By Andrea Runyan
While college can be an exciting and fruitful experience, it can also be a challenging time for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs).
As the first time when many students are living away from home, college presents many potential challenges for the HSP, such as eating dining hall food; living in a dormitory; having roommates; being [...]
In her Psychology Today blog post Are Introverts More Creative than Extraverts?, writer, cartoonist and musician Elizabeth Wagele writes about how this key personality dimension relates to creative expression. Here is an excerpt :
Are liking solitude and focusing inward creative gifts?
My café friends and I, mostly introverts, were discussing where our various kinds of creativity [...]
“I am shy and I don’t start relationships with people normally. I guess I have a way that can seem aloof and sort of cold. They didn’t like me that much, but I never resented it. I was different than they were.”
Actor Kristin Kreuk – about being in high school.
Being highly sensitive may include or [...]
About 15 to 20 percent of us have this trait of high sensitivity, which nurtures our creativity and social activism, but also brings challenges.
Psychologist Elaine Aron and others describe it as a more finely tuned nervous system. She explains, “It means you are aware of subtleties in your surroundings, a great advantage in many situations. [...]
The idea of the “sensitive artist” may be a cliche, but still basically true. Sometimes high sensitivity may be based on difficult or hurtful situations. Ashley Judd says she was a “hypervigilant child.”
To fuel creative expression requires that we have an ability to be in touch with internal and external feelings and sensations.
As Michael Eigen, [...]
By guest author Lisa A. Riley, LMFT (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist)
Throughout my practice, I have encountered a connection between highly sensitive people and their own creative impulses.
This characteristic does not discriminate between painter, actor, or musician—they all appear to have one thing in common: they experience the world differently than the average individual.
Creatives often [...]
In addition to helping fuel creativity and a richer experience of life, being highly sensitive can make us more vulnerable to emotional overwhelm, anxiety, self-criticism and other issues. Healthy self concept and self esteem can be especially challenging.
As John Lennon once put it, “Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part [...]
Jenna Avery is “The Life Coach for Sensitive Souls” – helping individuals recognize and more fully express their gifts as highly sensitive people.
In our interview, she talks about some of the challenges we may face in taking care of ourselves and living our purpose, such as being overly self-critical or not setting good self-care boundaries.
Hear [...]
The Highly Sensitive Person, By Elaine N. Aron
Narrated by Barbara Caruso
Audiobook: The Highly Sensitive Person, By Elaine N. Aron
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The trait of high sensitivity is experienced by 15 to 20 percent of us. In this video are some quotes by and about Winona Ryder, Heath Ledger, Amy Brenneman, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Ellen DeGeneres about their experience of sensitivity. Maybe you can relate to some of them.
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Winona Ryder has said, “You go through [...]
“At least 50 million Americans have a finely tuned nervous system.”
Books by Ted Zeff, PhD :
The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide: Essential Skills for Living Well in an Overstimulating World
Highly Sensitive Person’s Companion: Daily Exercises for Calming Your Senses in an Overstimulating World
Shrink Rap Radio audio podcast interview with Dr. Zeff
His site: www.drtedzeff.com
Source video: Highly [...]
A recent news item by ScienceDaily reported on research that may explain more about the neuroscience that underlies high sensitivity.
“Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations.
“This region appears to work in concert with another structure called [...]
Winona Ryder and depression
Winona Ryder starred in the film based on Susanna Kaysen’s novel Girl, Interrupted, and thinks Kaysen “captures a mood we’ve all experienced. It’s like a reflective time we’ve all had in our lives, whether to kill ourselves, whether to be miserable or move on. You go through spells where you feel that [...]
In her authoritative book The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Elaine Aron, PhD notes, we are at “the extreme end of the dimension of sensitivity,” but she adds, “..for many HSPs the real challenge is to achieve the middle ground.
“No more ‘too shy’ or ‘too sensitive’ or too anything. [...]
Adapted from Dr. Judith Orloff’s book Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself From Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life.
Loneliness gets to some more than others. But why it hangs on isn’t always apparent when read by traditional medical eyes.
In my practice and workshops I’ve been struck by how many sensitive, empathic people who I call “emotional empaths” [...]
Dr. Judith Orloff says if you have ever been labeled as “overly sensitive” you can keep your energy high, even in negative or frustrating situations. She is author of the book Emotional Freedom.
Also hear / read my interview with Dr. Orloff.
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In her ebook “You’ve Got Nerve!” An Empowerment Toolkit for Highly Sensitive People, Erika Harris helps readers celebrate and nurture themselves.
She writes, “Yes of course, we must first master HSP basics like self-care, energy-management, boundaries and joyful work.
“And while I will certainly help you with those things in each celebration, those concerns are starting-points because [...]