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Do you know what a highly sensitive person is?
Do you think you could be an HSP?
HSPs experience the world a little differently
than others due to their ability
to process things more deeply
and their heightened sensitivity towards their environments.
This personality trait was first researched
by Dr. Elaine N. Aron in 1991.
The concept of high sensitivity has gained traction
over the recent years and studies show that around 15
to 20% of the population identify as highly sensitive.
Do people around you always tell you not to be so sensitive?
Does this make you feel invalidated or alone?
Well, in this video, we wanna raise this issue
and help promote more acceptance
towards highly sensitive people and bring awareness
towards personality types, with a greater need
for solitude and less stimulating environments.
So we'll be addressing seven things
that only HSPs can relate to.
Number one, noisy environments are chaotic for you.
Do you get extremely annoyed at parties?
Does no one else seem to be bothered
by the din of conversation,
the bright flashing lights or the pulsing music?
As an HSP, you can't stand noisy environments
as they overwhelm your senses.
Your sight, hearing and sense of smell are all on overdrive
being around that much activity.
You might start to mentally shut down.
Since you've struggled to process everything separately
in these environments, it hits you all at once
and can feel very overwhelming to you.
Number two, you absorb other people's feelings as your own.
Have you ever felt a certain way
without knowing exactly why?
Did it happen to match the feeling
that one of your friends had at the time?
Absorbing other people's feelings as your own
can be attributed to your high level of empathy
and ability to understand other people's feelings.
There are even situations where you can't
distinguish your own feelings from others,
which can be exhausting for you.
One example of this is if your close friend
is stressed because of a job interview
and suddenly you feel stressed as well,
even though you are relaxing and content at home.
Number three, you are overly analytical
and observant of other people.
As an HSP, you're extremely observant
and might notice things that other people don't.
Additionally, you might start over-analyzing
what each of these small details means,
especially when you suspect the other person
was not being honest or was upset with you.
For example, you noticed during a conversation
that your friend was trying to avoid eye contact with you
and that their tone of voice did not match
what they were saying.
And then once the conversation was over,
you found yourself stuck
with those two small details in your mind.
Number four, you don't do well on a poor night's sleep.
A lack of sleep is enough to make anyone cranky,
slow and unproductive.
How do you feel when you don't get enough sleep at night?
If you are an HSP, you most likely feel pretty terrible,
making the following day almost unbearable to get through.
Getting enough sleep helps soothe your heightened senses
and allows you to properly process your emotions.
How much sleep you get at night can literally make
or break your day.
When you process information deeply
it affects your day to day needs.
Number five, you get extremely hangry.
Hangry is a word that has been popularized
and comes from mixing the feelings of hunger and anger.
It's when you're hungry, irritated, and upset
at how loud your tummy's growling
and the food just won't come quick enough.
As an HSP, you're susceptible to extreme feelings
of irritability when you're hangry.
According to Dr. Aron, HSPs are more prone to suffer
from dips and spikes in their blood sugar levels
and hunger can really mess with your mood and concentration.
Number six, the pressure of being
under observation is overwhelming to you.
Do you feel like your performance dips
whenever someone is watching what you do?
Are you extremely self-critical
to the point where you start to doubt yourself?
As an HSP, you are your own worst critic
and tend to overthink things a lot.
The fear of failing when under evaluation
or well-performing can feel overwhelmingly pressured.
This pressure can cause you to underperform.
Number seven, you say yes when you really wanna say no.
Do you ever find yourself doing things
or going places you don't want to be in,
just because someone asked you?
As an HSP, you're highly empathetic
and aware of other people's feelings.
And because of these traits
you want to avoid letting people down at all costs.
As a result, you tend to say yes
to things that you really don't wanna do.
For example, if one of your friends asked you to come
to a party and you say yes
even though you hate parties, you're most likely an HSP.
So how many of these points did you relate to?
Let us know in the comments below.
HSPs process things differently than most.
Noises, conversations, feelings,
visual information, everything is processed
to a depth that other people can't imagine.
In the end, HSPs make great friends
because of their empathy and ability to understand others.
But you need to take care of yourself
and your own mental and emotional state.
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and you think it could help someone else too.
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