This is the highly sensitive person podcast, a weekly podcast for people who experience the world brighter, louder, and more intensely.

Join me on a journey of acceptance of our highly sensitive person traits.

Welcome to the highly sensitive person podcast. I'm your host, Kelly. And yes, you may notice that

there is new music today. I want to start by thanking all of you who have left reviews for this

podcast. It's so important in these early days as I'm about two months in, and this is our 12th episode.

I want to read a few snippets from a couple

of reviews. One listener named Sparrow Co said, I used to think I was the only one in the

world like this. It's a wonderful thing to hear somebody describe experiences identical to my own

and with a sense of humor about it. Thanks, Sparrow Co. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who

thinks I'm really funny. Another listener named Swift Kicks said, a close friend sent me this link,

and I listened to all 10 podcasts back to back. It was like that good book you just can't put down.

I feel like I already know you, in a good way, not a creepy stalker way, just to clarify. Thanks,

Swift Kicks. Glad to hear that you like me and that you're not a stalker. This is the final in a

three-episode compliment sandwich. As you may recall, I did a positive episode, then a sort of

negative cynical one, and here's the final positive one. The topic is beauty.

Us sensitive folks have the dial turned up higher on the stimuli we take in. This can include

sound, smells, lighting, other people's emotions, and even beauty in nature and art.

There's something called Steadhall syndrome, which is a psychosomatic disorder

that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion, and even hallucinations when a person

is exposed to immense beauty in nature or art. Thanks, Wikipedia. Now, this doesn't necessarily

have anything to do with high sensitivity.

I just thought it was really interesting.

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