stargazer
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I also have thought about this topic recently. I remember reading this thread when it first came up three or four years ago, but I shied away from posting or categorizing myself as a "highly sensitive person," even though I knew that I am. For some reason, I didn't want to go there. I might have been too sensitive to even want to deal with the topic.
Not to elaborate too much, but certain aspects of my most recent living situation have gotten me to want to own up to my sensitive nature, become more aware and more accepting of it, and learn how to work with it. I think that sensitive people are often viewed as touchy or even selfish and aloof by those who are thicker-skinned by nature, but there is a positive side to being sensitive, in that those who are highly sensitive are often the first people to notice the pain of others and to empathize with it. We not only feel our own pain, but we "feel" the pain of others as well. I think this can translate into compassion, and that is a good thing.
I haven't read the book, but I would like to.
Not to elaborate too much, but certain aspects of my most recent living situation have gotten me to want to own up to my sensitive nature, become more aware and more accepting of it, and learn how to work with it. I think that sensitive people are often viewed as touchy or even selfish and aloof by those who are thicker-skinned by nature, but there is a positive side to being sensitive, in that those who are highly sensitive are often the first people to notice the pain of others and to empathize with it. We not only feel our own pain, but we "feel" the pain of others as well. I think this can translate into compassion, and that is a good thing.
I haven't read the book, but I would like to.