Hello, Creators!
Here's my take on the phenomenon that has been a bit of a buzzword in the field so I decided to share my personal experiences on the topic to shed more light on what it means to embody HSP and HSS at the same time.
According to the latest studies, every fourth to fifth child or adult across the world is considered a High Sensitive Individual. Those who are highly sensitive have a well-developed nervous system - in fact, the study confirmed that more areas light up in the brain of an HSP subjected to the same stimulus as compared to the regular individual. This might explain the qualities associated with it: depth of processing, creative/divergent thinking, emotional intensity but also the risk of overstimulation.
30% of High Sensitive People also embody quite a contrasting trait to it - High Sensation Seeking. It was in the 1960s when Marvin Zuckerman came across an interesting phenomenon in his study on human behavior in sensory deprivation tanks; a distinct group of people reacted badly to lack of stimulus. It was further researched that these individuals constantly balance between the state of anxiety and boredom and optimal arousal is somewhere in between. The ever-present need for thrill or novelty is a matter of survival.
In today's episode, you'll find out how to identify if you belong to one of these two groups, how the experience has been working out for me so far and finally, how to deal with this split personality in regular life.
Happy flowing!