Gradually, I’m becoming more comfortable with myself in midlife as a Highly Sensitive Person. As with most periods of change, it’s hard to tell when the switch to the next phase is complete.... 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 Difficult Journey to Highly Sensitive (HSP) Discovery
Many of us have had a difficult journey on the path to understanding ourselves as highly sensitive people. We may have been misunderstood as children, and perhaps even as sensitive adults. We might have been bullied. We might have felt shame in how others treated us in regards to our sensitivities. Whatever the case, the difficult journey to Highly Sensitive (HSP) discovery is often a bumpy one.... Read More
6 HSP Quizzes to Determine if You’re Highly Sensitive
Taking a quiz to determine if you're highly sensitive can uncover keys to your personality. Most of us long to better understand ourselves because we're highly sensitive and have always felt different from others. Do you suspect you're highly sensitive? Do you feel exhausted when you're exposed to too many stimuli? Do you prefer to be quiet, with few people, and close to those who know and love you? If you're curious about the HSP trait and think you might be highly sensitive, these HSP quizzes below can offer insight and perhaps confirmation:... Read More
HSP 101: Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person Trait
means. It might sound like a put-down, or maybe something you overheard a parent say about you to someone else. Whichever way you cut it, being called sensitive has almost always been a bad thing. That is, until Dr. Elaine Aron began to study what she named, “the Highly Sensitive Person trait.”... Read More