What’s HSP?
What’s HSP?
Have you heard people using the word empath to describe themselves recently? What does that really mean?
Is it really legit, or is it just some buzz word people are using as an excuse for finding themselves in the middle of others’ drama? If it is legit, how do you know if you might be one? What does it say about your worth if you are one?
The 4 Main indicators of what is formally called Highly Sensitive Person (from Elaine E. Aron, PHD)
Think… DOES
D for Deep Processing: You process things more deeply, looking for patterns, similarities, and meaning on several different levels of whatever you’re taking in.
O for Easily Overwhelmed: if you notice everything, once whatever you’re taking in increases in intensity, complexity, or newness, you’re more likely to get saturated or flooded with information to the point of no longer functionally processing what you are taking in.
E for Empathy: You feel others’ emotions more intensely and struggle to recognize who (you or them) is responsible for what.
S for Subtleties: You are more aware of small differences than others: your brain processes and reflects on information more deeply than others.
The probable social misconception:
The result is that you are often more misunderstood by others. Because you may prefer to look before entering new situations, you may have mistakenly been labeled “shy”, “Inhibited”, “Fearful”, or even less intelligent than others.
The reality:
If you identify with these indicators and have felt misunderstood as a result, know that you are not alone and you are not a social enigma. There is absolutely not a thing wrong with your brain. In fact, you have a wonderful gift of insight and depth that you’re able to offer your world.
However, the first step of helping others is to nurture yourself. For us HSP’s, the payoff for having a wonderful insight is that our nervous systems need a lot of tender love and care. Lots of time to yourself for reflecting and finding meaning from your experience in the world is a great place to start.
To wrap up, the indicators of an HSP are counter to our western culture where time is money and productivity is everything. Being surrounded by others with this frame of mind can leave and HSP feeling alone and damaged. But, an HSP nervous system is physically set at a more intense volume, possibly to physically demand that they take space away from the center of things so they can see and make connections that nonHSPs may not be privy to.
Therefore, there is no changing how HSP’s are physically put together and there is a valuable treasure within them that is waiting to reveal itself. All that needs to be done to leverage this treasure is learn how to work with rather than against the nervous system they have been given. Stay tuned for next time on super powers of the HSP.
YouTube: Daily Practice Continued: Social Benefits
Last time, we discussed the importance of regularly checking in with and meeting your own emotional needs, putting the decision of your core self-worth in your own hands. But, watch this video to learn what difference this could make on your social interactions. Feel free to like, share, comment, and subscribe below with no strings attached. Most of all, enjoy!!
Google Business Page: What’s HSP?
Have you heard people using the word empath to describe themselves recently? What does that really mean? Is it really legit, or is it just some buzz word people are using as an excuse for finding themselves in the middle of others’ drama? If it is legit, how do you know if you might be one? What does it say about your worth if you are one? : Click Learn more to see the full blog and get a link to my latest YouTube video.