How Highly Sensitive People Can Overcome Feeling Misunderstood
There may be times when you may feel others don’t understand you fully, or perhaps at all. Being misunderstood may relate to a certain situation and what you say or how you act; when how it’s meant and subsequently received…
How Highly Sensitive People Can Successfully Navigate COVID
One afternoon I was standing in front of the limes at the grocery store. The produce section was busy. I had my mask on and noticed a woman standing close by, maskless, and I could see she wanted limes too. …
Should Highly Sensitive People Hide Their Sensitivity?
A good poker-face. That’s what I needed. At least, when I was in my late teenage years, it seemed like it was exactly what I needed to succeed in my social endeavors. I’d learned through trial and error that a…
The Paradox of Being A Sensitive Man
I really dislike the term “sensitive male.” Use it with me and it’ll make me feel uncomfortable. Why? Because I’ve always felt the term “sensitive male” does not take into account that every person’s energy is as unique as their…
An HSP on Emotional Sensitivity
On a scale of one to ten how bad is your pain? One of the many questions an HSP has to answer differently. Emotional pain can be the same way. I experience emotions others may not or on a level…
Only the Lonely: HSPs and Loneliness
I gazed out the window of the brownstone, wondering how many weekends I had spent alone. At twenty-six, I was living in Baltimore, my third floor apartment looking over trees on what used to be a block of regal homes.…
Why Sensitive Men are So Appreciated
HSPs make up about 20% of the population. You would think, with that number, there would be more men who speak up about having this trait. After all, according to current world population statistics there are about 800,000,000 HSMs (Highly…
An HSP on Giving Ourselves Permission: Sensitivity and Creativity
I often buy books for my children I love, or books that I want to read but haven’t yet. A couple of years ago I bought my son “Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking” by…
Resilience and The Art of Getting it Right
My impatience had tripped me up again. Running a bit late for the optometrist, I knew I was going to get a speeding ticket the minute I laid eyes on the police car parked by the hardware store. I hadn’t…
Navigating Marriage to a Non-HSP
I once got mad at my husband for blowing out a candle too soon. Yes, that’s right, “too soon.” I tend to burn a candle or essential oil almost every day to set the right aroma in the place I…
A Place for Highly Sensitives
