Highly Sensitive Person: Coping Strategies

An interview with Author Ted Zeff, Ph.D. on NBC TV discussing coping strategies for the Highly Sensitive Person.

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• Ted Zeff
• highly sensitive person
• highly sensitive people
• HSP
• hsp
• hsps
• trait
• shy
• overwhelm

[LemonOdette]

wow this is NCB and they're talking about HSP! we're mainstream news! :P they're starting to understand it... slowly. :P

[springrobin]

Also are any of the following traits of an hsp; hyper-vigilance, hyper-focus, distractibility, divergent thinkers, insomnia, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, racing thoughts, specific speech traits (not completing sentences, being tongue tied, swift topic changes) the need to/emphasis on categorizing things?

[michg79]

anxiety to be around strangers, large crowds, hate any form of criticism especially if I make a mistake at home or at work and others correct me, controlling a lot of what I eat to stay perfect in shape, can not multitask when too much going on I have to be alone to work at my own pace, exhausted easily, want to be my own boss, caffeine gets me so sick some days, even vitamins bother me so I take children's chewables, car sick easily in new cars from new interior smells, etc etc reasons

[cheekybabe0293]

I always believed there was something 'wrong' with me because that's what others seemed to think, but now I realised this is who I am and they were wrong about me. I feel much more powerful now =)

[hollybee43]

How do I live with this and still function? Because of past traumas I'm a practically non-functional HSP.I want to be a healthy HSP.

[Sereena111]

I've found that being a HSP gives me an explanation of why I like my curtains drawn during the day and why the screaming baby at the end of the train is driving me nuts! Its because I can't tune out like a non HSP person, as much as I'd like to. We pick up so much at one time, it can be quite distressing. I find when I have one of those really bad days where I take in too much, the next day, I need to rest and stay away from the world for a while, just enjoy my own company.

[constance380]

i,m a empath and Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy XD

[constance380]

i,m a empath

[cuonaxis]

Ah! Finally found some people that think I am not a weirdo for being an HSP....Thanks a lot.

[crystalship42]

@LemonOdette This makes our dealing with it easier...:-)

[dylancaldicott]

Looks like an interesting book.

I recently picked up "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine N. Aron,

and have since become fascinated with HSP's.

I would love to pick up the survival guide and learn more about how to maintain my level of stimulation within an optimum range.

Sometimes I am so over stimulated I shut down, can't think rationally, start to panic, and feel completely helpless.

All I can say is that I'm thrilled to see hard work and research being done to help people like us.