You will know a HSP
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This book is a great read, if you are not a HSP you will know someone who is, the book will give you a far greater understanding of their needs and if you are a HSP, they can transform you life by giving understanding to how you feel on a daily basis. If only I had found these 20 years ago! I share this book with many of my clients who are HSPs and they too find it enormously valuable.
According to Aaron, highly sensitive people, or HSPs, typically share a number of characteristics: They're highly aroused by new or prolonged stimulation; strongly reactive to external stimuli such as noise and light; intolerant of pain, hunger, thirst, caffeine, and medication; susceptible to stress-related and psychosomatic illnesses; and deeply affected by other people's moods and emotions. They are also highly intuitive; able to concentrate deeply (but do best without distractions); right-brained, and less linear than non-HSPs; highly conscientious; especially good at tasks requiring vigilance, accuracy, and speed; and excellent at spotting and avoiding errors.
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Finally
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I bet this book is going to tip soon. It offers a new perspective on a a type of person that usually feels a bit 'different'. Its made me ponder quiet a lot and reflect on myself in a new light.
Well done!
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Compassionate and helpful
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This book is well observed, and gave me a wider context to my life and while I feel the way I do. It provided me with some useful insights about work, health and relationships. The lists of tips for doctors, teachers, and bosses working with HSPs are very useful. On the debit side, I was less keen on the aspects of spirituality touched on in the final chapter. Also the book doesn't really deal with sexual preference and HSPs. Perhaps the sequel about HSPs and love will be better for this.
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Disappointed, not a very practical book
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The content of this book came as a great disappointment. I was expecting very practical and helpful advice and discussion. But instead found it too broad-ranging, and sparatic, in that it seemed to touch on an array of seemingly random theories/techniques, and yet didn't cohere. It seems to lean predominantly from a 'new age' perspective, which had not been apparent in the description of the book. And thus focuses a lot on things from regression to invisible helpers, rather than what I had hoped to be some applicable tips. I would not recommend this book to a very vulnerable person, as I think the content would more likely confuse them, and give them the notion that they are a 'special victim' in need of a life-time of psychological support.
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I'm not alone!
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This book explains why some people become 'overwhelmed' or 'frazzled' by, for example, loud sounds around them or a great deal of social contact in one day. It's been very helpful to me, mainly because I was accused of all the things Aron lists, such as being a 'crybaby' or 'too shy' and had grown up thinking that my sensitivity was a kind of handicap or something to be ashamed of. 'The Highly Sensitive Person' successfully reassures the reader that there are advantages and disadvantages to having this kind of disposition and gives some good tips for dealing with those 'frazzled' times. It also makes the interesting point that highly sensitive people are not more unfriendly or unsociable than others; they just have a different tolerance level for certain stimuli. I am certainly glad to know that I'm not alone, and wish I'd read this book when I was younger!
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