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• Blurred Feelings

  Highly sensitive people often do not know how they truly feel.

  Because they feel so much, including what others feel, it can be difficult to differentiate what is real from what is not.

  This is the downside of empathy.

  For highly sensitive people, the line between another person’s feelings and their own is often blurry.

  If not managed with firm boundaries and clear expectations, this emotional porousness can become confusing, frustrating, and exhausting.

  For this reason, highly sensitive people tend to need time alone to regroup and recharge.

  Too much time around others can make highly sensitive people lose sight of who they are, what they feel, and what they value.

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  February 21, 2024

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• Reasons To Be Kind

  Look for reasons to be kind.

  Put in more effort than is required of you.

  Be present and attentive.

  Care deeply.

  Listen.

  Give generously of your time.

  Be your sensitive self unapologetically and without regret.

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  February 15, 2024

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• Sensitivity And Creativity

  The most creative people are often also the most sensitive.

  Creatives not only see the world differently, but we also feel the world differently.

  Simply put, creatives feel more.

  We experience everything more intensely.

  But with these amplified sensitivities, the world can become extremely overwhelming at times.

  This is why sensitivity and creativity seem to go hand-in-hand so often.

  A creative’s artistic outlet is a way to process the unique way that we experience the world.

  Because creatives take so much in from every experience and interaction, we need a way to let out our feelings and this is where art, in whatever form that happens to take, becomes so essential to our lives.

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  January 19, 2024

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• Sensitive Strength

  Not everyone will understand your sensitivity.

  Nor should you expect them to.

  You are responsible for knowing yourself, for protecting yourself, and for adapting to your surroundings and your relationships in such a way that your integrity remains intact.

  The world is not going to adjust to your needs.

  You must take care of your caring heart.

  In order to honor your sensitive soul, there will be times when you will have to go your own way, forge your own path, and do your own thing.

  Other times, you will have to stand your ground, resisting the forces that attempt to push and pull you in directions that do not serve you.

  Be sensitive to your sensitivity.

  Listen to it and let it guide you, not away from life, but toward your life, your path, and your unique contribution to this world.

  Allow your sensitivity to teach you to be your own person, your own advocate, and your own refuge.

  Used in this way, your sensitivity becomes your strength.

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  July 23, 2023

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• Boundaries For Sensitivity

  To be a highly sensitive person is to be emotionally porous.

  You feel things more deeply and experience your environment more intensely than others who are not as sensitive.

  For this reason, you must be extra careful to not allow yourself to be overly influenced by your surroundings, whether it be your environment or your relationships.

  You need to develop healthy boundaries between yourself and the world around you.

  Otherwise, you may find yourself lost in a sea of feelings, opinions, and agendas that are not your own or in your best interest.

  As a highly sensitive person, without boundaries, your inner life will constantly be at the mercy of others and they may not even know it.

  Healthy boundaries keep you on course.

  They help you to know where the dividing line is between you and the world around you.

  Your goal should not be to shut the world out, for this would go against your very nature as a highly sensitive person, but to protect your sensitivity so that it strengthens and guides you instead of overwhelming and distracting you.

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  July 19, 2023

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