HSP Podcast #16: High Sensation Seeking

Episode 16hsp podcast 16 hss of the Highly Sensitive Person Podcast is about High Sensation Seeking HSPs. You have no idea how many times I had to edit myself saying that mouthful of words incorrectly in this episode.

HSPs are careful and evaluate everything around them thoroughly. But those who are also High Sensation Seekers crave excitement, arousal, and new experiences (not necessarily extreme stuff like skydiving or bungee jumping, mind you.) How can those two traits co-exist in the same person?! I think it’s an interesting concept.

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Mentioned on this episode: Take the test to see if you are a high sensation seeker

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Podcast music attribution: By the Coast (2004) (Antony Raijekov) / CC BY-NC 2.5

Are you a High Sensation Seeking HSP?

So along with introverts, extraverts, and HSPs, there are also High Sensation Seeking HSPs (Elaine Aron calls them HSP/HSSs.)

HSP/HSSs are quite rare. [Read more…]