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4. HSPs are not weirdos!

Nearly one in three people are highly sensitive, Sólosays. “They are not alone or a weirdo! Their amazing personality is tied to giftedness and is one of the best things about them. The world needs to normalize and embrace this.”

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7 Things To know About Highly Sensitive People - Key points

  • Highly sensitive people (HSPs) are empathetic, deeply sensing individuals who are remarkably in tune to the world around them.
  • That HSPs should toughen up is a notion that the creators of the world’s largest community for sensitive people say should end.
  • Normalizing what HS...

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7. Their personality needs to be normalized.

There shouldn’t be any shame associated with being a deeply feeling and sensing person with boundless empathy. If, for example, someone says that you’re raising your child to be sensitive, ...

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2. HSPs offer invaluable insight.

Sólo explains that HSPs often add immense value to the conversation, project, or task at hand. They may not be the loudest, speak up first, talk over others, or even say anything at all during a meeting or a family conversation. But, rest assured,

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5. They don’t need to grow a thicker skin.

One big myth is that HSPs need to toughen up. It's a common expression that was conveyed in childhood and still is even into adulthood. Sólo

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A Breath Of Fresh Air

Highly sensitive people have a lot to offer the world; their ability to feel and process more deeply and thoroughly than others should be viewed as a welcome breath of fresh air in an often fast and frenzied society.

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3. Their unique gifts are in high demand.

The world is in infinite demand for what they offer, Sólosays of HSPs. They are the deep thinkers, the passionate, ultra-kind , sensing, and creative types. This isn't to say tha...

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Highly Sensitive Refuge

“The world has had enough of toughness,” Sólo says. He should know. He and co-author Granneman are c reators of the world’s largest community for sensitive people, Highly Sensitive Refuge, where HSPs can find solace in the stories from and about sensitive people of all walks of life. Sólo add...

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1. Their Sensitivity is a Calming Necessity.

Ours is a world that tends to prize or listen more to those who are the loudest, more overt, or quickest to respond, Sólo explains. HSPs—individuals who are brimming with empathy and who are more de...

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6. Boundary-setting is essential.

Sólo’s advice to HSPs: “Know your limits and set boundaries. Such a strong sense of empathy makes you want to help everyone, which can be draining, even more if what you give is infrequently, or never, reciprocated.” He says that it’s perfectly fine to tell someone, ...

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Stronger Reactions

In fact, during an interview with Sólo, he explains that being an HSP —someone who has stronger reactions than others and processes what’s happening in the environment much more deeply—is precisely what society needs...

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Highly Sensitive People (HSP)

Stop being so sensitive.

Yeesh, you’re so easily overwhelmed by everything.

According to Jenn...

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