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What hurts a highly sensitive person?
Withholding your emotions and being dishonest about how you really feel. HSP’s can pick up on how you feel, and lying about your feelings only makes things worse. Openness, honesty, and transparency are key when dealing with a sensitive individual. They detest people who play emotional games.
How do I control my emotions HSP?
So, if you want to boost your emotional regulation, increase these five:
- Accept your feelings.
- Do not be ashamed of them.
- Believe you can cope as well as others do.
- Trust that your bad feelings will not last long.
- Assume there’s hope–you can do something about your bad feelings eventually.
How do you not offend sensitive people?
Take some quiet time to sort through your emotions, or talk to a trusted mentor about what’s going on.
- Never take out your feelings on the sensitive person. They’re doing the best they can (just like you are), and it’s important to stay kind.
- If you do mess up and treat them unkindly, don’t beat yourself up.
How do you criticize a sensitive person?
How Do You Criticize A Sensitive Person?
- APPROACH USING YOUR AWARD-WINNING 10 SECOND SMILE.
- BE TONE DEFT.
- ALWAYS USE YOUR TALK PARTNER’S FIRST NAME.
- “IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL BECAUSE IT’S ONLY BUSINESS” IS ALWAYS PERSONAL.
- NEVER, EVER, EVER CRITICIZE IN PUBLIC.
- ONLY DELIVER ONE CRITICISM AT A TIME.
Do HSP have anger issues?
If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP), you probably haven’t had many good experiences with anger. Not only because of your own strong emotions, but because you feel the emotions of other people. As a sensitive soul, you may even feel as if you keep losing arguments.
How can I be more sensitive to others?
When you allow yourself to be sensitive – to feel deeply and empathize with others – you are more capable of making a difference.
- See being sensitive as strength.
- Start your practice with simple conversations.
- Listen with your heart and gut as well as your head.
- Allow yourself to feel what others are feeling.
How can I support my highly sensitive person (HSP)?
Encourage your HSP to take regular breaks during the day, especially after a group activity, as she may feel overwhelmed. A day of meetings, events or networking will likely take its toll on a highly sensitive person’s health and wellbeing, so allow her some time to recharge alone between social gatherings.
How do you deal with being a highly sensitive person?
To deal with being highly sensitive, begin identifying issues or topics that make it difficult for you to control your emotions and responses. If you can, write these triggers down so you can practice avoiding them in the future or controlling your responses if you do come across one.
How can I support my HSP during a busy day?
Encourage your HSP to take regular breaks during the day, especially after a group activity, as they may feel overwhelmed. A day of meetings, events or networking will likely take its toll on a highly sensitive person’s health and wellbeing, so allow them some time to recharge alone between social gatherings.
How can I Help my HSP cope with stress?
Getting enough sleep soothes your senses and will help you cope with an already overwhelming world. 2) Eat healthy foods regularly throughout the day. Aron points out that extreme hunger can be disruptive to an HSP’s mood or concentration.