4 Signs You Are A Highly Sensitive Person
Being sensitive makes you really special
Are you a really smart person?
Highly sensitive people (HSP) are brilliant people because they think and feel a lot. It’s easy to be seen as weak in a world of people who don’t understand why you think the way you do.
You may know someone very special, or you’re the one who is seen as unique by those you know, and you want to know more about what it is like to be a sensitive person.
You may recognize these signs from your family member, friend, or partner, or maybe you’re the one who is a really highly sensitive person.
You don’t understand yourself but want to discover your true self.
Being sensitive makes you really special.
These are the four signs of a highly sensitive person.
1# You Spend Time Alone For The Most Part.
Highly sensitive people love spending time on their own. You don’t like forcing yourself to socialize with people where you have to pretend to be someone you’re not.
You value authentic friendships, and if you don’t have genuine friends, you’d rather be alone than be with people to fill the void in your soul of being lonely.
You easily get drained out by being surrounded by people daily because you have to pretend to be someone you’re not.
Spending time alone helps you to find your true self.
2# You Take Everything Personally.
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson told “Thought Catalog” about being a highly sensitive person: “No matter who it is or how comfortable you are with someone, when anyone yells at you or talks down to you, you immediately erupt in tears.”
I understand how humans have feelings and get impacted by words. You get easily hurt when people are cruel to you for no reason. You feel like you aren’t good enough when people reject you all the time.
Words have the power to affect people, negative or positive.
You didn’t really do anything wrong. You just want peace and have a good time, yet you still experience the whole world going against you.
But it’s not always healthy to be triggered by what people say. The most confident people never take anything personally, only insecure ones.
Highly sensitive people can be insecure as well.
The best thing you can do is roll your eyes and say, “What a cringe joke.” when someone makes an unpleasant joke about you.
You still show that you are not satisfied while controlling yourself without having an emotional breakdown.
3# You Are Able To Decode People’s True Intentions.
Tracy M. Kusmierz wrote this on highlysensitiverefuge.com:
“As a highly sensitive person, I can sense your mood from a mile away. Don’t try to hide it. You’re not fooling me.”
You easily find out people’s true colors. You look at what they do and not what they say. You are very aware of the tone of their voice and how they treat other people. This is because you can easily read people’s energies.
The energy never lies no matter what.
You are super aware of the early signs of red flags and when someone makes you uncomfortable in their surroundings.
Toxic people need to absorb light to feel powerful. Highly sensitive people have bright personalities, making it easier for them to take advantage of them.
You have probably been taken advantage of many times to the point that you quickly see the same toxic patterns coming from people trying to use you for their own gain.
4# You Feel Very Alone In This World.
Even if you like spending some time alone, you still feel very lonely in this world because no one sees the way in the same way as you do. You wish you had someone who could understand you, just like you understand people because you have empathy.
You put yourself in other people’s shoes, but no one can put themselves in your shoes for the most part. You don’t understand why it’s so hard for people to be a decent humans like you.
Being alone in this world sometimes comes from being too comfortable with being in the solitude of our own world and how people always misunderstand you, no matter how hard you try to feel understood.
It’s like people hear you but they don’t really listen to what you say.
The Pros and Cons of Being a Highly Sensitive Person:
There will always be pros and cons to everything in life. It’s just about balancing both of them because balance is the key.
You probably heard the term, “Listen to your heart.” I come with this advice as well, but it’s also important to listen to your brain sometimes. Being too much of anything is not healthy.
You don’t have to be too sensitive. Still, you don’t have to be too logical as well because miracles happen every day in our lives, such as thriving very well mentally after battling depression.
These are the pros and cons of being a highly sensitive person.
The Pro’s
- You are very mindful and selective about who you invite into your life.
- You are very in awe of small details such as the sound of nature.
- You have empathy and understanding of people in your life.
- You are very skilled in the creative field, such as being a musician.
- You make people feel really good because of your good energy.
The Con’s.
- You are unable to think rationally and logically in a discussion.
- Feelings sometimes make you blind, such as being in love.
- You are likely to go from being happy to very anxious in a short time.
- You don’t really have a social life as much as everyone else.
- You overthink and worry about a lot of things, even tiny details.
The Bottom Line.
It can become challenging to live your life as a highly sensitive person if you experience many cons of being sensitive. Being a highly sensitive person is a blessing and a curse.
You are a smart individual, but not everyone sees the world the same way as you, and people may consider you different from anyone else.
You feel easily misunderstood by everyone. You are extraordinary compared to everyone in your life. Being highly sensitive is a blessing and a curse.
It can be hard to be seen as the “weird” or “crazy” one when you just live your truth by being authentic. When you’re a highly sensitive person, you can make a positive impact on those you meet, and you become unforgettable.
Being highly sensitive is different for everyone. Some of them have a thick skin in this harsh world while being soft on the inside and others are easily fragile when they expose themselves to the real world.
You are not only a highly sensitive person.
You are a highly special person.