4 Ways a Highly Sensitive Person Can Thrive and Not Just Survive the Holidays
Do the holidays make you overwhelmed too?
I can think of 10 million other places I’d rather be than a holiday party. One of them is a cave with a friendly, cuddly (probably smelly — because since when do caves have showers?) lion. Smelly, cuddly lion sounds a lot more fun than a roomful of people asking me the same question on repeat while donning ugly sweaters.
The holidays suck. Any HSP would agree with me, right?
Highly sensitive souls, unfortunately, know overwhelm all too well.
Why the holidays suck.
For an HSP, (highly sensitive person) the holidays are equivalent to being on too much acid (or any substance that sends your sensory system into overload).
I’ve never done acid, but I have done one too many holidays.
Even as a small child, I hated the holidays. I loved my family and holiday food and presents and parties — but in moderation. When all the things that I loved were lumped into small chunks of time, I felt overwhelmed. Overwhelm led to anxiety. Anxiety led to exhaustion.
