highly sensitive people

[evenifigoalone]

Well, not sure this is exactly health related (mental health, maybe?), but seems to fit here better than the lounge.

Anyways:
"Roughly 20% of the population struggle with high sensitivity. Typical traits include the following:

1. As students, they work differently from other people. They often pick up on subtleties and may think deeply about a subject before sharing in a discussion or contributing in a classroom setting. (This does not necessarily mean they don’t understand the material, or are too shy to speak in public. It has more to do with the way the person processes information.)"
more: http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tum...me-information-on-the-highly-sensitive-person

"Sensitive people get a bad rap. Research suggests that genes are responsible for the 15-20% of people who qualify as “highly sensitive.” Psychologist Elain Aron hasstudied this phenomenon extensively, and using MRI scans of highly sensitive people’s brains, she’s found that they experience sounds, feelings, and even the presence of other people much more intensely than the average person."
more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/9-signs-youre-a-highly-se_b_9543646.html?

And this page is a test where you check in traits that apply to you: http://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

The first two links make this sound like something that applies to me. On the test, I only checked in 11 items, but the most of the ones I checked in apply highly.
I don't know if I'd be considered a "highly sensitive person" by the definitions given in these sources (and it doesn't really matter if I would be or not), but I did more recently (within the last couple of years or so) realize I am more sensitive when it comes to interacting with others than at least a lot of people and that I've always been like that. Over time I have learned to deal with things better than I used to, but it is an aspect that is a part of me I think and not something I can just change. It was freeing to come to a realization that it's not something I can entirely help.

 

[Angel]

I am sensitive too.
Sometimes someone will say something that hurts my feelings for quite awhile, while another person would forget about it in 5 seconds.
If Matthew is not feeling well it affects me. Wondering if I did something wrong. Most of the time, no. He never puts me down for being like this. He is such a good guy.
So, I know how you feel.
It's not a bad thing though, just to let you know. Its just who you are, and that;s how God made you to be!

 

[evenifigoalone]

Conflicts and stuff like that can bother me for days and affect me physically. I tend to internalize it, too, and I've very self conscious around other people, even most of the people I consider friends.
I don't know that I fit the specific category in the articles, though, since apparently sensitivity to other stimuli is part of it, too. (Was looking at the study linked in the second article.) I've never been sensitive to excessive sound or light or stuff like that. I get distracted by noise more easily than my brother, but that's all I've really noticed. Well, it doesn't matter to me whether I fit the category or not. It's still interesting to learn about.

In any case, yeah, being more on the sensitive end of things I don't think of as a bad thing, I think it makes me think about how I treat others more.

 

[jasonc]

I will say that I'm in that category

 

[Christ_empowered]

Hmmm...I think being highly sensitive may be a contributing factor to a lot of "severe mental illness." I say this as a dude who is currently labeled w/ Bipolar I by my doc and with "Schizophrenia" by my community.

 

[jasonc]

Well, not sure this is exactly health related (mental health, maybe?), but seems to fit here better than the lounge.

Anyways:
"Roughly 20% of the population struggle with high sensitivity. Typical traits include the following:

1. As students, they work differently from other people. They often pick up on subtleties and may think deeply about a subject before sharing in a discussion or contributing in a classroom setting. (This does not necessarily mean they don’t understand the material, or are too shy to speak in public. It has more to do with the way the person processes information.)"
more: http://onlinecounsellingcollege.tum...me-information-on-the-highly-sensitive-person

"Sensitive people get a bad rap. Research suggests that genes are responsible for the 15-20% of people who qualify as “highly sensitive.” Psychologist Elain Aron hasstudied this phenomenon extensively, and using MRI scans of highly sensitive people’s brains, she’s found that they experience sounds, feelings, and even the presence of other people much more intensely than the average person."
more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/9-signs-youre-a-highly-se_b_9543646.html?

And this page is a test where you check in traits that apply to you: http://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

The first two links make this sound like something that applies to me. On the test, I only checked in 11 items, but the most of the ones I checked in apply highly.
I don't know if I'd be considered a "highly sensitive person" by the definitions given in these sources (and it doesn't really matter if I would be or not), but I did more recently (within the last couple of years or so) realize I am more sensitive when it comes to interacting with others than at least a lot of people and that I've always been like that. Over time I have learned to deal with things better than I used to, but it is an aspect that is a part of me I think and not something I can just change. It was freeing to come to a realization that it's not something I can entirely help.

Ptsd and any vet will score higher on that because of that