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#HighlySensitivePeople: Are you losing your patience?

Post category:Challenge and Conflict Important Life Skill

Are you losing your patience? Unfortunately I am. Sometimes, things seem to bother me more as I get older. This is frustrating because I assumed that I’d be more tolerant and wiser at this stage in my life. Do you feel this way?

I decided that a self-assessment is needed to help alleviate my angst. What is actually bothering me? What can I do about it? These are very important questions that we need to ask ourselves when we feel more agitated than usual. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Is your highly sensitive intuition always correct?

Post category:Important Life Skill Intuition

Have you ever had a situation where you followed your intuition and things didn’t work out? Did you feel confused and even doubt your intuitive ability?

Author Gary Klein explains why intuition can be the source of significant errors in the course of making a decision. Here are a few of them:

Inaccurate information – Intuitive decision makers tend to respond quickly to inaccurate, insufficient, unreliable, or incomplete information based on patterns from previous experiences. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: How do you feel about being criticized?

Post category:Resilience Self Confidence

Who likes to be criticized? As a highly sensitive person and introvert, the scary feeling of being judged is intensified, as is the pain of being humiliated.

I had a grammar school teacher criticize me in front of the class. It had a long lasting affect about the way I felt about school. I was afraid to go to class and was never a good student. (more…)

Read more about the article #HighlySensitivePeople: Is it harder for highly sensitive people and introverts to bounce back from difficult times?

#HighlySensitivePeople: Is it harder for highly sensitive people and introverts to bounce back from difficult times?

Post category:Important Life Skill Resilience

As a highly sensitive person and introvert I feel more deeply affected by difficult experiences and need more time and self-care to recover. However, I see it as a strength in terms of being attuned to my own needs and the needs of others, which can help me better cope with challenges and build resilience to bounce back from difficult times.

It’s important to recognize that everyone has their own unique strengths and challenges when it comes to building resilience, regardless of personality type.

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