This is where I share my experience and ponderings about being an HSP. And comment on things that delight and touch or rile and grieve the HSP in me.
You’ll also find references and links to others’ insights, writing and research. Because the more we learn and share about being an HSP, the less alone we feel.
You might even find something to make you smile …
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sally2025-10-15 11:18:552025-10-15 11:18:5510 signs you’ve probably met another Highly Sensitive Person
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sally2025-10-01 16:08:472025-10-02 08:11:55Delighting the senses right to the end
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sally2025-09-16 11:29:172025-10-02 08:39:09In celebration of The Highly Sensitive Person
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sally2025-09-05 13:22:532025-09-05 16:44:59The double whammy: being a Highly Sensitive Person and experiencing childhood emotional neglect
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sally2025-08-15 08:40:142025-10-02 08:40:20Being a Highly Sensitive Person – somewhere between recognition and diagnosis
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sally2025-08-01 11:18:192025-10-02 08:36:20Do you ever wonder if you’re ADHD, autistic or bipolar rather than a Highly Sensitive Person?
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sally2025-07-15 08:18:332025-07-15 08:18:33Highly Sensitive Person: Label or explanation? Limiting or limitless?
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sally2025-07-01 09:13:282025-10-02 08:46:22The importance of being received as a Highly Sensitive Person
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sally2025-06-15 12:10:342025-10-13 11:39:48“Chicken-hearted” or highly sensitive?
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sally2025-06-01 19:58:092025-06-01 19:58:09What’s your relationship with blue?
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sally2025-05-15 11:25:302025-05-16 23:50:08Are you a ‘blue mind’ HSP?
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sally2025-05-01 17:14:022025-10-13 11:23:45Is there a word made for you?
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sally2025-04-20 15:56:422025-05-17 00:08:25Enough of the game-playing …
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sally2025-04-15 10:09:592025-04-15 20:50:32Learning through laughing, clarity through conversation
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sally2025-04-01 09:29:342025-04-17 18:07:03Three types of HSP – feeler, sensor and aesthete
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sally2025-03-15 17:49:572025-03-16 12:21:42Do HSPs think they have a monopoly on being (highly) sensitive?!
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sally2025-03-01 20:21:562025-10-13 11:30:00This HSP’s response to the ambush in The Oval Office
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sally2025-02-15 11:06:222025-04-23 10:14:32The joy of small things
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sally2025-02-01 23:38:332025-02-01 23:38:33How can I be an HSP and lack empathy?
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sally2025-01-05 16:43:102025-01-05 16:43:10HSP as Traitor?
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sally2025-01-01 14:17:542025-01-01 14:17:54From Christmas reflections to insights and a poem
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sally2024-12-15 15:46:232024-12-20 00:11:2212 reflections for Christmas
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sally2024-12-01 20:44:372025-04-23 10:13:01Are you a high sensation-seeking HSP?
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sally2024-11-15 23:22:372024-11-23 20:52:13Nuance or nuisance?
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sally2024-11-01 10:43:052024-11-13 14:11:32Same answer, different question
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sally2024-10-15 09:25:342024-10-15 09:30:22How HSPs connect with nature – an interesting perspective
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sally2024-10-02 16:13:042024-10-02 16:13:04Perfect time for a dose of DOSE
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sally2024-09-15 15:32:522024-09-15 16:06:03An HSP playlist
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sally2024-09-02 12:27:092024-09-03 18:00:29An HSP journey in song titles
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sally2024-08-26 20:04:232024-08-26 20:04:23Another take on ‘enough’
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sally2024-08-22 12:32:172024-08-22 13:10:06The day ‘too much’ became ‘enough’
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sally2024-08-15 12:34:412024-08-20 09:53:25How to reframe the fear of not being ‘enough’
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sally2024-08-01 12:18:002024-08-01 17:18:53How to reframe the fear of being ‘too much’
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sally2024-07-15 12:06:462024-08-01 12:19:51HSPs and aesthetic sensitivity
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sally2024-07-01 13:40:412024-07-02 09:42:4012 ways it helps to know you’re a Highly Sensitive Person
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sally2024-06-16 19:05:012024-07-17 13:18:02Grit and graduation
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sally2024-06-03 17:29:032024-06-07 16:03:15Music, empathy and being highly sensitive
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sally2024-05-17 13:17:462024-05-18 17:56:00All the light we cannot see
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sally2024-05-08 22:49:272024-06-07 16:21:49Being highly sensitive and performing under pressure
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sally2024-04-16 21:38:542024-04-16 21:38:54This will sound weird but …
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sally2024-04-01 17:28:172024-04-01 17:28:17Chance or choice, risk and reward
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sally2024-03-15 10:30:262024-03-15 10:30:26Being ourselves
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sally2024-03-01 08:30:442024-03-01 15:03:16How to belong by choosing not to
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sally2024-02-15 08:46:442024-03-01 14:52:37HSP energy – where it goes and what it needs
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sally2024-02-01 21:23:172024-05-12 17:26:41How Wordle shows up the HSP in me
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sally2024-01-15 11:00:362024-01-15 11:00:36DOES – The main characteristics of a Highly Sensitive Person
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sally2024-01-01 23:05:332024-03-01 14:53:28All I want for 2024 is …
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sally2023-12-18 11:11:092024-06-07 16:31:01An end-of-year poem
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sally2023-12-14 22:21:152023-12-14 22:26:03How to avoid taking on emotions and responsibilities that aren’t yours
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sally2023-11-26 21:08:472024-02-12 17:58:53Pay attention Be astonished
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sally2023-11-22 14:07:562023-11-22 14:07:56From grief to relief
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sally2023-10-31 16:23:422023-10-31 16:24:58Being highly sensitive and the sorrows of the world
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sally2023-10-21 15:32:392023-10-21 15:37:03From raw exposed nerve to fully-fledged HSP
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sally2023-09-07 17:34:262025-04-23 10:20:34HSP emotional temperature and energy
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sally2023-08-03 18:28:412023-09-07 17:25:12Me and my HSP temperature gauge
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sally2023-07-16 17:50:502023-07-16 18:21:28‘Sensitive’ – the book
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sally2023-06-07 20:36:392023-06-07 20:39:38Finding joy in finding your place as an HSP
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sally2023-06-02 13:37:172023-06-07 20:30:42The joys of being a Highly Sensitive Person
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sally2023-04-06 22:21:342025-04-23 10:22:03You can be sensitive and struggle and still lead with soul …
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sally2023-04-06 17:28:522023-04-06 17:28:52Are you turning up for your highly sensitive life?
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sally2023-03-17 15:44:062023-11-26 19:21:33The hardest word for a Highly Sensitive Person…
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sally2023-02-16 14:25:432023-04-06 17:31:52HSP heaven
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sally2022-12-08 15:32:112023-04-06 17:32:19How things land
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sally2022-11-16 14:15:072023-04-06 17:32:58The power of naming emotions … and the link to happiness
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sally2022-11-07 14:03:322023-04-06 17:33:35The maths in being an HSP
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sally2022-10-26 16:54:322023-04-06 17:34:05The Whelms and their antidotes
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sally2022-10-05 15:35:372023-04-06 17:34:31HSP by design
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andrea2022-09-01 11:48:112022-10-25 13:38:35Shards
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andrea2022-08-23 12:05:412022-11-18 14:02:29“I have no other thinking available”
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andrea2022-08-22 11:48:422023-04-06 17:35:05This Being Highly Sensitive