The flip side of Sensotardation - Are you an HSP?

[6sticks]

3. I'm a highly insensitive person.

 

[Salomé]

^ like we needed a test to tell us that :rolli:

 

[mlittrell]

i didn't take it and i dont know if this has anything to do with it but i tend to get headaches because im hyper alert to what is going on around me.

 

[rhinosaur]

I scored a 16.
Second time scored 18.

I guess this means I'm a highly sensitive person.

 

[Ghost of the dead horse]

You have indicated that 5 of the items are true of you.

Scoring:
If you answered more than fourteen of the questions as true of yourself, you are probably highly sensitive. But no psychological test is so accurate that an individual should base his or her life on it. We psychologists try to develop good questions, then decide on the cut off based on the average response.

If fewer questions are true of you, but extremely true, that might also justify calling you highly sensitive.

 

[Haphazard]

11.

I hate time limits, I hate people looking over my shoulder, and I hate nylon. And by hate nylon, I mean really really hate nylon.

I could perhaps be considered HSP solely due to the intensity of my hatred of nylon.

 

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26

 

[Salomé]

^ why am I not surprised?

 

[SillySapienne]

Highly Sensitive Person

Seems to be measuring mainly introversion. But I'd have thought a max score = INFP ?

Interested to see what you get and how this correlates with type.

I'm particularly interested in the biological basis for type. Elaine Aron (author of the book mentioned on the site) seems to be an INFP, but she makes some interesting points, nonetheless.

I'm an extroverted HSP.

Off the top of my head, (I can't find my book), I believe we, (extroverts), make up 30% of the HSP population.

I think HS is correlated with introversion and F-ness.

 

[Moiety]

I wanted to take the test but the questions were sooooo subjective....what's "overwhelmed"? Agony? Wanting something to stop? Meh....

 

[Jae Rae]

I wanted to take the test but the questions were sooooo subjective....what's "overwhelmed"? Agony? Wanting something to stop? Meh....

If the questions applied to you you'd know it.

 

[Ghost of the dead horse]

If the questions applied to you you'd know it.

From my perspective, many ENFP enjoy being "overwhelmed" in a manner. They seem to view it as a sort of positive energy. So, it's more difficult to answer than it might seem at first. Overwhelmed as in causing anxiety and panic? No. Overwhelmed as sensing a wonderous burst of energy and excitement? Yes. At least, that's what many of the ENFP seem to go after.

 

[Salomé]

From my perspective, many ENFP enjoy being "overwhelmed" in a manner. They seem to view it as a sort of positive energy. So, it's more difficult to answer than it might seem at first. Overwhelmed as in causing anxiety and panic? No. Overwhelmed as sensing a wonderous burst of energy and excitement? Yes. At least, that's what many of the ENFP seem to go after.

It's an unpleasant kind of overwhelmed, mostly.

 

[Nonsensical]

I am a strong N, but I feel really uncomfortable around loud noises, and am kind of a sissy when it comes to dealing with physical pain

 

[StoryOfMyLife]

I ended up with 12.
I don't think I'm an HSP- I think a lot of my shy nature is due more so to a lack of self-esteem.

Same here.

I got 12 [were there enough points on this to make a fully fair and accurate reading, though? Just wondering.]

So on the high end of averagely sensitive? Or something I'm shy but not to the degree where people freak me out completely; loud noises irritate me, but I'm capable of tuning them out if I have to.

 

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::chomping ice::::

::opping gum:::::::


The 12th time in a row the neighbor has played "Let's Get it on" at top volume.

 

[SillySapienne]

From my perspective, many ENFP enjoy being "overwhelmed" in a manner. They seem to view it as a sort of positive energy. So, it's more difficult to answer than it might seem at first. Overwhelmed as in causing anxiety and panic? No. Overwhelmed as sensing a wonderous burst of energy and excitement? Yes. At least, that's what many of the ENFP seem to go after.

I don't get what you're getting at.

I score 15-16, and most of the things I checked off have to do with my being acutely sensitive and perceptive to my surroundings.

I am most definitely an introverted extrovert, but an extrovert nonetheless, so that might help explain why I am an HSP.

 

[welshlass]

18. It's the physical sensitivity for me, mostly. Although a very negative emotional atmosphere plays havoc with my erm system.

 

[Anja]

Thirteen.

I'm not very physically aware, but psychologically I am very sensitive. Someone once called me "hypervigilant" and I perceived that as having a negative connotation.

There isn't much I miss. But I would think that it depends some on what kind of a feeling state is produced or the motivation for being extra aware. If it comes out of paranoia that's one kind of vigilance.

I'd say my sensitivity was inborn and then well-developed as a child in a home which seldom felt safe to me. How it serves me these days is an intense curiosity about my surroundings and others.

Now I was just wondering if I could even shut it off. Think not while I'm awake! It rarely occurs to me to try. Think I'd be more apt to hang around and watch something which disturbed me than to leave.

 

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