5 signs you’re a HSP even if you don’t realise it🚨

Read a book somewhere about HSPs before and I thought I might have possessed some, if not all of the traits of HSP. Never knew I might be one. However, it’s just self-diagnosis based on readings and I believe that I am on the lighter spectrum of it.

The brains of HSPs work in distinct ways that give those with high sensitivity an evolutionary advantage when it comes to sensing danger and processing everything around them deeply. Here are five signs you may be an HSP:

1️⃣ You’re extremely intuitive: your brain processes details more deeply and you may be the first one in the “tribe” to sense danger.

If you are regularly the first in the group to identify a toxic person, decipher red flags, or predict dangers accurately, you may be an HSP. Highly sensitive people have a greater depth of processing and tend to be attuned to the details and the subtleties of their environment.

As an HSP, it’s important not to discount your intuition as you likely arrived to conclusions by processing a vast array of important information.

It’s something similar to 6th sense, where you have been wary about a person or warning your friend about someone for reasons that cannot be pinpoint but through observing the person for awhile. That’s one trait of a HSP.

2️⃣ You’re very empathic and feel the emotions of others intensely – sometimes to your detriment.

Highly sensitive people tend to be more empathic than the average person. When you’re happy, you feel more happy than an average person and when you’re sad, you feel more sad than an average person. You feel your emotions more deeply.

When I feel sad, I get overly sad over just the slightest and smallest things even though I am aware that these are not worth the effort and time to be so sad about. However, it’s the emotions and how I deal with it is to allow myself to feel all the emotions and let it pass slowly, or to speak to someone about it to redirect these emotions.

You can powerfully experience the emotions of others and be attuned to subtle social cues – this can serve you or it can harm you if you’re dealing with a toxic person.

3️⃣ You value your alone time more than most

You get overwhelmed by social interactions easily and your nervous system can become easily overstimulated.

Not all highly sensitive people are introverts. However, whether you’re introverted or extroverted, if you are a highly sensitive person, you likely need time alone to recharge after social interactions, especially when it comes to conflict.

It makes sense you would need more alone time than the average person given that your brain gets super busy trying to process everything around you while also being an emotional sponge to the emotions of others.

For me, usually after a series and consecutive social events, I usually need a few days of alone time (meaning no activity and social meet ups) to absorb all that has been going on and allow myself to rest and recharge. Else, I might start to shut down.

4️⃣ You’re sensitive to chaotic environments and sensory input

The sounds of loud crowds, the rough texture of a blanket, the brightness of a light – all of these can irritate you easily if you’re a highly sensitive person.

While others might enjoy and find excitement in loud concerts, busy city streets, and blaring lights, you might find more comfort in a dark, cool room with no people present, a calm setting filled with nature, or opt to “tune out” the outside world by wearing headphones.

I tend to avoid places with crowds because I find it too chaotic for my brain to absorb the surrounding environment.

5️⃣ You have stronger emotional responses than other people

As a highly sensitive person, your emotions are both a gift and a hindrance. You have a rich inner life where you can experience extreme joy, exquisite sadness, and tender appreciation. You may have a deep love for the arts. You tend to value emotional expression and experience a heightened emotional vividness.

Combine this perceptual and emotional vividness with their increased awareness of the emotions of others, and HSPs experience the world on an intense level.

Next time you’re accused of being “too sensitive,” remember that your sensitivity can be an asset and an evolutionary advantage. You just have to know when to use it in a way that benefits you and the greater good.

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