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Being Highly Sensitive in a Non-Sensitive World
As a Highly Sensitive Person, I understand what it’s like to live in a world where sensitivity is misunderstood and undervalued; it created a lot of shame in me for a long time. But now many of my favorite things about myself I attribute directly to my sensitivity, and part of my job as a therapist who specializes in working with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) is helping others unlearn all the negative messages they’ve received about themselves and what it means to be sensitive. Almost everyone I work with sees their sensitivity as a weakness or a liability; something they have to “overcome,” or hide, in order to be “normal.”