A friend of mine (who referred me to my T around the same time) introduced me to HSP through a book she was reading to learn about her daughter. I definitely fit that bill. Funnily enough, I think our T brought it up to my friend, and later the T and I did some work in this area for me as well.

I totally relate to what you're saying, beigeish, about being completely derailed by virtually anything. Somehow, I recently forgot about the impact HSP has on that process; I had been viewing it as a function of just the BP. I've been thinking about how easily my whole mood can turn as related to my lack of resilience. I hadn't really been mindful of the impact being overstimulated has been having on me.

For a couple of years, I was doing really well with that...somewhere along the way I got back into my former routines of ignoring building stimuli and then getting taken off guard when I exploded/imploded. I need to get back to a better self-monitoring system to make sure I care for myself better and do a better job managing the stimuli that are within my control, especially since dealing with the stimuli of normal, day-to-day life (physical, mental and emotional) is often outside my control and can be sufficient to do me in.