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ARE YOU A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON?
Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (commonly abbreviated HSP)?
If you answer "yes" to the questions below at least 20 times, you are a highly sensitive person.
Searching Google for "HSP" will result in an abundance of information on the subject.
- I am always aware of subtle signals in my environment.
- I am often affected, sometimes severely so, by other people's moods.
- I am quite sensitive to physical pain.
- On busy days or during hectic activity, I notice a (strong) urge to withdraw to my bed or a dark room (or some other place where I can be alone).
- I am particularly sensitive to the effects of caffeine (predominantly in coffee).
- I easily get distressed by influences such as bright lights, house or trance music, strong odours, coarsely woven fabrics, or loud sirens.
- I have a rich and complex inner world of experience. My imagination is broader than that of the average person.
- I feel uncomfortable in conversations with a strong emotional charge, shouting, or people who are covertly aggressive – and even more so at overt aggression.
- I can be deeply touched or affected by beautiful things, rich settings, sensitive art, or special artworks.
- I am conscientious (sometimes excessively so). I can even be a hair-splitting perfectionist who keeps aiming high.
- I startle easily, even when I know that logically nothing is wrong or can be wrong.
- I easily feel rushed when I have to really make an effort (or do things) over a short period of time.
- When people feel uncomfortable in their physical environment, I usually know what is required to counter such feelings (for example dimming the lights, opening a window, lighting incense, or relocating furniture).vI get irritated when people try to force me to accept all sorts of quick and seemingly logical conclusions.
- I try hard not to forget things, as I have a tendency to be slightly chaotic.
- I don't watch any violent or shallow movies or TV shows as a matter of principle.
- I grow increasingly uncomfortable when two people simultaneously try to get my attention.
- Hunger can exert a strong negative influence on my ability to concentrate and/or on my mood.
- I find changes unsettling, particularly sudden ones. I have a high need for control and certainty. I am sometimes accused of trying to govern (or even dominate) my environment by it.
- I am very much open to delicate sensory experiences, such as subtle fragrances, flavours, sounds, and skin contact, which I enjoy intensely.
- I sometimes avoid people, situations (i.e. public transport), or locations (buildings or specific streets), without any clear reason for doing so. I suspect that I perceive unseen things on such occasions. I may even hear voices (of the deceased, for instance).
- When I have to compete with someone, or when I am watched closely, I get so nervous or tense that I perform far below my usual levels.
- As a child, my parents or teachers regarded me as sensitive or shy.
- I usually pick up emotions, tension, desires, and projections from my environment, and I am unable to just shut these things out.
- My sensitivity is prevalent among other members of my family.
- I may drink or smoke heavily in order to sedate my sensitivity as much as possible.
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