luckycharms
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HSP stands for Highly Sensitive People and it looks like a lot of us people with social anxiety may just be, well, highly sensitive. Fifteen to twenty percent of the population carry this trait. It affects males and females equally. Even some dogs, cats, and other animals carry this trait. HSP is often confused with shyness, social phobia, and introversion.
Do you need to "recover" from social situations?
Are you told you are too sensitive?
Are you more aware of subtleties then the typical person.
Are you easily overstimulated?
Low tolerance to noise?
Do you protect yourself by just staying alone?
Do you force yourself to be social and then become over-stressed as a consequence?
Do your childhood wounds bother you more then the typical person?
Do you sometimes need to get away to a quiet spot in social situations?
It's not your fault and you can't change it, you can only change how you handle it. It is believed that highly sensitive people process sensory data much more deeply and thoroughly due to a biological difference in their nervous systems. There are positives to being a HSP.
Here is some more info on the subject:
Highly sensitive person - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Are You Too Sensitive?
or just google Highly Sensitive Person
Do you need to "recover" from social situations?
Are you told you are too sensitive?
Are you more aware of subtleties then the typical person.
Are you easily overstimulated?
Low tolerance to noise?
Do you protect yourself by just staying alone?
Do you force yourself to be social and then become over-stressed as a consequence?
Do your childhood wounds bother you more then the typical person?
Do you sometimes need to get away to a quiet spot in social situations?
It's not your fault and you can't change it, you can only change how you handle it. It is believed that highly sensitive people process sensory data much more deeply and thoroughly due to a biological difference in their nervous systems. There are positives to being a HSP.
Here is some more info on the subject:
Highly sensitive person - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Are You Too Sensitive?
or just google Highly Sensitive Person