I developed social anxiety disorder and alcoholism as a result of my intense sensitivity to energy. I've improved in some areas of my anxiety and quit drinking as well.
It took me years to learn that when I'm spending time with someone with negative energy that I am absorbing it. That bad mood that I am experiencing isn't always my own though I thought that it was.
@@ShannonStar-cm4ij Another thing that I do is imagine scenarios in my head in vivid detail both good and bad. I might hear a news report about a graphic murder and it plays out in my head. It might drive me crazy for hours or even days. I start to feel stress over it.
Thanks for speaking out. It's hard for folks to know they are HSP, knowing thyself is key. Framing environments helps to deal with all the energetics so that you can hold down a job, but personal relationships as you get older as an HSP become next to impossible. I at least can't deal with any level of toxicity. There are support groups on LinkedIn, and there is a movie out about it, but I thought the movie was just some glamorous demonstration. Alanis Morissette is pretty good in it, at least she spoke more truth about it, in fact it is a matter of life and death. Have you seen the movie?
I developed social anxiety disorder and alcoholism as a result of my intense sensitivity to energy. I've improved in some areas of my anxiety and quit drinking as well.
@jack-of-all-trades1234 i had social anxiety as well. It isn't until recently that I learned how to manage my gift
Just keep making those positive changes!
It took me years to learn that when I'm spending time with someone with negative energy that I am absorbing it.
That bad mood that I am experiencing isn't always my own though I thought that it was.
@jack-of-all-trades1234 exactly! It took me my whole life to realize what I was experiencing wasn't actually mine at all!
@@ShannonStar-cm4ij
Another thing that I do is imagine scenarios in my head in vivid detail both good and bad. I might hear a news report about a graphic murder and it plays out in my head. It might drive me crazy for hours or even days.
I start to feel stress over it.
Thanks for speaking out. It's hard for folks to know they are HSP, knowing thyself is key. Framing environments helps to deal with all the energetics so that you can hold down a job, but personal relationships as you get older as an HSP become next to impossible. I at least can't deal with any level of toxicity. There are support groups on LinkedIn, and there is a movie out about it, but I thought the movie was just some glamorous demonstration. Alanis Morissette is pretty good in it, at least she spoke more truth about it, in fact it is a matter of life and death. Have you seen the movie?