A Highly Sensitive Person's Life
When you feel joy, discomfort, emotions, and empathy intensely
why can’t we all just get along
“I don’t know what to talk to people about. I’m okay with just sitting there and listening to others. Then if I try to interject, people shut me out, like I don’t exist (depending on the people.) So, It’s best to just sit quietly.”
I got this paragraph in an email from an acquaintance recently and I totally understood where she was coming from. [Read more…]
This recent quote I read from Emma Watson makes me like her a whole lot.
“Have you seen Quiet by Susan Cain? … It discusses how [extroverts] in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an [extrovert] you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life. Coming to realize that about myself was very empowering, because I had felt like Oh my god, there must be something wrong with me, because I don’t want to go out and do what all my friends want to do.” source
Thank you, Emma, for this!
Reading Quiet changed my life, too. I had to exact same revelation-there is NOT something wrong with me for being the way I am. The same goes for being an HSP. You are normal, just a different kind of “normal”! It’s the definition of “normal” that’s wrong.
Simply learning about what it means to be an HSP can change the way you see yourself and your place within the world.
