Feeling Overwhelmed When Nothing is Wrong
Have you ever had the feeling of being overwhelmed, but you didn’t know why? Maybe there aren’t any huge problems or stresses in your life, but still you feel cranky and annoyed by everything. I find that these feelings come about when I’m overstimulated or have spent too much...
The Worst Places on Earth for HSPs
Overstimulation. Noise, chaos, bright lights, smells, crowds. These are the HSP’s kryptonite. There are some places that have overstimulation in spades, and it’s best you avoid them if you don’t want to ruin your day. Here’s my list of the WORST possible places I can imagine as an HSP....
HSP Symptom: Sudden Noises
A bus screeched to a stop in front of me as I waited to cross the street. I grimaced and instinctively covered my ears. I turned to my husband Jim and asked, “didn’t that sound hurt your ears?” No, he says. “Ugh,” I said. “It literally HURT my ears.”...
The Story of an HSP
Sounds about right. source...
How to tell if you work with a Highly Sensitive Person
This great article by HSP expert Elaine Aron explains how to identify HSPs in the workplace. I wish some of my former managers had been this forward-thinking! She recommends using the acronym DOES to sniff out an HSP. Check it out: Depth of processing. Does this person often come up...
You Might be a Highly Sensitive Person if…
You can’t sleep because you hear a clock ticking in the other room. You can’t sleep because there is a tiny sliver of light coming in from between the curtains. You can’t sleep because you can’t stop thinking about something someone said to you that day. You can smell...
The Day “I Lost it” Because I was Overstimulated
This is a hard story for me to tell. I am embarrassed and ashamed of it. It’s the one time in my life that I’ve had an outburst and lost my cool in public. I was hanging out with my husband and a group of 6+ friends. We were all...