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The highly sensitive person (or HSP) is someone who cares deeply about everything ... feels emotions with great intensity ... is highly conscientious ... has a rich and complex inner life ... is very intuitive ... is often creative in a variety of ways... is easily overwhelmed and/or overstimulated. A HSP needs lots of quiet time,space, and freedom. If this sounds...

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HSP vs General Anxiety

supportplease
supportplease
I've always reacted to life more passionately than most people I know. I feel when others are upset and I get upset. I put myself in others shoes and I feel deeply. I get completely overwhelmed with sad current events on the news.

I used to think that I was just anxious and worried. Now I think that I feel things more than others because I'm HSP.

People don't "get" me and tend to think that I'm "too serious," or "too sensitive." I long to be understood and appreciated for who I am...which is someone who will give all I got, feel with every fiber of my being, and get hurt easily.
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I think that for myself, I have both anxiety and HSP. There are times where things effect me more deeply then a majority of others or I tend to think very deeply on topics or issues. that is what I call HSP. There are also times when I feel anxious or too afraid to do something because I am filled with doubts, fears and a lot of what if's.

Both can be hard to deal with at times but I just try and take it one day and one step at a time in all I do.
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I think the two are so intertwined that it is difficult to separate them. I think that being a HSP, I know I overthink things and that leads to a lot of "what if" thinking which then leads to anxiety. Like Katie I do try to take things one day at a time, but being a HSP that is not an easy task. I do so envy those who can live in the moment, but then again some of those people are very self-centered and I wouldn't trade this for that.
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I agree. We are who we are and thats what makes us special and needed in this world where there is such a lack of bonding and caring.