Highly Sensitive Person (HSP): Have you heard of it, or do you identify with it? (Page 3)

[stardestroyer]

I am as well as a deep thinker my whole life I've been an highly sensitive person who can make deep connections with people and can feel deeply and emotionally.

[RyanK9b]

Sounds more like a hormone /psych problem.
Sensitivity can be reduced

[Anonymous]

it's called being a pussy, can we stop treating every single manifestation of the weakness and inadequacy of recent generations as 'disorders' ?

[Jltakk]

Most people this generation are, and its not going to stop.

[sensible27]

Strange word for sophistication

[sensible27]

**wink wink*

On a serious note, sensitivity to things that matter isn't a particularly bad thing it seems like but sensitivity to irrational things seem odd

[Ozanne]

Something will be odd if you don't do it or know what it is yourself. We never truly understand something about people unless we listen. More people should learn about others, and in this age of accepting who we are, this is one more thing. It's been researched since the 1990s, and was never anything new even before then. Some people have sensitive systems, just as some people are left handed, or some people have blue eyes. We are born this way.

[sensible27]

Not sure what you're talking about or which research paper you're trying to reference but maybe things aren't fundamentally as complicated as they seem

[Ozanne]

I'm not arguing with you - I'm just stating that when people don't understand, then they tend to think the other person has no reason to feel a certain way / be a certain way - simply because they can't fathom it. Also, when "things aren't as complicated as they seem" that is because the 15-20% of people who experience this are reacting in a way that they often can't control to what's considered "normal stimuli". If you don't find it complicated, you're one of the 80-85% that doesn't have to be bothered with it. Normal people can feel sensitive to things, but when your nervous system is naturally wired with more acute settings, it's not like we don't know that something is 'not as complicated' - we are actually very much aware of that, hence why we then "feel worse for feeling worse" about it. LOL

I'm not sure if this truly interests you, but work from Elaine Aron is a starting point for researching this.

[msc545]

Very informative mytake - thanks!

[msc545]

People who don't have HSP are generally intolerant of people who do, even though HSP is a neurological variant, and people are born with it, and cannot change it.

[mistixs]

Yeah I am a highly sensitive person

[Bratsondanielle]

This is conspiracy. It doesn't exist.

[iseekpinetrees]

Typically their hormones are off.

[Thatasianlove16]

Yep I’ve been told i am

[Fakenamington]

"I will make no effort to change who I am to be more tolerable to those around me because I found a picture in Facebook that validates me in my 'differences' and it makes me feel special". FTFY.

[Ozanne]

Wow. Patronizing much? Here. Have a downvote.

[msc545]

People who don't have HSP are generally intolerant of people who do, even though HSP is a neurological variant, and people are born with it, and cannot change it.

[TonyV]

Fick maybe I'm hsp

[Sweetener_]

Thank you for this ❤

[genericname85]

To me, both pie charts lead to the same result xD

[iFarted]

Are they the same overly pc people?

[Ozanne]

No, they're literally sensitive. I'm not PC, so no, that's not it. LOL!

[Equi2ube]

Sounds very close to ADHD

[IlluminatiExposed0]

If by close you mean the polar opposite, it probably is.

[Anonymous]

I myself am an HSP.

[OceanMelon]

Yeah, I've heard it.

[najekim]

Oh great. Another alphabet combination.

[SumSimulits]

My love is HSP. She's very sensitive.