Cliff Harwin – Page 22 – The Highly Sensitive Person Publishing Company

#HighlySensitivePeople: Are You An Effective Complainer?

Post category:Assertiveness Challenge and Conflict Important Life Skill

As a highly sensitive person, I don’t like conflict, but sometimes it’s necessary to fight for what we want and deserve. Getting what you want requires a willingness to be a little irritating. As the old adage goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The people who complain the most get the most attention—and fair or not, they get what they want. Yet most of us are uncomfortable with the idea of complaining. We don’t want to make a noise about things, much less an irritating one. Use a complaint as an opportunity to find a solution and improve the situation. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Are You And Others Doing Their Best?

Post category:Self Awareness

Being the highly sensitive person perfectionist that I am, I get extremely frustrated when I’m not maximizing my talents and abilities or when I’m not working at peak efficiency.

In a similar vein, I get upset when others aren’t giving their best. I bristle when I receive poor service or a lackluster response from a person who is being paid to help me. I get angry when I hear about the latest scandal or blunder that our political leaders have committed. I get even angrier when I realize that I, and all the other taxpayers, will pay for their mistakes. I get distressed when I look at the current economic state of the world. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Can You Handle The Truth?

Post category:Self Awareness

Can you handle the truth? By that I mean, can you be truthful about yourself, other people, and human nature? Does your high sensitivity affect your relationship to truth? Below are some thought-provoking quotes on truth: (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Are You Too Cynical?

Post category:Challenge and Conflict Stress

I’m becoming more cynical than ever before. This is frustrating because I’m normally a positive, idealistic person. I try to look for the good in people and on the bright side of life in general.

I hate feeling so negative! I think that I’m reading too many newspapers, watching too much television, and being on the internet more than I need to.

Highly sensitive people really need to deep-think the reasons why they feel overly negative. Understanding the root cause is the first step into figuring out how to break out of the negative mindset. If you don’t know what’s driving your negativity, it’s very difficult to come up with a mitigation plan. If you don’t reign in your negative thoughts, they will “poison” your feelings about everything else. (more…)

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