Are you easily overwhelmed by noise, crowds, bright lights, and bad smells? Are you jumpy and tend to worry a lot? If you are like me, and are biologically wired to be sensitive to your environment, then little things may tend to bother you more than the “average” person. Basically, I sweat the small stuff. […]
The right to silence trumps the right to noise
December 10, 2013 by 5 Comments
Feeling the Physical Pain of Others
December 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
Find a Work-Around for Your Fear
November 28, 2013 by 1 Comment
Amy over at Nomadtopia is spending a few weeks in Bali and has discovered lots of menacing stray dogs hanging out near her apartment. She found herself feeling fearful and stressed about having to walk by and encounter these scary canines. Her anxiety would rise before even leaving her apartment! So she did what a […]
How do you explain to your partner that simply being around people takes energy?
November 25, 2013 by 2 Comments
I saw something worth sharing on the Introvert subreddit on Reddit today. Someone asked how to explain being an introvert to her boyfriend. She didn’t know how to get him to understand that she needed alone time, and that he shouldn’t take it personally. The reply of what she should say to him is in […]
Don’t Stand Over Me While I’m Working
November 3, 2013 by 3 Comments
HSPs generally perform poorly when being watched, and yeah, I can totally confirm this. One of my old bosses would sometimes stand right over me and watch me while I did things on the computer. It was so insufferable that I called him out on it. I probably said something sarcastic like, “Are you really […]
