social norms

The Social Challenge Of Highly Sensitive People

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The Social Challenge Of Highly Sensitive People - HSP Health

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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How Prejudice Creates Grief

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How Prejudice Creates Grief - HSP Health Blog

We are all born into a world filled with and built on prejudice, which the dictionary defines as preconceived ideas. We are all socialized into the existing prejudicial arrangements. Although we cannot escape the reality of prejudice in the human condition, we can challenge it. Before we can, however, we need an understanding of prejudice [...]

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Do You Need To Win?

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Do You Need To Win?- HSP Health Blog

Do you need to win? Do you feel pressured to win? Do you feel left out in a culture that creates winners and losers? Where does this fixation on winning and losing come from? Why do we compare ourselves to others and rank each other? And why is this such a problem for HSP’s? Where [...]

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When Conformity And Stewardship Collide

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When Conformity And Stewardship Collide - HSP Health Blog

photo credit: Svadilfari Do you ever feel that inner conflicts can’t be resolved? Does your desire to belong and be accepted conflict with other desires? Does your higher self ever feel left out? Conflicts About Conformity Conformity and stewardship: sometimes they work in harmony and other times they collide. All societies create structures and norms [...]

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Why We Cop Out

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Have you ever thought one thing and done another?Have you ever changed your mind when in a group that had different ideas? I know I have and it made me feel like a wimp. Being an HSP means that my positions are not the norm, and I am always seeking ways to bridge the difference. [...]

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Is Poverty A Fault?

by Maria

Do you ever feel that it is wrong to be poor? Do you sometimes feel that to be poor is a mark of failure? Several days ago I read an article by Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed In America, that challenges the common views in the United States about wealth and poverty. She demonstrates [...]

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Can You Identify These 5 Different Types of Loyalty in Your Life Or Our World?

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Loyalty is one of those complicated subjects that can touch a nerve. It is like a two edged sword; it can help us and make life worthwhile and also hurt us.   Loyalty is an important subject that is worth thinking about because issues of loyalty are part of our basic social fabric and always [...]

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Hitting The Bullseye

by Maria

From our earliest days we are taught that being right is very important.  We are taught right from wrong.  We go to schools that tell us with our grades and other badges of achievement what we have hit the mark and when we have missed.  So the importance of hitting the mark – the bullseye [...]

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