Highly Sensitive People

A brief reflection on my introverted kid speaking up for himself. My son, D, doesn’t talk much in school. I’ve long suspected Selective Mutism (SM) but haven’t been able to access a formal diagnosis. Regardless, I find resources for SM helpful and try to implement them as much as I…

I am a highly sensitive person, and this term is not just a personality trait but a label that explains how my brain processes life. Research shows that sensory processing sensitivity affects 20% of humans and over 100 species and interferes with one’s capability to deal with their environment and…

If you are an INFJ or an INFP personality type, you know it’s possible to experience intense attraction with your crushes. In fact, most of the time when you develop a “crush” on someone, it doesn’t feel like just a crush. It feels like an obsession. This can be super…

Migraines wreak havoc in people’s lives and are much more than a headache. Migraines cause pain (headache, or stomach ache in the case of abdominal migraines) and can also include symptoms like light and temperature sensitivity, dizziness, distorted vision or “floaters”, numbness in face or extremities, nausea, vomiting, and racing…

Being a highly sensitive parent of a highly sensitive child offers us the opportunity to see ourselves with a lens some of us have never used before: compassion. One might think accepting my highly sensitive child (HSC) should come easily to me as a highly sensitive parent. In many ways…

A common experience I find with highly sensitive people is often a sense of feeling lost in terms of their life purpose. It usually begins to surface once the chronic anxiety and overwhelm shifts in sessions. As they are not operating in survival mode, but now have the energy and…

Do you ever ask yourself why some noises or flashing lights bother you so much or why you can’t get over some things you rationally understand and accept? That’s because you may be a highly sensitive person. Who are the HSPs? A highly sensitive person (HSP) is someone who experiences the world around them…