Understanding your sensitive self
As highly sensitive people who are deeply attuned to other people’s feelings and moods, we can sometimes really struggle with boundaries. After all, if we are picking up on someone’s anger or worry or sadness, it’s almost as if we have an added energetic charge to deal with.
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As highly sensitive people, we pay attention to subtle details. We also tend to be conscientious and try to avoid making mistakes. But this tendency towards seeing subtleties and nuances can easily veer into perfectionism.
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As a highly sensitive person, I’m guessing you’ve had moments of frustration about the fact that STILL, almost a whole year after the pandemic began, there are still people who don’t want to wear a mask.
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I was listening to this interview in which Chase Jarvis interviews Austin Kleon and this line jumped out at me. I thought Austin put it so beautifully, this feeling those of us have who love to write by hand. A paper notebook really is like a walled garden.
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Putting together the puzzle pieces of our highly sensitive life can feel hard because, of course, highly sensitive people are not ONE homogenous group. We are all different people with our own experiences, our own challenges & our own traumas.
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