Thriving as a Sensitive Person

Writing about being an HSP feels like a series of metaphors.  I can think of sensitive cultures and images, like the Australian aborigine, or the deeply nuanced Japanese tea ceremony. Paintings are like the human HSP, layered with multiple meanings, images and soulful themes.

So I’m going to do this in snippets. No specific pattern. This is not a lecture or a manual.

So what does this have to do with thriving?  There is no one formula. Every sensitive person must respond  to their particular patterns through a lot of  trial and error. Sensitive skin may mean one can only wear certain fabrics.  Others find the ordeal of airports require tedious preparations,  strategies to stay unstressed,  collecting comfort foods or ingenious methods to reduce the overwhelming bombardment for the journey.

It’s OK to take one’s time finding your comfort zone.  In fact, visit Dr. Elaine Aron’s website  hsperson.com.  Her newletter has many examples and stories for and about, being a highly sensitive person.

Our Passionate Interests

There are two ways most of our callings get expressed in our lives: as a job, or as a volunteer vocation. Sometimes the work we would most love to do does not fit the mold of an everyday occupation. Tolkien and Thoreau were two HSPs whose deepest interests were not their paid jobs, although closely related. But the depth and breath of passion and study they put into their projects turned into magnificent gifts to the world.

So whatever interests you, trust your HSP feelings and allow it to grow you. You could have some very interesting adventures, meet amazing people, and discover more wondrous things in the world.

The Highly Sensitive Person At Work

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The Highly Sensitive Person At Work

In the past ten years there has been much new information gleaned regarding personality and innate temperament. One such fascinating trait which has garnered much attention of late, is that of the highly sensitive person, or HSP.

In the groundbreaking book by Dr. Barrie Jaeger, aptly titled, ‘Making Work Work For The Highly Sensitive Person: Learning to bend, not to break when work overwhelms you,’ we can discover the intricities of this rather unusual trait. In essence, the highly sensitive person has a nervous system that has a much lower threshold to stimulation than most people. In fact, Dr. Jaeger affirms that only 15-20% of the population has this trait. Some people are born with a neurological system that is pre-wired as a highly sensitive person. Others may be traumatized early in development and become hypersensitive as a result of abuse or extreme childhood stress.

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“Making Work Work For The Highly Sensitive Person”.

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“Finally Validated”

“I’ve struggled in the workplace for years. I’ve intuitively taken steps to keep myself from becoming overwhelmed by work. I figured that I was a slacker but after reading this book I realized that these steps helped to shield me from a world that was sometimes overwhelming and seemed morally wrong to me. I had numerous ah-ha moments while reading this book. I’m not so strange after all. Suddenly I have been given coping skills for dealing with the overwhelming stimulation I sometimes receive from the workplace.”

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It has been estimated that 15-20% of the population or 50 million people are highly sensitive.

“Making Work Work For The Highly Sensitive Person” is your guide to achieving a more satisfying career or workplace environment.