I did an informal poll in my Facebook group asking if people in the group were highly sensitive too. It came out 100%. Are you HSP and how does it affect your life? How do you deal with it?
I'm not sure if I'm an HSP but I know I'm very sensitive when there's a lot of people around because I feel like I have to pay extra attention to everything and feel even more that I already feel. I don't do well with big crowds : then, I start to feel irritated (even angry at times) and that's when my anxiety kicks in. Since I work in a shop, I'm always surrounded by a lot of clients and it's really no fun for me. The constant noise paired with the commercial aspect of my job which has me talking to dozens of unpleasant clients everyday while putting on the 'business mask on' is really tiring because I feel like I'm always faking it. I've gotten used to it for the most part and can handle it on a daily basis but at the end of 2021, I had a panick attack. It was the holiday season, I was overworked and exhausted. One day, I was doing a task I was assigned which required me to be in the middle of dozens of clients directly surrounding me. At one point, I felt like I was suffocating and I had to isolate myself in a room when there was nobody and take a few minutes to breathe. I wouldn't exactly say I absord the feelings of others but I sympathize with them too much and worry about them and unconsciously try to ease their worries even when I don't know them. When I feel the anxiety coming, I've noticed that listening to music really loud with earphones really help me blocking the millions of thoughts running through my head.
I'm not sure if I'm an HSP but I know I'm very sensitive when there's a lot of people around because I feel like I have to pay extra attention to everything and feel even more that I already feel. I don't do well with big crowds : then, I start to feel irritated (even angry at times) and that's when my anxiety kicks in. Since I work in a shop, I'm always surrounded by a lot of clients and it's really no fun for me. The constant noise paired with the commercial aspect of my job which has me talking to dozens of unpleasant clients everyday while putting on the 'business mask on' is really tiring because I feel like I'm always faking it. I've gotten used to it for the most part and can handle it on a daily basis but at the end of 2021, I had a panick attack. It was the holiday season, I was overworked and exhausted. One day, I was doing a task I was assigned which required me to be in the middle of dozens of clients directly surrounding me. At one point, I felt like I was suffocating and I had to isolate myself in a room when there was nobody and take a few minutes to breathe. I wouldn't exactly say I absord the feelings of others but I sympathize with them too much and worry about them and unconsciously try to ease their worries even when I don't know them. When I feel the anxiety coming, I've noticed that listening to music really loud with earphones really help me blocking the millions of thoughts running through my head.