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Apr 10, 2012, 07:21 PM
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I have read the book "the Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine Aron (http://www.hsperson.com/) and both my husband and I self-identify as HSPs (Highly Sensitive People). Learning about this character-type really helped me understand myself better, and realize I'm not the complete "freak" I always thought I was.
Check out this cool link on PC with an interview with a "professional HSP" who describes the plusses and minuses of living as an HSP: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...hly-sensitive/ |
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Apr 10, 2012, 09:30 PM
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Yep, I read that book back in college (I was a psych major). I'm very HSP, which wasn't a surprise to me or my ex-hub. It is an interesting quiz though. Thanks for sharing the link, I'd forgotten about it
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Apr 10, 2012, 09:32 PM
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Very interesting indeed....
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Apr 11, 2012, 05:46 PM
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Thanks I can relate.
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Apr 11, 2012, 06:25 PM
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Thanks for sharing this, I may need to read the book now.
 I did not relate to ALL of the things in that short article, but some of them I really connected to. I think I may be a HSP! Thanks again! 
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Apr 12, 2012, 07:38 PM
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just ordered it, I think this book will be an amazing read that will also help me realize a lot of why I am the way I am.
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Apr 12, 2012, 07:52 PM
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You mean I'm highly sensitive not overemotional, oversensitive, overfeeling, and just need to grow a new tougher thicker skin? Yea! Kidding but I really loathe hearing those statements. I'll have to check this book out, thanks for the link as well.
I don't think I can grow new skin, but learning so ways to cope better could help. |
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