I did not want to write about the HSP and Horses Workshops until I experienced a few of them. Now there have been three. The first two were one-day workshops, and the last one, in June, was two days, which we decided worked better for HSPs. At the bottom are some eloquent words from the […]
Emotional Regulation and HSPs
If we HSPs have a problem, we all agree it is overstimulation. But I realize that emotion and empathy, the E in DOES (Depth of Processing, Overstimulation, Emotionally responsive/Empathy, and Sensitive to Subtle), while not at all an inherent problem, can be an even bigger issue for HSPs, “for better and for worse.” I have […]
4 Allies and Too Anxious Beat 1 Shade of Gray
This is a guest post by Spencer Koffman, who is currently writing The Weaving Web (a book about Big History). I grew up a highly sensitive boy in a loud, chaotic family. I was flooded with anxiety and depression. I coped by retreating into my room and shutting the door. By the time I was […]
Let the Market Decide–and You, the “Consumer,” Be Well-informed
As the trait of high sensitivity becomes better known, naturally there are many people talking about it on the Internet, often with websites and YouTube dedicated to your sensitivity or your child’s. Many people and entire institutes now offer services, courses, or books, often with new ways of thinking about or working with high sensitivity. […]
Alanis Morissette, Love, Emotions,
You, and Me
Some of you are probably curious about how Alanis Morissette is taking part in the film being made on HSPs. Or, if this is news to you, how she came to be in the film. Alanis reached out to Will and Diana Harper, the Director and Producer (my email address being notoriously difficult to find, […]
On Having an Invisible yet Definitive Part of Yourself
Have you ever felt invisible as an HSP? Of course you have. You are. I have sometimes said that high sensitivity affects all aspects of life, social and otherwise, as much as one’s gender affects one’s life, but gender is visible and sensitivity is invisible. Other examples of fairly permanent characteristics that are largely invisible […]
Director and Producer of Sensitive: The Untold Story
Guest blog post by Will and Diana Harper On Sept 19, 2014, our Kickstarter supporters and a few private donors made it possible for us to start what has become the first feature film on HSPs. Two months later and thousands of miles; 15 cities; probably 50 planes, trains, and automobiles; and close to 40 […]
What to Do with Your Fear When the Best Things in Life May Be Dangerous
I wanted to write something for all of you about my Colorado River trip by raft from one end of the Grand Canyon to the other. I wanted to tell you, of course, about the majesty of the place, the many birds and animals, the joy of simply being outside day and night for 13 […]
Time to Stretch
Welcome to our revised hsperson.com website and new format for Comfort Zone as a blog. We hope it pleases you. The theme of this first post is stretching and changing, for sure. We all need to change when it is time, but HSPs generally do not like risks, and therefore do not like change. Even […]
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