Highly Sensitive People HSP Community Group
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...
Hi. I'm not sure if this is an okay post.. I didn't see many "introduce yourself" topics, so I apologize if this is out of line. I feel like I've kind of been through the ringer as of late.. I went to a counselor at my university, and was immediately sent over to the school's psychiatrist, who then misdiagnosed me as bipoar type 2 (I didn't realize at the time that it was an incorrect diagnosis, though it never resonated with me). Then I spent about a month trying out a barrage of different medications, all at high strengths, and felt awful on every single one. Since I was not getting better (was getting much worse actually) I was referred to another psychiatrist, who agreed that the bipolar diagnosis was a misstep and decided that due to the events of my childhood, I had developed severe major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. It's been another month and a half, and my medications have finally leveled out, and I am feeling a little better. I have also been seeing the same school counselor regularly, and it was she who brought up the idea of being highly sensitive. I had read the original book by Elaine Aron, and it really really sounded like me, but that's where it stopped. Having my counselor bring it up on her own made me start to think that maybe there was more to this. We have been slowly working on undoing the ways in which my parents invalidated my sensitivity (SO much more I could write about that). Anyway.. I'm working with the workbook now (well, I have been reading it and letting thoughts simmer.. I can't bring myself to actually wrote in it yet) :P I also am going through some humongous life changes all at once right now, and was hoping for some support with that as well. They include, getting married next week, moving into a new apartment, going to Iceland for a honeymoon, and withdrawing my my university this semester for my health troubles. Whew. I just wanted to say hello and tell my story. I'm so sorry it got to be so long! I'm looking forward to posting here and sharing with others that understand my experiences. Thanks for reading if you got this far, haha.
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Welcome BTW!
I was wondering too, when I was very young, I created what I called a "black hole" in my mind, which became a place I could "go to" in my head when tings got too much in my real world. I still do this today.. I'll go "hibernate" in my "cave" or "black hole" and I turn on special lighting, have scented candles burning, play particular kinds of music, and usually either sleep and relax, or write or read something inspiring. Does anyone else have a habit of doing something like this?
Thanks again for the reply.
M.
Now that is the positive interpretation. The negative one would be the black hole where one would hide because their ability to function with the external is low to non existent. This is an entirely different kind of black hole.
I have my own space and I hang in that space when ever I need to. It is a place to revitalize as well as create. It is a space where I am not interrupted by others needs. A place to restore balance and pace. So much of external activities do not align with my pace there for I have to pay attention and create for myself. I would not call this a retreat although the external world might say "retreat" but that is only because my wave length is not in harmony when orchestrated by over stimulation. I need space and there for I cultivate what I need. This is one way or another an internal process.
moving and withdrawing from college, all big changes, hope that you can find strength and move through all this
Thank you for sharing about you!