Highly Sensitive People - Page 2

MetalWounds · 09-03-2008, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haphazard

Unless I'm missing something that dear wiki hasn't supplied me with?

You mean like a soul?

TickTock · 09-03-2008, 09:53 PM

As I understand it, it isn't restricted to type.

LadyJaye · 09-04-2008, 12:08 AM

I'm a HSP - I seem to have a lower threshhold for bright lights or sustained loud noises, and if I can't get away from them, I feel rattled.

Sunshine · 09-04-2008, 12:14 AM

Most of the people I know that are HSPs are F types. But that's just the people I know though.

Randomnity · 09-04-2008, 12:16 AM

Reading the wiki, it seems this term could apply to many people. I guess it's a nicer term than shyness/skittishness. It'd be hard to test since I doubt the average "sensitivity" is known, and probably many people would like to see themselves as more sensitive than the norm, so I suspect the accuracy is low.

My INFP mom says she's HSP, but she self-diagnoses as a lot of things, I've stopped paying attention. Reading the description though, it does sound like her (and me for that matter). Probably correlates with I and F especially, though not exclusively. Sounds like a very NF term, though, and I've heard more INFPs talking about it than any other type whenever the topic is brought up.

LadyJaye · 09-04-2008, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Most of the people I know that are HSPs are F types. But that's just the people I know though.

I would agree with that in general, although I have a ESFP close friend who's daughter is an ESTP, and she's very sensitive. Not emotionally, but physically. Seemed like the poor girl was constantly having allergic reactions to things, or being overwhelmed by situations where there was a great deal of sensory imput.

entropie · 09-04-2008, 12:18 AM

Ah, well it seems I have got the term wrong.

I am HSP to dog barks. When they bark, I shrug together and bark back. They bark again, I bark back. They bark again I bark back. This can go on for hours xD

Haphazard · 09-04-2008, 12:20 AM

Is HSP correlated to sensory defensiveness? Or are they completely different?

spirilis · 09-04-2008, 12:21 AM

I am not an HSP, but I do understand the distinction and personally know a couple people who I'd consider HSPs. My mind tends to make judicious use of the squelch knob for most intense things (sensory or emotional); in fact I often feel I'm too desensitized to a lot of things, and that makes me feel bored/dumb at times.

Sunshine · 09-04-2008, 12:27 AM

I don't think you're an HSP if you just have emotional sensitivity or just physical sensitivity...don't you need both to be an HSP?

09-04-2008, 12:18 AM	#17 (permalink)
entropie uncommercial traveller Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: entp Location: Bochum, Germany Posts: 8,505	Ah, well it seems I have got the term wrong. I am HSP to dog barks. When they bark, I shrug together and bark back. They bark again, I bark back. They bark again I bark back. This can go on for hours xD __________________ "People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama." ~ Carmen Electra [Deeply.Disturbed]

09-04-2008, 12:20 AM	#18 (permalink)
Haphazard In Bloom Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: COLD Posts: 4,835	Is HSP correlated to sensory defensiveness? Or are they completely different? __________________ -Carefully taking sips from the Fire Hose of Knowledge

09-04-2008, 12:21 AM	#19 (permalink)
spirilis Senior Membrane Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: InTP Location: New Market, MD Posts: 2,140	I am not an HSP, but I do understand the distinction and personally know a couple people who I'd consider HSPs. My mind tends to make judicious use of the squelch knob for most intense things (sensory or emotional); in fact I often feel I'm too desensitized to a lot of things, and that makes me feel bored/dumb at times. __________________ intp \| type 5w6 sp/so/sx

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TickTock Mud and rain and chaos... Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: INFP Location: Near a star Posts: 751	As I understand it, it isn't restricted to type.

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LadyJaye Scream down the boulevard Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: ENFP Location: US Posts: 1,523	I'm a HSP - I seem to have a lower threshhold for bright lights or sustained loud noises, and if I can't get away from them, I feel rattled.

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Sunshine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: ABCD Location: your local solar system Posts: 915	Most of the people I know that are HSPs are F types. But that's just the people I know though.

09-04-2008, 12:16 AM	#15 (permalink)
Randomnity insert random title here Join Date: May 2007 Type: ISTP Posts: 1,692	Reading the wiki, it seems this term could apply to many people. I guess it's a nicer term than shyness/skittishness. It'd be hard to test since I doubt the average "sensitivity" is known, and probably many people would like to see themselves as more sensitive than the norm, so I suspect the accuracy is low. My INFP mom says she's HSP, but she self-diagnoses as a lot of things, I've stopped paying attention. Reading the description though, it does sound like her (and me for that matter). Probably correlates with I and F especially, though not exclusively. Sounds like a very NF term, though, and I've heard more INFPs talking about it than any other type whenever the topic is brought up.

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Sunshine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: ABCD Location: your local solar system Posts: 915	I don't think you're an HSP if you just have emotional sensitivity or just physical sensitivity...don't you need both to be an HSP?