Are You A Highly Sensitive Person?

[vasu594]

Thumbs down. I think sensitive people are also sensitive to ideas, like being strong. Sensitive people are fascinated by strength as much as weakness. This is just my idea though.

[drummer4hire12]

....Thanks for this video. I am having a hard time with my sensitivity more than ever....

[thivai289]

If I am highly sensitive, how do you think can I stand that bad sound quality to listen to your speech? :( Honestly, it hurts my ears.

[xpxi]

i don`t like shape object`s near my skin ,sandpaper, metal or smells .ive felt like taking my life at some point in my life.i feels like everything is to much sometimes.even when times are good i can feel overwhelmed i t feel crazy powerful.

[Simon0]

Excellent video. i think i can apply this, sometimes my parents have arguments and i think it upsets me a lot more than it does them. perhaps this is sensitivity on my part.

[rafapak]

because of hs trait i have zero lust for living. it is like I don't want to wake up tomorrow. I wonder if I am capable of doing to myself something that is against natural survival instinct

[rafapak]

i think that I am making fool of myself still living in this hs body. reasonable thing to me is just to suicide because I never liked to live in this body. every single day in this body sucks like shit to me. when i was young i remember telling to myself ' one day this is going to kill you somehow' . I just don't want to wake up tomorrow and experience this body again. does it make sense to live when you feel very uncomfortable in your own body? I hate how this body works.

[DaneEaster]

@rafapak Sounds like a good question to me. When I have considered suicide I have made a deal with myself: Either I will do something to improve my life or I will choose a beautiful ending. So far I've always been successful at making enough improvements at times like those that I've felt like living. Ultimately, life and death are personal decisions.

[majikstranger]

@rafapak the way i see it is if your contemplating suicide then you have nothing to lose. You might as well do the things that do make you happy. For example if when your young you were sen to your room with no tv. You can either get really sad and pout or you can go all out and get creative with how you will pass the sentence. Never be defeated, show that no matter what your soul can make it.

[chrisbartley88]

@rafapak the only time iv wantd to kil myself is when i was suffering sooo much pain and yearning for sum1, it was awfull but then sumthin in my mind came to realise that wat the fuck am i doing? why am i hurting myself so much for this person? why am i wrecking my life FOR that hoor. and iv always been highly sensitive emotionally, and have discoverd it is because iv always been hurting on the inside, and the slightest thing reminded me of that pain, the slightest bit of annoyance, reminded me

[rafapak]

@chrisbartley88

chris, in my case it has nothing to do with emotional sensitivity. All this is about is how my nervous system works. It is impossible for me just to sit and read sth sometimes since due to low stimulation threshold I have trouble to concentrate. This nervous system is really sick and has always been. I think I have enough of this ' gift'.

[chrisbartley88]

@rafapak well maybe ur sensivity isnt synch with ur feelingssomethin like that, anytime iv sufferd, is because im hurting emotional, the way ur whole outer world is felt and viewed by u, is exactly wat uv atractd because its how u feel, so maybe take a look at ur true real feelings, they completly affect ur body when manifested ;) good luck my friendddddd

[rafapak]

@chrisbartley88

thanks for support chris!

[chrisbartley88]

@rafapak ur welcome :)

[niemand2099]

@rafapak I am with you. I have the same feelings. But I also know God because of my sensitivity and it makes me sadder to think about suicide. I even ask now to get a soul exchange.

I just do EFT and prayers, etc and it helps. I just watched another video that said Empaths are the burden bearers. I like that and it lifts me.

[niemand2099]

I also wanted to add that I was always sensitive starting in Kindergarten. I was crying too much although at the same time I was smart and very gifted > music,,. I was not like an autistic child. Just abnorma;, although I know from experience autistic children feel compfortable around me. I wouldn't call autism a disease though

[rafapak]

@niemand2099

i get it

[heckyesnoschool]

@rafapak I'm not trying to troll you... You really need to speak with someone if you're suicidal. Don't be stupid. You should know the only thing you can know for sure is NOTHING. I have an open mind and I respect others opinions, but remember that is all it is; an individual's perception. It is natural to ponder your spirituality, but don't think for one moment that you have it figured out. What the world is to you is different to another intelligent and spiritually receptive person.

[rafapak]

@heckyesnoschool

i get it

[rafapak]

@heckyesnoschool

thanks for reply!

[ohdoshutit]

i'm highly sensitive and it sucks. i have bdd and depression etc etc.

[amberfwn]

@ohdoshutit, thanks for the reply, at this moment I'm going through pure hell so f*** the gift crap. I'm hurting terribly and wish I were dead! Of course all non hsp's still can't understand even when you say your ultra sensitive. And you're right, what do we get out of it? I'm getting nothing but daily heartache and hope I'm dead by the end of the year. That will be my waiting to exhale.

[chrisbartley88]

@ohdoshutit depression is just a mere form of feeling unable to express ur real feelings :D good luck!

[ohdoshutit]

@chrisbartley88 wow, i never saw it like that. thanks

[springrobin]

Dane do you or anyone know if someone who is actually a hsp is frequently likely to be mis-dianosed as a person with high functioning autism or some form of atypical autism, as I feel I have been?

[DaneEaster]

@springrobin @springrobin There is a lot of overlap between "HSP" and "neuro-atypical" labels, such as autism etc. One valuable distinction is: If when you consciously create an optimal environment for yourself with organic living food, with people that truly love you, with meditation, serenity, beauty and living a life you believe in etc. does your "dysfunction" clear up and are you left instead with unusual strengths and well being?

[ohdoshutit]

@DaneEaster ''does your 'dysfunction' clear up.'' lol - i think the problem for me is in achieving that 'optimal environment,' so i can answer your question.' i think i had it when i was about 12 on a summer holiday. lol. anyway, i have often wondered if i have some kind of autistic streak in me. i am certainly an HSP. i am never at peace since i moved to the city (London) from the country at 18. it's been 10 years of anxiety and depression.

[chrisbartley88]

@springrobin i remember in school i was always treated as very stupid or as a nothing, in first class primary school, i always felt pain around the chest area, almost like i was unable to express freely my feelings, and i was very stupid and didnt do any work because i felt SOOOOOOOOOOO fucking hurt, i still do but im finding it very hard figuring out wat caused this hurt pain, i do remember havin fun once with a group and sum teacher told me to stop it! i was only being myself!

[rafapak]

@chrisbartley88

many teachers are shallow, brutal people. I wouldn't care what they do or say. Well, if you are a child at school , this is different. They can easily hurt kids.

[chrisbartley88]

@rafapak ino so true, ijust always have had this feeling in my chest, and physically it has affectd me big time, its made me really hardly able to burp! lol which is strange, wonder wat it cud be, always thot it was emotional rather than a psychical cause

[rafapak]

@chrisbartley88

i think that emotional stuff causes physiological symptoms

[chrisbartley88]

@rafapak it truly does, for instance, when iv recently cleard very deep feelings and really discoverd all about my feelings, around the heart area, it release like a feeling having fluid in the lungs or releasing fluid from the chest area, its actually harmfull toxins that have gatherd due to the emotions, the body has a reaction to them eswell or forms physical affects with it cuz its like, if u feel that way u atract the circumstances, LAW OF ATRACTION

[tonksh]

This helped me alot thanks. I am 14 and i feel alot like i am an HSP, do any of you know some kind of way that i can find out for sure if i am an HSP?

[DaneEaster]

If you go to the web site on the video there is a test.

[rockoutgirl94]

it made me mad when after watching the movie my classmates were like joking and stuff, they're so unsensitive. I'm shy but when I am with my "friends" that I can't really call friends I'm so energetic, but again if something bad happens I cry. I like rollercoaster rides! I like surfing on my computer, it's pretty sad to say because I know it's not a person but at least it doesn't make me sad. When something bad is about to happen I don't feel anything. So I'm a strange HSP.

[rockoutgirl94]

I don't know I'm strange. I don't have special senses, something that makes me feel something different, well only when someone tickles me. I cry when something is really sad (because of violence for example) or when someone is mad at me or when I have to yell to someone when I'm angry. I like strong emotions, I love horror movies or thrillers because I feel scared but I don't cry. I saw "The Boy in the striped Pijamas" that made me cry, I felt upset for 3 hours.

[lindenmeadow]

I took a little online quiz meant to help a person determine if they are an HSP. From the results, I'd say I definitely fit this category! Do HSP's have a higher incidence of emotional disorders? I'm asking because I've struggled with generalized anxiety nearly all my adult life. Could being an HSP be a contributing factor (if not the main factor)?

[DaneEaster]

@lindenmeadow Yes I think it is a contributing factor but only in the context of this culture. If, for example, you had ears that heard things twice as loud as the average person then you might go mad or want to take drugs or do insensitive things if you were in an environment with loud and shocking noise. If you were in a quiet natural setting you might be unusually happy thanks to your sensitivity.

[lindenmeadow]

I think I follow you. I take it you mean that the pressures of our society played havoc with what could otherwise be a very positive characteristic?

[amberfwn]

I have no doubt that anxiety plays a part in at least half or more for hsp's. I'm an hsp and I suffer from severe anxiety which makes life very difficult even with medicine. Hsp is supposed to be a gift but I don't like it.

[lindenmeadow]

@amberfwn I understand how you feel. I've always been a hyper-sensitve person in many respects, and since my college days I've struggled with an anxiety disorder. It's made my life pretty miserable and kept me from being able to do a lot of things. I suppose being an HSP can be a blessing in some respects, but it's a curse in others. Oh well, just a cross I have to bear in this life. Peace be with you!

[ohdoshutit]

@amberfwn i agree. i'm beginning to really get annoyed with hsp's who say it's a gift. who cares if you can write great poetry or create beautiful things and be compassionate when your everyday life is just too damn hard? we can sure GIVE a lot to culture and society, but at the risk of sounding like i'm whining, what has life given us as HSP's? pain? thanks, but no thanks.

[Ultrahottie2000]

You talking about rebalion... OMG... I have done that so many times to relieve emotional stress. And loud noise... it's too much. Sometimes... I can't hear people at all, so I ask them to speak up. I get a lot of mirgane head aches too, when exposed to certin smells. And I do like... my privacy. I find that there some people that I can't stand.. so I avoid them. And I hate confrontation.

[TdrdenCO11]

Are HSPs more likely to use drugs like alcohol and marijuana or are they so aware of violations against the self that it counter balances the angst they're suppressing?

[DaneEaster]

This is individual. However most addicts have an unusual sensitivity in some area that they are medicating.

[Ultrahottie2000]

@TdrdenCO11

To answer that question... Yes. People who are sentive and unawere of this, turn to drugs and acholal as a way to relieve the pain they are suffering. How do I know, because I am one. I don't do drugs, or drink alot... but there are times that I do like to drink to relieve the pain. Mostly instead of drinking it's been food.

[ohdoshutit]

@TdrdenCO11 lol - i am SO wary of 'protecting' myself that it ironically becomes totally self-destructive. i am an extremist - i oscillate from self-sabotage to clinical withdrawal from all 'unhealthy' things. i do drugs and drink when depression is really really bad. but, i'm SO wired to survive that the dichotomy creates MORE angst that i'm doing destructive things. yuk - my life kinda sucks.

[adenopp]

This is all new to me and makes so much sense. I can't wear many types of clothing (beginning very young) because I can't stop thinking how uncomfortable I feel. I have a very hard time getting comfortable in chairs, in my driver's seat, shoes, socks, etc. and can't put it off my mind until I get out of it. I used to cry when my mom gave me jeans to wear to school because of the button. I am highly reactive to sudden or loud noise. Too much motion is overwhelming to me. And I *LOVE* soft touch.

[AGQ181]

I realized, it at the age of 17.

After the struggle, I'm so thankful, that I'm a HSP.

[VraiCoeur]

Thank you for these videos, and your site, Dane.

[tomcookies90]

im an hsp i think! im relieved that ive figured myself out a bit

[jaworskij]

I so dislike that turtleneck you're wearing.

[Telegmo]

Wow, this so describes me. I'm very sensitive.

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

this is a smart video. thanks. useful. I'm highly sensitive person, and proud to be.