Have you ever felt like Goldilocks, searching for that "just right" experience? The Goldilocks effect describes our tendency to prefer things that are neither too much nor too little, but perfectly balanced. As a highly sensitive person, you might find yourself drawn to situations, relationships, or even porridge that hit that sweet spot of complexity and comfort.... Read More
HSP Journey
HSP Journey is a place for you to share your stories, discuss common traits within those who consider themselves highly sensitive, and be sensitive and be free.
The Essential Guide to Empaths and Narcissists
Navigating relationships can be complex, especially if you're a highly sensitive person. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by toxic interactions, you might find value in The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People by Shahida Arabi. There does seem to be a connection between HSPs, empaths and narcissists, and this helpful book is an essential guide. This book offers practical insights for reclaiming your power and setting boundaries with difficult individuals.... Read More
10 Options to Enhance Resilience While Navigating Life’s Challenges
In graduate school, I learned through personal experience how resilience in the face of challenge is something that can be learned and developed through the process of navigating life's challenges head-on. The American Psychological Association defines resilience as “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” Many highly sensitive people can learn to successfully navigate life's challenges by enhancing their resilience.... Read More
7 Presentations of Both High Sensitivity and Trauma
There’s a segment of the population that experiences life more vividly, more emotionally, and overall more sensitively. These Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) exhibit distinguishable characteristics, many of which are similar, if not seemingly identical, to symptoms of trauma. For HSPs with a background of trauma, one question understandably arises: Can trauma cause high sensitivity? In this article, we'll look at seven presentations of both high sensitive and trauma to see if we can shed more light on these topics.... Read More
New Study Reveals the Impact of Psychological Stress on HSPs
Recent studies in health psychology suggest a potential link between sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) and and the impact of psychological stress. SPS is the clinical name for the highly sensitive person (HSP) trait, as researched by Dr. Elaine Aron. This interesting study conducted by Jordan Buren and Dr. Grant Benham was reported by Sensitivity Research, one of the only research institutions devoted to the HSP trait. ... Read More
Exploring Self-Acceptance for Sensitive People
Understanding your high sensitivity can be a transformative journey toward self-acceptance. Those of us who grew up highly sensitive and didn't know this was a part of our personality, wind up needing to do a fair amount of work on themselves as adults learning to embrace self-acceptance as a highly sensitive person (HSP). When the messages you received during your formative years were negative, as an adult, you want to do the hard work to recognize what was and embrace what is. Exploring the areas in your past and present where you can recognize "what is" and accept yourself as you are is an invaluable skill to learn.... Read More