Are You Highly "Sensitive"?

Do you feel like you reflect on things more than anyone else? Do you feel worry about how other people feel about you? Do you prefer less chaotic or quieter environments? Do you think about your relationships, friendships too much? Nowadays, these things are very normal especially in "Young-Adults" of age 18-22. And, if you feel this way, you may be a highly sensitive person. It isn't bad to be "sensitive", in fact being sensitive carries various kinds of positive characteristics. There are many things which may be different in a person who is "highly sensitive" & the other person who is not "sensitive" (Yes, their are people like that, too). The most "common" characteristic in the people who are highly sensitive is to feel more deeply more than the people who are less-sensitive. I, myself being a "highly sensitive" person, we tend to process things on a very deep level. If we think about the something, we think about that thing, we think about every perspective, how's it gonna go, what happens if this doesn't & sometimes we "over-think" it & make ourselves sad. But, that happens like "once in a blue moon". People who are highly sensitive often react more to a situation. For example, they would feel more concern for a friend who is facing a problem. That's not it, they also have more concern about how the other person can do a bad thing to them or a person who is close to them.


( You Absorb Everyone's Emotions)


You see, depending on the society that we live in, sensitivity can be taken as a very good thing, an asset or a bad thing, a negative trait of a person. Well, i was watching this program on the "Discovery Channel.", by which i thought i should write about that, in that program a guy "Zeff", a researcher, says that the highly sensitive people he interviewed from countries such as "Thailand" & "India", were rarely or never teased while people who are highly sensitive from countries such as "North America" were frequently or always getting bullied, which leads to a longer time in making decisions, actually they are much more aware of the details of the problem which makes harder for them to take decisions. For example, many people would find it easy to choose a flavor of an "Ice-Cream", it is easy, right? but, people who are highly sensitive will tend to a long time as they are they are weighing every possible outcome & as i saw this on the program, i felt amazed because yes, i have felt that way too. Once a highly sensitive person has come to a conclusion of what is right & what is wrong, he/she would be quicker in making "right" decisions in future. But, if they make a "bad" decision, it takes a lot of time to get back into their normal being.

The myth of "sensitive" people being introverts, as i said, it is a myth. I have seen many of my friends who are highly sensitive but are like "open" to everybody, they enjoy the little things that are happening around them, which makes the a good team player. They won't be the person who will make final decision but would be highly-instrumental in talking about what decision the decision maker should take. But, the most dangerous aspect of "highly sensitive" people are that they are more prone to anxiety & depression. Everyone has a fair amount of bad experiences in their lives, but a person who is highly sensitive, if anything happens to him/her, they tend to go in a shell for a while, they feel nervous, in their homes, school, their nervous system is set to "anxious."

But, the main thing that i really wanted to say that "People who are less-sensitive should not step-aside from highly sensitive people, they are humans too, so what if they have emotions more than you or they care too much for you "Don't mistake their sensitivity as their weakness".

IF YOU BELIEVER YOU ARE A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON AND READING THIS, DON'T HIDE OUT, YOU ARE VERY STRONG! :)