Highly sensitive person characteristics

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-compassionate
-gentle & kind
-appreciate art & music
-value beauty
-sensitive taste (delicious)
-smell lovely fragrance
-enjoy looking at flower & plant
-peace maker
-help create gentle & peaceful world
-care about animal & concern about humane treatment
-enjoy nature
-maintain environment, positive change
-efficient worker
-responsible & conscientious
-loyal
-aware of subtlety, help work environment
-creative
-good teacher, counselor, healer
-enthusiasm for life
-experience joy deeper when center
-feel love deeply
-not better than non HSP, just different
-non HSP not better, just different
-know how to heal self
-gently change self defeating habit
-ask family, friend, coworker for support
-peaceful home & work environment
-plan ahead before entering stimulating situation
-reduce tension in life
-create inner meditation in morning
-leaving plenty of time to appointment
-listen to soothing music while tiring
-avoid driving at peak traffic
-watch call & uplifting movie
-read, write, meditate in evening
-avoid noise by listen to calming background music
-sometimes wear ear plug

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highly sensitive persons can also be highly sensitive to favourable social cues and respond with traits of extroversion.

regular sensory information is processed and analyzed to a greater extent, which contributes to creativity, intuition, sensing implications and attention to detail, but which may also cause quick over-stimulation and over-arousal.

HSP students work differently from others. They pick up on the subtle things, learning better this way than when over aroused. If an HSP student is not contributing much to a discussion, it does not necessarily mean they do not understand or are too shy. HSPs often process things better in their heads, or they may be over-aroused. This can be the reason for their not contributing. HSPs are usually very conscientious but underperform when being watched. This also applies to work situations; HSPs can be great employees—good with details, thoughtful and loyal, but they do tend to work best when conditions are quiet and calm. Because HSPs perform less well when being watched, they may be overlooked for a promotion. HSPs tend to socialize less with others, often preferring to process experiences quietly by themselves.


You can become stressed out and upset when overwhelmed and may find it necessary to get away, maybe into a darkened room, to seek solitude, relief and comfort.

You are very creative.

You are very conscientious, hard working, and meticulous, but may become uncomfortable and less efficient or productive when being watched or scrutinized.

You feel compelled to file and organize things and thoughts, also enjoy simplicity and may become overwhelmed or even immobilized by chaos, clutter, or stress.

You are very uncomfortable when feeling things are getting out of your control.

You get a sense of comfort and well being when around a lake, river, stream, the ocean, or even a fountain.

You may experience mood swings, sometimes occurring almost instantly and can also be affected by other people's moods, emotions and problems.

You have a deep, rich, inner life, are very spiritual, and may also have vivid dreams.

You are very intuitive and you feel that you can usually sense if someone isn't telling the truth or if something else is wrong.

You get concerned and think or worry about many things, and have also been told "you take things too personally."

You have had the experience of "cutting people out" of your life.

You were considered quiet, introverted, timid, or shy as a child.

Can be startled easily. Cautious in new situations. May have trouble sleeping. Extra sensitive to pain. Don't like crowds (unless they are kindred spirits). Avoids violent movies and TV shows. Has a deep respect and appreciation of nature, music and art.


• aware that other people's moods affect you.
• conscientious and/or meticulous.
• uncomfortable around loud noise or bright lights.
• needing frequent alone time to recover from overwhelm or over-stimulation.
• rattled when too much is being asked of you.
• Emotionally drained or exhausted when a friend becomes troubled.
• Inability to express to my satisfaction to another person how I’m feeling.
• Wondering how other people could ‘take everything in stride.’
• Introspective. Deeply reflective.
• Easy feelings of something is about to happen though no indicators.
• Feeling another person’s energy.
• Very sensitive to electricity, energy, vibrations.
• Acute hearing.
• Absorbing others moods, feelings, energy.
• Trouble with relating myself to others.
• Intensely troubled and sensitive to others suffering.
• Used alcohol or other inappropriate means to deaden the feelings.
• Spiritually wrestling almost since a small child.
• Feeling very different and wondering always what was the secret I was missing.


Now what does our HSP really mean? We’re done with needing “to fit in” because we do. We’re done with “learning how to cope” because we have the benefit and experience of our peers to help us. We no longer feel the need to be isolated with the “who we really are” and so now where are we? Who are we? What is our potential as human beings?

I believe HSP’s are “Light-Workers,” “Indigo,” “Gifted,” “Chosen,” “Psychic,” “Intuitive,” “Empathic,” “Enlightened,” “Called;” I believe that a culmination of terms could be used to describe the true gifts or qualities of the HSP.

1. Dreams. Vivid dreams. Astral projection. Lucid dreaming. Prophetic Dreams. Highly symbolic. And of course you dream in color! (When the scientists said that people dreamed in black and white you knew this to be untrue for you and were baffled.)

2. Paranormal sight. Seeing things that could be described as paranormal. Have you ever seriously ‘seen a ghost’ or ‘energy’ or ‘aura’? Have you seen things move with no provocation? (Do you cringe when you hear people talk smarmily about ‘ghost sightings’? Do you hardly ever relay your own experiences?)

3. Paranormal auditory. Have you heard things that could not be explained? For example, laughter in the other room when no one was in there. The jingle of a cat collar behind you in the kitchen but you have no cats. [Yet you suspect it was your cat who passed away.] Your dad calling your name from downstairs but he wasn’t home.

4. Paranormal feeling. Have you ever met someone and known right then the condition of their spirit, mood, or life? Have you known a person’s ulterior motive yet their mouth was speaking differently than you were feeling? Contrary to maybe a group of people’s idea, did you know the idea to be different than what was being sold? Were any of your feelings later validated? [Yet you refused to say “I knew it!”]

5. Thought reading. [Telepathy.] Particularly saying something that someone would confide “I was just thinking that.”? [I think everyone has. Among HSP’s we tend to exchange energy more freely with each other and perhaps occurs more frequently.]

6. Influence. Have you ever for example had your television go out and then with a “Oh stop” it came back? Have you ever (probably inadvertantly) thought-suggested something and then your friend brings it up? (With my dog it was a game. I’d think, ‘Want to go outside?’ And there she was. Head perked and tail wagging.)

7. Visions. Past, future or unexplained? Maybe you’ve had a dream, or a dream series that would later present itself. [Article of my biggest life-changing dream series.] When I say ‘past’ I mean to say that once - in twilight sleep, a hypnogogic state - I had a vision of me and my beloved in Egypt. We were Egyptians and we were saying goodbye to each other. Just a thought? A vision? Don’t know.

8. Seeker. Seeker/Fighter. Always searching for the higher spiritual calling. Have you understood, since you’ve been a small child that there was a special connection between you and the Divine? Have you particularly rebelled at this for whatever reason? Have you allowed alcohol, drugs, or other human distractions to numb you from this calling?

9. Coincidence. [Synchronicity] Have you been prone to noticing the ease with which certain things occur for you? Can you notice when the Divine has you on a certain path or mission? Do these coincidences seemingly happen to you more so than other people to the extent that you don’t bother explaining when a casual friend is in awe that something you absolutely needed to happen happened?

10. Empathic. Giving and Receiving Energy, Spirit, or Emotions. Do animals, children and certain people seem drawn to you? Are there people you know who have physically made you sick or very tired? Have you often felt so open that anxiety attacks seemed only seconds away? Do certain situations seem to be okay with other people, yet you’re feeling like ‘What the?’ Have you been depressed for no apparent reason to discover a loved one was in pain? Do you have friends ‘on your radar?’


1. Familiarity. Individuals with the Sensitive personality style prefer the known to the unknown. They are comfortable with, even inspired by, habit, repetition, and routine.

2. Concern. Sensitive individuals care deeply about what other people think of them.

3. Circumspection. They behave with deliberate discretion in their dealings with others. They do not make hasty judgments or jump in before they know what is appropriate.

4. Polite reserve. Socially they take care to maintain a courteous, self-restrained demeanor.

5. Role. They function best in scripted settings, vocationally and socially: when they know precisely what is expected of them, how they are supposed to relate to others, and what they are expected to say.

6. Privacy. Sensitive men and women are not quick to share their innermost thoughts and feelings with others, even those they know well.


1. Familiarity, comfortability with the familiar, the known, habit, repetition, routine, predictability; family orientation, strong family ties, closeness, home life, family values; within the family and with familiars, warmth, giving, openness, spontaneousness, likability, friendliness, loyalty, kindness, confidence, self-confidence, a sense of humor, and strong opinions.

2. Concern, empathy, care, awareness, cautiousness, reserve, reticence; high mindedness, refinement, idealism; reliability, steadiness, effectiveness, thoroughness, concentration, responsibility.

3. Circumspection, thoughtfulness, deliberativeness, discretion, ability to concentrate; attentiveness, watchfulness, alertness, vigilance, anticipation, bravery, courage, protectiveness.

4. Polite reserve, courtesy, self-restraint, politeness, coolness, well-mannered, conforming, self-effacing, self-discipline, self-control.

5. Role-seeking (scripted settings, what is expected, defined role, role-play).

6. Privacy, creativity, artistry, imagination, spirituality.

7. Signature Strengths*

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"Creativity [originality, ingenuity]: Thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things; includes artistic achievement but is not limited to it"

9. "Love: Valuing close relations with others, in particular those in which sharing and caring are reciprocated; being close to people

10. "Humility / Modesty Letting one's accomplishments speak for themselves; not regarding oneself as more special than one is

11. "Prudence: Being careful about one's choices; not taking undue risks; not saying or doing things that might later be regretted"

12. "Self-regulation [self-control]: regulating what one feels and does; being disciplined; controlling one's appetites and emotions"

13. "Appreciation of beauty and excellence [awe, wonder, elevation]: Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience"

14. "Spirituality [religiousness, faith, purpose]: Having coherent beliefs about the higher purpose and meaning of the universe; knowing where one fits within the larger scheme; having beliefs about the meaning of life that shape conduct and provide comfort" (Peterson & Seligman, 29, 30).