Social Anxiety

Highly sensitive people suffer from social anxiety for a variety of reasons. HSP’s become overwhelmed easily, they find small talk exhausting and are shy. Because they are different, many highly sensitive people have experienced bullying and rejection. In addition because they may suffer from genetically caused diseases, they may feel unwelcome by others. HSP’s are often exceptionally empathetic, and therefore, make great friends.

Love Your Defenses!

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So many defenses. I feel like my life is often about bumping into defenses of one kind or another. Dealing with defenses feels like walking through a field of hay.  With each step you meet  a new stalk(defense) that obscures your vision and parts as you walk only to reveal a new defense. Often the [...]

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The Social Challenge Of Highly Sensitive People

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Highly sensitive people are known for being independent and able to be alone. However, that does not mean that we necessarily are happy and comfortable with it. Recently I have been asking myself why being alone is considered, “bad” or a sign of a problem. Do I need to be herded into a group, an [...]

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Creating Harmony: When Not To Try And Make It Work

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I like harmony. I suspect that many HSPs do. Harmony to me is important because at its best it tells us that we are making effective choices. At its worst, we are keeping a destructive peace. Which is operating in your life? Why Is Harmony So Elusive? I have often wondered why harmony is so [...]

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HSP Identity: A Plant In The Right Place

by Lisa McLoughlin
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My name is Lisa McLoughlin and I am from Green Alder coaching, based in the UK. I would like to share a personal account of my journey to discover that I am an HSP. Is There Something Wrong With Me? Most of my life I felt like a weed— not belonging to my environment. Being [...]

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2 Herbs To Relieve Anxiety

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Nervous system tree © by Mizrak As a highly sensitive person, do you experience anxiety? Highly sensitive people are like the nervous system tree above –  a large hypersensitive nervous system often on overhead. Each HSP handles overstimulation differently. Some who suffer from excessive stress as well as sensory overload, develop anxiety. Could that be [...]

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Bullies And Introverts: How HSP’s Can Help Themselves

by Maria
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photo credit: thienzieyung Bullies and introverts do not mix. How Bullies And Introverts Are Different Bullies and bullying can be a troublesome challenge for highly sensitive people, who are most often introverts and there are many reasons why that is the case: HSP’s are usually not very aggressive and usually do not have an aggressive [...]

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Criticism Is Not Problem Solving

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Much has been written about criticism and the inner critic. So why another article? It seems to me that we take criticism for granted as an OK thing to do. Perhaps it is our consumer culture run amok. Isn’t complaining how you get something done? Maybe to some but I think we need a rethink [...]

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5 Ways HSP’s Can Minimize Social Anxiety

by Maria
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photo credit: nandadevieast For highly sensitive people, social anxiety is an especially serious problem because HSP’s are different and because their values, perceptions and experiences often do not mirror the Western competitive model. You know how it feels when you have a social event to attend and your anxiety levels start to rise. HSP’s are [...]

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Causes Of Social Phobia

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photo credit: CMMooney It is useful for highly sensitive people to understand the causes of social phobia which often result in the crippling self consciousness and which can contribute to the HSP tendency to have an introverted personality. Social Phobia is sometimes referred to either as Generalized Social Phobia, which NIMH states is the most [...]

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The Loneliness Problem

by Maria

If we took a survey of HSP’s, how many would say they are lonely? Loneliness is not the same as being alone. Being alone and enjoying it come from our full engagement with life.  Loneliness is something else. Loneliness often feels like we have been graded and found wanting.  It feels like a suffocating prison [...]

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