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Highly Sensitive Persons

For the highly sensitive person (HSP) a seemingly ordinary day can be overwhelming. Even the most subtle of stimulants a person encounters on a daily basis can be over-stimulating.
  1. Being an Empath (15)
  2. MCS - Chemical Sensitivity (11)

What Does it Mean to be Hypersensitive?

Being hypersensitive could be described as being allergic to life. For the highly sensitive person a seemingly ordinary day can be overwhelming.

Quiz: How Sensitive Are You?

Are you a natural born empath or overly detached from your emotional body? Take this simple "true and false" quiz to find out how sensitive you are.

Travel Tips For Sensitive Souls

Traveling can be quite a challenge for anyone, but for the HSP (Highly Sensitive Person, or empath) being thrown into new places can cause an intensity of unease.

The Plight of the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

Are you highly sensitive? - Kathy Moore, hypnotherapist and consultant, offers recommendations for coping with overwhelm tendencies experienced by highly sensitive individuals.

The Sensitive Person's Survival Guide

Our greatest obstacle in learning empathy is our habit of thinking intellectually in our heads. The primary focus of Kyra Mesich's book is the connection of emotional sensitivity and chronic depression/anxiety.

Be Sensitive to Other People's Sensitivities

Learn when you should avoid wearing perfumes and other scented products that offend or sicken others.

Being Highly Sensitive

Highly Sensitive People or HSP make up 15% to 20% of the population according to research of Jim & Amy Hallowes

Be Wary of Energy Suckers - Psychic Vampires

The harm in a psychic attack is that there is no fair exchange of energy and therefore one feels depleted while the other becomes energized. Symptoms of psychic attack include headaches, sleep disturbances, and chronic fatigue.

The Plight of the Empath or Highly Sensitive Person - HSP

Article by Kathy Moore on treating the symptoms experienced by highly sensitive people

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