A Highly Sensitive Person's Life
When you feel joy, discomfort, emotions, and empathy intensely
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.”
A few days later, we are walking down the street and a car goes by and breaks the silece with a loud horn HONNNNK! I involuntarily let out a small yelp. And jumped a little bit. [Read more…]
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. [Read more…]
could someone please kill those lights?
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. [Read more…]
A local farm just added my workplace as a new drop off location for their CSA. I was so excited to be a part of it-to get regular shipments of organic, fresh produce, to try new vegetables, and basically be forced to eat new foods and be healthier. This was just what I needed to turn my life around! The CSA would be the answer to all my problems! I was so ready.
Simply learning about what it means to be an HSP can change the way you see yourself and your place within the world.
