Do You Feel Valued as a Highly Sensitive Person?
Reading Elaine Aron’s wonderful book “The Highly Sensitive Person”, I came across this research. The study highlighted traits that made children more popular in…
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Feeling Criticised as a Highly Sensitive Person
Aron (2016) estimates that 15-20% of the population is an HSP. Being HSP is no better or worse than not being an HSP, they…
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Nervous System Sensitivities in Highly Sensitive people
What is it like to be an HSP? As an HSP, the world can feel overwhelming. Bright lights, loud noises, and itchy fabrics can…
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Being a Highly Sensitive Person
It is estimated that 15-20% of the population is highly sensitive. There is even a scale to measure it! (Benham, 2006). Elaine Aron’s book…
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Expanding Your Window of Tolerance
With time and focus, you CAN widen your window of tolerance. The key is being able to make contact with strong emotions without becoming…
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How to Reduce Hypoarousal
When we are in hypoarousal, we have started to numb and dissociate. To help yourself when you are on this end of the spectrum,…
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Indications of Hypoarousal
It is difficult for healing to occur when we are in hypo or hyper arousal. We need to be within our ‘window of tolerance’…
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How to Reduce Hyperarousal
Hyperarousal is when excessive energy is expressed as anxiety, panic, feeling out of control and wanting to run away. It is challenging to relax…
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Indications of Hyperarousal
As we move through life, most of the time, we are within a safe range of arousal, which means a state where we can…
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Explaining the Window of Tolerance
The window of tolerance is a phrase first used by Dr. Dan Siegel to describe the arousal state in which a person can best…
