Why Highly Sensitive People Experience Nostalgia More Often
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Why Highly Sensitive People Experience Nostalgia More Often

A highly sensitive person has more activity in parts of the brain that contribute to feelings of nostalgia. HSPs have a deep emotional connection to their memories and because we process information and experiences deeply, memories are more vivid and easier to recall. When you notice more subtle details, you’re able to pull up specific memories and the emotions that go along with them quickly.

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You’re Not Overreacting: Embracing Your Big Feelings as a Highly Sensitive Person
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You’re Not Overreacting: Embracing Your Big Feelings as a Highly Sensitive Person

When you’re highly sensitive and feel everything deeply, it can be stressful and isolating.  Others may question or criticize you for your “overblown” reactions.  You then wander if you’re too emotional, fragile, or dramatic.  Although it can be a burden at times, feeling this emotional is an asset in many ways.

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The Sensitive Urge to Hibernate in the Winter
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The Sensitive Urge to Hibernate in the Winter

Being more attuned to the slightest changes happening around you as a highly sensitive person, it can be a shock to your nervous system to quickly go from the hot, long, sunny days of Summer to cold days of Winter with little sunlight. The colder months are a time to recharge, a time to reflect, but as you lean into slowing down, be careful not to completely power off.

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Are You Missing the Best Parts of Being Highly Sensitive?
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Are You Missing the Best Parts of Being Highly Sensitive?

Being highly sensitive, you get access to experiences others don't have such as deep joy in the little moments, positive emotions at a heightened level, and blissful experiences.  Trying to live life like a non-HSP blocks access to your deep thoughts and feelings, strong intuition, innovative ideas, abundant creativity, and healing empathy that only we can have. 

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