3 Qualities I Value in Being a Highly Sensitive Person
Some may see it as a curse but I see it as a blessing
The first time I heard the term — Highly Sensitive Person — was around eight years ago.
I read an account of what it specifically meant to be an HSP and realized that not only I, but also my eldest daughter, fit the description perfectly. We both found ourselves affected quite strongly by certain aspects of everyday life and experienced times of inability to sleep properly, without any viable explanation. I will explain these in more detail in just a moment.
What exactly is an HSP?
The mental health resource organization, Very Well Mind, explains the concept of being a Highly Sensitive Person:
“A highly sensitive person (HSP) is a term for those who are thought to have an increased or deeper central nervous system sensitivity to physical, emotional, or social stimuli. Some refer to this as having sensory processing sensitivity, or SPS for short.
While highly sensitive people are sometimes negatively described as being “too sensitive,” it is a personality trait that brings both strengths and challenges.
These terms were first coined by psychologists Elaine Aron and Arthur Aron in the mid-1990s and…
