HSP. What is that? Well, HSP stands for highly sensitive person. I’ll be using those terms interchangeably in this post.
Earlier this week, I got into a little dispute with my boss two days in a row. On the second day, I was so bothered that I started to get shaky and jittery. Now, I’ve gotten shaky and jittery before, but I never really cared to dig into what was happening. I finally decided to look up what was going on with my body. I learned that my body was reacting the way it was because I was getting an adrenaline rush. This was all during a short meeting, so although I was very upset, I had to try to keep myself as calm as possible. I couldn’t yell or scream, and I held back my tears. The rush I was getting had nowhere to escape to.
While searching online, I came across the term ‘highly sensitive person’. According to everything I’ve read, high sensitivity is a personality trait. Psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron believes that being highly sensitive is genetic. I’m not 100% sure if I am a highly sensitive person, but a lot of the characteristics seem to fit my personality. I remember many many times when I would get pretty emotional, teary-eyed, and sometimes even cry. Then later I would wonder why I felt that way. My mind is always thinking and analyzing almost everything. I often times have said, “There must be something wrong with me,” and “I’m just a really emotional person.” It’s interesting to read about HSPs because the more I learn, the more I realize that I’m not weird. There’s nothing wrong with me. Lots of other people are like this.
I have a lot more research to do. Also, for the record, my boss isn’t a bad guy. We never really have disputes. I probably shouldn’t have gotten so upset because that’s just who he is and that’s how he talks sometimes without realizing it, but I couldn’t help reacting the way I did. I am really happy that this work week is over tomorrow. I totally need a break.
Have any of you heard of highly sensitive people? What are your opinions on it? Do you think it’s real or fake? Are you an HSP?