Any other "highly sensitive people" here?

[Deleted]

The secret is to learn to tolerate emotional pain. Buy a DBT self-help workbook on Amazon. The mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation skills will do wonders to help you embrace your sensitivity as a gift.

I like Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life by Spraldin.

[winecat]

I am.

[gault]

I had about 13 checked off. I hear ya. HUGS AND SENSITIVE NUZZLES

[Deleted]

Yep, I think I am all of those.

[glitzyglow]

According to the test I'm highly sensitive, but I think it's situational for me. I guess, I feel like I contain it when need be. My home is my refuge, but I don't mind going out into busy places. I don't like overly loud noises or being overstimulated in an environment. I can empathize to a high degree with anyone, but I don't open myself up to anyone until I've adequately assessed that person (intuitiveness plays a large role of if I will or if I won't).

I doubt anything I just said is helpful. Big hugs.

[MixedBerryJam]

22! Chaos around me is THE WORST. I hate hubbub and hustle-and-bustle and people walking every which way doing God only knows what. Give me a dark, quiet room (with a door I can close) and I'm much happier.

[berbles]

Hah. I only checked 10. And most of those had to do with my social anxiety.

I actually spend time in therapy working on being more sensitive/empathetic/vulnerable.

[starburst604]

Oct 15, 2013 17:28:06 GMT -5 @stpete said:

No, lol. I cry easy sometimes so I thought maybe, but almost all of those were not me at all.

Same here. My feelers get hurt easily but that's a different kind of sensitive I guess.

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Oct 15, 2013 17:34:32 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Oct 15, 2013 17:28:06 GMT -5 @stpete said:

No, lol. I cry easy sometimes so I thought maybe, but almost all of those were not me at all.

Same here. My feelers get hurt easily but that's a different kind of sensitive I guess.

Third Indian!

[dirtybella]

I am. My therapist recommended the highly sensitive person's survival guide. It gave me a ton if good info and I can better communicate it to people I date.

[mcc]

Only 7 here. I've learned that certain things are bad for me though. I can't watch world news with all of the horribleness in the world.

[kjh]

I had three. My family's nickname of the ice queen is true

[Deleted]

I had 9, but the noise/crowds stuff really doesn't apply...after all, I'm a New Yorker!  I am very sensitive in the way of taking things personally.  I can't watch the news because it upsets me.  The thing with me is, I'm an extrovert and a Sagittarius-- so I have a loud mouth.  Due to these things, people can be taken by surprise when I break down crying when I'm overwhelmed or I'm affected by something.

[starburst604]

Oct 15, 2013 20:01:35 GMT -5 @blueyes623 said:

I had 9, but the noise/crowds stuff really doesn't apply...after all, I'm a New Yorker!  I am very sensitive in the way of taking things personally.  I can't watch the news because it upsets me.  The thing with me is, I'm an extrovert and a Sagittarius-- so I have a loud mouth.  Due to these things, people can be taken by surprise when I break down crying when I'm overwhelmed or I'm affected by something.

Another extrovert Sag here Everyone is so used to me holding it together and they don't really know what to do when I'm not. Like tonight, I'm wedding-stressed and have PMS and trying to get a million things done at work. T's mom left him a voice mail and she said something about me that sounded really bitchy and I just lost it about how I am sick of trying to make everyone happy and am doing the best I can. He looked shocked because that's not usually me. Sigh. The PMS is making me super touchy.

[winning]

Oct 15, 2013 19:44:13 GMT -5 kjh said:

I had three. My family's nickname of the ice queen is true

You and me both. Does this make us highly insensitive?

It takes a lot to get to me.

[jojoandleo]

No. I've actually been called cold. By my own mother. I used to be more sensitive until I learned all I can do is control my reactions. I get overly emotional at times, but I just tell the person how I feel and why and get it all out there. It's easier to do when you aren't nervous about a guys feelings after date number two. Dating makes everyone sensitive. (By everyone I mean myself.)

[cuddlyevil]

I'm not overly sensitive but I do have my moments. I do let people's emotions affect my own and I'm working on that.

[achase123]

No....I thought maybe but no, that doesn't fit me.  I am really extroverted, always have too much going on, and I have been called cold.  I don't think I am; I get my feelings hurt easily but I also don't fit into the highly sensitive category...

[hazel]

Oct 15, 2013 17:41:02 GMT -5 @pdx18 said:

Oct 15, 2013 17:34:32 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Same here. My feelers get hurt easily but that's a different kind of sensitive I guess.

Third Indian!

Yep. I would say I'm sensitive, but not in this way. I think that some how overtime I have learned to not be as reactionary to other people and their emotions. I was tired of people always saying I was too sensitive.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

20. I think I need this book.

Being watched while I do anything is terrible. My extended family is large and loud and it's not uncommon for me to have to climb under a table (this is true) after about an hour with them.

[gozf]

Bliss is apparently highly sensitive.

/cymbal crash

[feelthelight]

i think using positive self talk may help when you are feeling sensitive and analyzing things too much. I like to remind myself to stick to the facts of a situation and avoid dwelling on the hidden meaning of something someone said or did. I used to be more sensitive but after years of working in the social work field I've developed a thick skin.

[aerochyck]

I only checked 3......I guess I'm cold too :-)

[Deleted]

I don't think I am, but I do think I'm pretty good at being empathetic and aware that others are more sensitive than me. I just don't personally feel a lot of the emotions/sensitivities that I know others feel. I guess I can be pretty sensitive to rejection but there isn't much else that rattles me (and even then it's more of a rumination thing than crying or being unable to function or whatever).

[Wanderista]

Yeah, I had 15 of these, so I guess so. I've never thought of myself as being too sensitive though. I have a lot of sensitive friends and I have definitely dated guys who are WAY more sensitive than me. I'm also not that sensitive to my environment - like light and sound, but I know a lot of people who are. I will notice beautiful details but I'm not someone who needs to be around "soft music" all the time, for example. 

I love the arts and have a "complex inner life". I'm also appreciative of subtleties and emotions. I've always thought of it as a good thing. I think I was more sensitive as a child and I have learned to manage it positively as I have gotten older. 

[Deleted]

Oct 15, 2013 22:47:53 GMT -5 gozf said:

Bliss is apparently highly sensitive.

/cymbal crash

Sure am. The most highly sensitive poster ever.


Lol. I'm a cold hearted bitch. Or so I've been told.

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[gozf]

Oct 16, 2013 12:54:29 GMT -5 blissanity said:

Oct 15, 2013 22:47:53 GMT -5 gozf said:

Bliss is apparently highly sensitive.

/cymbal crash

Sure am. The most highly sensitive poster ever.


Lol. I'm a cold hearted bitch. Or so I've been told.

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*whispers*

ummmmmmm, i was referring to your "i am highly orgasmic, you non-sexual peasants" post that almost immediately preceeded this thread.

[berbles]

Oct 15, 2013 20:26:24 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Oct 15, 2013 20:01:35 GMT -5 @blueyes623 said:

I had 9, but the noise/crowds stuff really doesn't apply...after all, I'm a New Yorker!  I am very sensitive in the way of taking things personally.  I can't watch the news because it upsets me.  The thing with me is, I'm an extrovert and a Sagittarius-- so I have a loud mouth.  Due to these things, people can be taken by surprise when I break down crying when I'm overwhelmed or I'm affected by something.

Another extrovert Sag here Everyone is so used to me holding it together and they don't really know what to do when I'm not. Like tonight, I'm wedding-stressed and have PMS and trying to get a million things done at work. T's mom left him a voice mail and she said something about me that sounded really bitchy and I just lost it about how I am sick of trying to make everyone happy and am doing the best I can. He looked shocked because that's not usually me. Sigh. The PMS is making me super touchy.

Dudes!  Me too.  Extrovert & Sag.  

In fact, I'm almost 100% sure that this personality trait lead to my divorce.  When we first got serious, I was 18.  I needed nothing from no one.  I was VERY proud of my pragmatic, able-to-deal-with-anything personality.  The older I've gotten (and the more therapy I've had, lol), the more sensitive I've become/allowed myself to be.  And I think it was a major contributing factor to my H deciding he didn't want to be married to me anymore.  I wasn't the unemotional robot who didn't need anything from him.  The more I asked from him emotionally, the more he withdrew.  

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Oct 16, 2013 13:12:54 GMT -5 gozf said:

Oct 16, 2013 12:54:29 GMT -5 blissanity said:

Sure am. The most highly sensitive poster ever.


Lol. I'm a cold hearted bitch. Or so I've been told.

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*whispers*

ummmmmmm, i was referring to your "i am highly orgasmic, you non-sexual peasants" post that almost immediately preceeded this thread.

I'm confused. Lol. Happens a lot here. Oh well.


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[Mrs.Rad888]

I checked one, the one about needing time away from people to decompress, but I attribute that more to being an extrovert. I'm so non-sensitive, I may be a robot.