 at 5:52am — No Comments

I always felt like the black sheep compared to those around me. Growing up I would be moved, disturb…

I always felt like the black sheep compared to those around me. Growing up I would be moved, disturbed, or irritated with something, while my family and friends remained indifferent. I am a very passionate person, so it was hard for me to understand why others were not feeling what I was feeling, causing me to appear self-righteous and neurotic. The biggest problem I face as a sensitive person is that I often feel misunderstood and isolated. I cannot share my feelings with others, out of fear o… Continue

Added by Kay Bee on January 10, 2009 at 8:09pm — 1 Comment

I have grown up all my life feeling out of place int this world. Growing up in a hostile home with a…

I have grown up all my life feeling out of place int this world. Growing up in a hostile home with a strict father and a lot of fighting was so devasting to my sensitivity that I thaught myself not to feel anything. My family did not realise of my sensitivity as I came across as a unemotional child. I always felt sorry for everyone and even as young as I was I believed that never judge someone uless you have walked in his shoes. Watching the news or hearing about someone who died will immediate… Continue

Added by Rene on September 29, 2008 at 6:39am — 1 Comment

Hello everyone!

I kinda feel like we are the pioneers in continuing to forward awareness and support for our trait....I Thank the internet and some books for bringing lots of insight as more people are finding these sources. I think its important to gain further respect and disrupt many misconceptions others who are or are not HSP's may have so that we can hold on to our sanity!! Any thoughts or comments are of course greatly appreciated. I just thought it would be nice to have something to discuss hopefully si… Continue

Added by Monica on September 23, 2008 at 1:52pm — No Comments

"Gone Walkabout"

In her book "The Highly Sensitive Person," Elaine Aron writes about how HSPs easily become "overstimulated." In talking to a lot of HSPs over the years, I've noticed that this "overstimulation" takes a lot of different forms. Some people become almost instantly frazzled, crash and burn, and are good to go again in a matter of an hour or so. For others, the time to recover is a little longer. In the course of my adult life, I have come to the understanding that I am a bit of an "odd fish," even… Continue

Added by Peter Messerschmidt on July 8, 2008 at 12:32am — No Comments

HSP social network on Ning called 'High Sensitive Soul's'

It is not easy for High Sensitive Persons to make contact with people they don't know. The 'High Sensitive Souls' social network on NING gives you space to make contact in a particular safe way. Join us! If there are more social networks for HSP's, please let me know! Love, Zensjo Watch http://www.nzahspnetwork.com/ to see what's happening among HSP's in New Sealand and Australia. Continue

Added by Zensjo on February 15, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Woodstock, written by Joni Mitchell

Woodstock - written by Joni Mitchell

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
I'm goin' on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm goin' to join in a rock n roll band
I'm goin' to camp out on the land
And try an' get my soul free

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the gard

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Added by Zensjo on February 5, 2008 at 5:10am — No Comments

HSP-ness, being "seen" and Changing The World

Most HSPs-- in their souls and essences-- are idealists with a string drive to change the world and make life a better place, for all.

At the same time, most HSPs are introverts (70-75%) and many have issues with overstimulation from a lot of activity and interaction, if not with outright Social Anxiety.

The above does have the potential to set up some inner conflicts and paradoxes: We want to change the world, but to change the world we must get "out there" and "be seen," and… Continue

Added by Peter Messerschmidt on January 12, 2008 at 10:57am — No Comments

HSPs and Conscientiousness

In her book "The Highly Sensitive Person," Elaine Aron writes about conscientiousness as one of the many hallmarks that typically go with being an HSP.

From just generally wandering through life, I believe a lot of people are conscientious-- HSP, or not. However, my experience also tells me that HSPs are more likely to take this particular tendency to extremes... extremes that sometimes resemble "nit-picky perfectionism" more than mere conscientiousness.

Now, I'm not suggesting… Continue

Added by Peter Messerschmidt on December 29, 2007 at 11:02am — 3 Comments

HSP Men: The "hidden" HSPs

It's a strange thing, being male and Highly Sensitive.

I experience an odd duality with it: At times I have felt invisible, pressured by societal conventions that "men aren't supposed to be sensitive," and "if you're sensitive, you must be a bit light in the loafers" to not-be an HSP. At other times, when I felt comfortable just being open about being an HSP, I have found myself feeling a bit like an impostor, a perverted gate-crasher at an all-girls club.

I remember going to o… Continue

Added by Peter Messerschmidt on December 18, 2007 at 7:52pm — 5 Comments

The Wonder of the WWW

The web is truly an amazing place. Sometimes I wonder how people even managed to get along and find like-kind souls, before there was the Internet. Perhaps we simply had different (lower?) expectations of what it meant to find connections.

But I digress.

It was this journey that led me here that made me smile, earlier on.

I belong to several ning communities, and thought it was a pretty nifty format... a bit like a hybrid of "social networks" (like MySpace) and strai… Continue

Added by Peter Messerschmidt on December 17, 2007 at 7:59pm — No Comments