Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity
Life as a Highly Sensitive Person
What does it mean to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), and how do you know if you are one? Discover from world-renowned developmental psychologist Michael Pluess.
A: Sensitivity is a common human trait and reflects people’s capacity to perceive and process information about their environment and the experiences they make. Sensitivity reflects a spectrum from low to high, meaning that all people are sensitive but some are more and some less.
According to several studies, people can be categorized into three sensitivity groups: low, medium, and high. High-sensitive people are generally more strongly affected by what they experience: They suffer more in the face of negative experiences, but also benefit more from positive ones. It is possible that highly sensitive people also have higher intuition and kinaesthetic sensitivity, but more research is needed to investigate the relationships between these concepts.
For more information on sensitivity, please visit https://sensitivityresearch.com/about-sensitivity/
Read the full article at: https://psychwire.com/free-resources/q-and-a/vpu9w5/life-as-a-highly-sensitive-person
What I found interesting:
BRAIN WAVES
Talk it out. Good conversations don’t have to be agreeable. Researchers tracked conversations between both friends and strangers as they talked, and scanned the participants’ brains in real-time. Afterwards, they asked people to rate the level of joy and productivity they felt during the conversation. Surprisingly, the most enjoyable conversations weren’t those where brain activity stayed perfectly in sync. Instead, the best conversations showed increasing divergence in neural patterns—which suggests that exploring new ideas and perspectives, rather than staying on familiar ground, leads to deeper engagement. This held true for both friends and strangers. Next, the researchers had the subjects engage in political conversations in which they were coached to either persuade or compromise. The “compromisers” had more exploratory conversations and reached greater consensus than the “persuaders.” The researchers suggested that curiosity might be more powerful than conviction when it comes to bridging divides. At Scientific American, study author and neuroscientist Emily Falk said that she recently tried to put these findings into practice when talking to a colleague who held different views. “Although the conversation was tiring and did not end in complete agreement,” she said, “it renewed our connection to each other and left me open to talking more
Song I have on repeat:
What I’m pondering:
The top 10 things people claim to have taken for granted, when they were alive:
10. That there really are no coincidences.
9. How easy life was when they stopped struggling.
8. That all their prayers and thoughts made a difference.
7. How much guidance they received at all times.
6. That any and all dreams really can come true.
5. How far ripples of kindness actually spread.
4. How good-looking andfun they always were.
3. How present “God” was in everyone, everything, everywhere, always.
2. What really was important: happiness, friendships, love.
1. How important they were to so many.
