One of the challenges with Lyme+ and HSP (Highly Sensitive People) can be sensitivity to light, sound, touch, & smell. Touch and smell I can usually avoid (especially at home), but light and sound is more difficult. My daughter is extreme HSP and often has to recluse to her room because the world is just…
It’s OK not be OK – so you can be OK
Highly Sensitive People on overload can end up crashed, shut down, physically sick with an upset stomach or migraine and often in tears. It is so important for HSPs to recognize when they are in a situation that is causing overload and find ways to manage it. It's ok to not be ok. And it's…
The Beauty of Being Highly Sensitive
As challenging as HSP can feel, it is moreso a beautiful gift - a treasured trait that gives perspective like none other. As with most things, perspective plays a big role in how we feel about being HSP. Our society has a strong focus on ambition - the louder we are, the more people listen.…
Highly Sensitive – What Sensory Overload Feels Like
In the movie Zero Dark Thirty, interrogators use various methods to extract information from suspected terrorists. One of those methods is loud music and bright lights. Imagine how awful that would be, especially for an extended period of time. Imagine the headache, the way you might shrug up your shoulders trying to drown out the…
Introverted, Rude, Shy or Highly Sensitive (HSP)
My youngest daughter has always struggled with being overwhelmed by sensory things - sounds, lighting, smells, and even just the presence of other people in the same room. We never fully understood what she was experiencing - people would call her shy, quiet, even rude. She struggled in school not because the work was too…
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