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HSP Topics: HSP Gatherings, Groups and Workshops

Part of the journey to understanding what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person will involve getting to know other HSPs, especially those who have known about the trait longer than you. Some ways to find other HSPs include going to HSP Gatherings and Workshops, and joining HSP groups on the Internet.

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The Highly Sensitive Person: An Introduction

Maybe you've heard the term Highly Sensitive Person, or HSP, and wondered what exactly it is, and whether it applies to you. Some might say that EVERYone is "sensitive," but there's more to being an HSP than just getting your feelings hurt easily.

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HSP Topics: OK, so I'm an HSP-- NOW what?

So you've just learned you're an HSP. What does it MEAN to be a highly sensitive person? How do you learn more about the HSP trait? Are there groups for HSPs? Does being highly sensitive mean there are things in your life you should do differently?

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HSP Topics: So WHAT if you're Sensitive? Why should it matter to you?

This is the third in a series of articles about the joys and challenges of life as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). For more background information about HSPs please read The Highly Sensitive Person: An...

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HSP Topics: The Challenge of Friendships

HSPs often struggle with friendships and relationships. This article explores where difficulties arise, and offers insights into how a Highly Sensitive Person can form more lasting and rewarding friendships.

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HSP Topics: Highly Sensitive or Highly Touchy?

Highly Sensitive Persons (or HSPs) make up 15% of the population. Whereas high sensitivity can be a very positive trait, it can sometimes also manifest negatively in people-- in a manner that makes a person a difficult to live with "Highly TOUCHY person."

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How To Stop Anxiety Part 3

In this article I want to discuss why anxiety is not an illness and why talk therapy is generally an ineffective treatment for Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Phobias. The first thing we need to understand about...

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3 Strategies for Easing Overstimulation

Making a way in the world can be a struggle for every single soul. But for those of us who feel overstimulated from everyday comings and goings, the challenge is far greater. We can be rattled and frazzled by...

5 comments    health life tips
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A Highly Sensitive Person Shrinks Her Monsters

As a kid, I not only believed in monsters, but I SAW them. They were each a different color; fluorescent red, green, blue... I clearly remember staring at them with the widest eyes. They were all lined up...

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The Potential of the Highly Sensitive Person

Life can be confusing and even painful to the sensitive child or adult who is living without insights into the purpose and potential of his or her heightened perception. The grief, anger, anxiety,...

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