10 Strengths of a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Coronastern
For years I thought something was wrong with me for seeing and experiencing the world so differently. My dad for example couldn't comprehend why I was like that. For him I was too sensitive. but I think my mum is an HSP herself. Anyway. I had to become 28 to stumble across this concept and finaly it clicked. To know I'm not a mistake of nature but something natur does with intention. I feld so gosh darn relieved. It was like a boulder was liftet of my shoulders and I could start to appriciate myself instead of picking me apart every day. Now. being almost 36 I'm confident in what I am, and I sell it as my strong side instead of a weakness. For all HSP's out there: you are right as you should be and don't let others tell you otherwise. They are truly unable to understand it, but that's ok. they don't have to as long as you do.
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For years I thought something was wrong with me for seeing and experiencing the world so differently. My dad for example couldn't comprehend why I was like that. For him I was too sensitive. but I think my mum is an HSP herself. Anyway. I had to become 28 to stumble across this concept and finaly it clicked. To know I'm not a mistake of nature but something natur does with intention. I feld so gosh darn relieved. It was like a boulder was liftet of my shoulders and I could start to appriciate myself instead of picking me apart every day. Now. being almost 36 I'm confident in what I am, and I sell it as my strong side instead of a weakness. For all HSP's out there: you are right as you should be and don't let others tell you otherwise. They are truly unable to understand it, but that's ok. they don't have to as long as you do.
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Johm
I was diagnosed awhile ago with being an HSP. I always wondered why other people had such a lack of empathy and understanding, and I still do. I cant comprehend the average persons ignorance. I dunno why. These traits mean that HSPs are never bad friends because we know exactly how to be nice. We dont do mean or rude things on purpose, because we know that will make you feel bad, in turn making us feel bad. Unfortunately, this means HSPs are the victim of being friends with bad people who they are only friends with because they are overly nice and considerate, and then get their feelings hurt really badly when they face finding out that that friend is a bad person. It sucks.
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I was diagnosed awhile ago with being an HSP. I always wondered why other people had such a lack of empathy and understanding, and I still do. I cant comprehend the average persons ignorance. I dunno why. These traits mean that HSPs are never bad friends because we know exactly how to be nice. We dont do mean or rude things on purpose, because we know that will make you feel bad, in turn making us feel bad. Unfortunately, this means HSPs are the victim of being friends with bad people who they are only friends with because they are overly nice and considerate, and then get their feelings hurt really badly when they face finding out that that friend is a bad person. It sucks.
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Jack
I truly hope that every HSP will realize that eating murdered living beings is not good at all. I stopped eating murdered flesh exactly because I feel for other beings. I do not support specishism and I value animal lives just like human lives. Every living being can feel pain.
Nobody is superior, we are all earthlings and we should treat each other as neighbors, not as objects to exploit. I think that if every one of you would look at the videos of slaughterhouses that activists show you would choose vegan lifestyle just like I did.
And no, Im not kidding, Im being serious. For real.
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I truly hope that every HSP will realize that eating murdered living beings is not good at all. I stopped eating murdered flesh exactly because I feel for other beings. I do not support specishism and I value animal lives just like human lives. Every living being can feel pain.
Nobody is superior, we are all earthlings and we should treat each other as neighbors, not as objects to exploit. I think that if every one of you would look at the videos of slaughterhouses that activists show you would choose vegan lifestyle just like I did.
And no, Im not kidding, Im being serious. For real.
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That
I also struggle with mental health issues but when I'm less obfuscated by that, it might help me to find the utility in being highly sensitive. The reason I don't connect with many people? Not supposed to. Getting that angry over getting cut off on the road. Supposed to. You just have to be able to take a step back from yourself to try to outwardly react in the way that enhances your self image. That's what takes practice, trial and error and some painful memories that unfortunately don't go away. Last thing you want to do is feel critical of your feelings. You're supposed to be this way.
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I also struggle with mental health issues but when I'm less obfuscated by that, it might help me to find the utility in being highly sensitive. The reason I don't connect with many people? Not supposed to. Getting that angry over getting cut off on the road. Supposed to. You just have to be able to take a step back from yourself to try to outwardly react in the way that enhances your self image. That's what takes practice, trial and error and some painful memories that unfortunately don't go away. Last thing you want to do is feel critical of your feelings. You're supposed to be this way.
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Gabi
It sucks because its so easy for me to get confused. People with argumentative personalities make me question and doubt myself, even when I know Im not wrong. Bitter people make me feel over dramatic or like Im just immature or unstable. It sucks because I dont know who to trust anymore. Theres ppl whos immediate thoughts on meeting you are, how can I use them to my advantage? And Im so blind to it until Im hurt by it. It makes me feel dumb when ppl see my kindness and take it for granted.
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It sucks because its so easy for me to get confused. People with argumentative personalities make me question and doubt myself, even when I know Im not wrong. Bitter people make me feel over dramatic or like Im just immature or unstable. It sucks because I dont know who to trust anymore. Theres ppl whos immediate thoughts on meeting you are, how can I use them to my advantage? And Im so blind to it until Im hurt by it. It makes me feel dumb when ppl see my kindness and take it for granted.
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kpop
Wow when the sensitive thing got brought up i realized that when someone like a friend or a relative starts crying i cant help myself but to hug them. I guess cus i know what its like to be sensitive and wish for someone to do that to me but never got it, lol but thats okay, no one knows how considerate i really am because they just look at the bad traits i have, like my anger and stuff, they dont see how caring i am when someone cries and stuff, i swear it hurts being an HSP.
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Wow when the sensitive thing got brought up i realized that when someone like a friend or a relative starts crying i cant help myself but to hug them. I guess cus i know what its like to be sensitive and wish for someone to do that to me but never got it, lol but thats okay, no one knows how considerate i really am because they just look at the bad traits i have, like my anger and stuff, they dont see how caring i am when someone cries and stuff, i swear it hurts being an HSP.
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Cynthia
I was always treated differently than my siblings growing up. I was labeled too sensitive! My dads heart attack was known to my whole family except me bc they didnt know how I would accept it, I found out from an aunt. I was disappointed to be left out of the loop, on several occasions bc they didnt want to upset my sensibilities. I was glad I found out bc I was able to visit my dad and become closer to him. I was the only one who chose to do so.
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I was always treated differently than my siblings growing up. I was labeled too sensitive! My dads heart attack was known to my whole family except me bc they didnt know how I would accept it, I found out from an aunt. I was disappointed to be left out of the loop, on several occasions bc they didnt want to upset my sensibilities. I was glad I found out bc I was able to visit my dad and become closer to him. I was the only one who chose to do so.
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SwirlDip82
Well, I am very passionate and Im very creative and very empathetic and I do live my life to the fullest but the trouble is that people get very envious about it and then they start using my HSP as an advantage to push me around him thats not the fun feeling at all people dont kind of see if my eyes they just kinda look at me like Im some kind of weirdo, and its hard to not care, because I am a caring person myself
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Well, I am very passionate and Im very creative and very empathetic and I do live my life to the fullest but the trouble is that people get very envious about it and then they start using my HSP as an advantage to push me around him thats not the fun feeling at all people dont kind of see if my eyes they just kinda look at me like Im some kind of weirdo, and its hard to not care, because I am a caring person myself
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The
Now in 2023 try telling 99% of people that I'm a Highly Sensitive Person! and not be looked at as some snowflake liberal, etc etc. It always amazes me that most people still basically feel Back in my day, we were alcoholics like real men, to deal with our problems. People want life to be suffering; especially if it's someone's else's life, so that they can feel better on their own suffering.
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Now in 2023 try telling 99% of people that I'm a Highly Sensitive Person! and not be looked at as some snowflake liberal, etc etc. It always amazes me that most people still basically feel Back in my day, we were alcoholics like real men, to deal with our problems. People want life to be suffering; especially if it's someone's else's life, so that they can feel better on their own suffering.
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Zhu
When I see people in conflict, I so often see how people are talking past each other and not really arguing about the issue at all. They don't see what their beliefs or definitions are but assume the other has the same understanding of the term or comes from the same place or has examined why they've come from that place and what brought them to those axioms of life.
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When I see people in conflict, I so often see how people are talking past each other and not really arguing about the issue at all. They don't see what their beliefs or definitions are but assume the other has the same understanding of the term or comes from the same place or has examined why they've come from that place and what brought them to those axioms of life.
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Ronnie
It was really tough in the beginning of my life, the middle wasn't so bad, nowadays in my senior years, it's wonderful. Be kind to those who are not kind, because kindness must be experienced before it can be expressed. Everyone have a great day. And do a small task that is difficult, do it until it becomes a simple task. It will put a smile in your heart.
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It was really tough in the beginning of my life, the middle wasn't so bad, nowadays in my senior years, it's wonderful. Be kind to those who are not kind, because kindness must be experienced before it can be expressed. Everyone have a great day. And do a small task that is difficult, do it until it becomes a simple task. It will put a smile in your heart.
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Silver
HSPs unite! I want more people to understand that sensitivity is a gift and not a flaw. It really pains me as someone who was called a leaky faucet (lol) as a child when people are labelled, name-called etc. for being who they are. If gays and even trans people are supported in our culture, why can't sensitive people also be supported?
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HSPs unite! I want more people to understand that sensitivity is a gift and not a flaw. It really pains me as someone who was called a leaky faucet (lol) as a child when people are labelled, name-called etc. for being who they are. If gays and even trans people are supported in our culture, why can't sensitive people also be supported?
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education
As an HSP i often feel overwhelmed and confused my the many sensations people give. This video helped me boost my confidence and understand why I do some of the things i do and why I react in certain ways to certain things. Thank you and whoever read this, I hope you are doing well and I wish you a nice day. You are loved
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As an HSP i often feel overwhelmed and confused my the many sensations people give. This video helped me boost my confidence and understand why I do some of the things i do and why I react in certain ways to certain things. Thank you and whoever read this, I hope you are doing well and I wish you a nice day. You are loved
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SuperJSM
Most of the things you have listed I can relate to, but one. For some reason I don't really understand, my brain gets easily distracted or sometimes struggle to hear people in environments higher than(not super noisy. Though, I have a feeling that that makes a lot of sense because of some of the other points.
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Most of the things you have listed I can relate to, but one. For some reason I don't really understand, my brain gets easily distracted or sometimes struggle to hear people in environments higher than(not super noisy. Though, I have a feeling that that makes a lot of sense because of some of the other points.
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Dan
A friend (sadly now deceased) suggested Elaine Aron's book to me, and I definitely saw myself in it. As a child, other kids knew I was sensitive and used to bully me. Being sensitive can be tough, but it can be an advantage when you have to work in a job where tone matters.
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A friend (sadly now deceased) suggested Elaine Aron's book to me, and I definitely saw myself in it. As a child, other kids knew I was sensitive and used to bully me. Being sensitive can be tough, but it can be an advantage when you have to work in a job where tone matters.
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Sandeep
Another thing that is really important for HSP is to avoid negative online or offline content. We are Highly sensitive. So we must watch emotionally nourishing and uplifting content all the time. Things like violence and disasters can really get to us.
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Another thing that is really important for HSP is to avoid negative online or offline content. We are Highly sensitive. So we must watch emotionally nourishing and uplifting content all the time. Things like violence and disasters can really get to us.
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RujProtektor
I am an hsp and have childhood trauma from my abusive mother and it feels like a big F you from life, i guess that my shitty life is meant to be like that, cause my fate is helping people with understanding them well
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I am an hsp and have childhood trauma from my abusive mother and it feels like a big F you from life, i guess that my shitty life is meant to be like that, cause my fate is helping people with understanding them well
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P! nk_Buni
Thank you so much I just got into a really bad fight last night and its always related with this Im special and not a problem thank you im crying as I write this, I can barely see the words as I type
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Thank you so much I just got into a really bad fight last night and its always related with this Im special and not a problem thank you im crying as I write this, I can barely see the words as I type
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KansasScout
Thank you for such kind words for us HSP's. Life was particularly hard at times, especially when putting myself in the wrong places at the wrong times with the wrong people. But it was richer.
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Thank you for such kind words for us HSP's. Life was particularly hard at times, especially when putting myself in the wrong places at the wrong times with the wrong people. But it was richer.
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washedbytheblood
I wonder how hyper vigilance plays into this. Weakness of HSP = placing your good character traits on other people making you vulnerable to narcissists psychopaths and other toxic people
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I wonder how hyper vigilance plays into this. Weakness of HSP = placing your good character traits on other people making you vulnerable to narcissists psychopaths and other toxic people
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Wes
Carol A Brown has books that cover highly sensitive people. and how to navigate around toxic people. I found it very helpful after a lifetime of being called names and bullied by insensitive people.
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Carol A Brown has books that cover highly sensitive people. and how to navigate around toxic people. I found it very helpful after a lifetime of being called names and bullied by insensitive people.
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KatNKaboodle
I love being an HSP. Sometimes it can be a lot, but it helps me out with my daily life and even my job. I would rather feel so much than feel nothing at all.
Great list, as always!
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I love being an HSP. Sometimes it can be a lot, but it helps me out with my daily life and even my job. I would rather feel so much than feel nothing at all.
Great list, as always!
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Der
I highly suspect, that I was a HSP, and due to drawing the short stick in genetics and an unfortunate upbringing (not parents, but mostly everyone else) ended up emotionally crippled.
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I highly suspect, that I was a HSP, and due to drawing the short stick in genetics and an unfortunate upbringing (not parents, but mostly everyone else) ended up emotionally crippled.
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see
I have hsp and i don't really think i'm the best listener cause i'm always day dreaming but i just can't help it. i often see that people get upset with me for day dreaming so much
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I have hsp and i don't really think i'm the best listener cause i'm always day dreaming but i just can't help it. i often see that people get upset with me for day dreaming so much
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Notura
9. Tense moments are the hardest thing for me to deal with and Im now finding myself feeling like I need to be like this!
Every single example I am 100 percent equivalent to
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9. Tense moments are the hardest thing for me to deal with and Im now finding myself feeling like I need to be like this!
Every single example I am 100 percent equivalent to
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