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. Thanks for tuning in to episode 22. I'm your host Kelly, And before we get started, I'd like to kick it off by sharing a comment from a reader on the blog. I'll omit the author's name for privacy. Here it is. I wanted to pass along my appreciation for the blog and the podcasts. It matters and is so nice to know I'm not alone. I always

wondered what was wrong with me growing up. I'm six foot two, played football, and could bench

press 300 pounds at one point, but I never really felt like one of the guys. I've always been so

emotional and introspective, and it's taken me a long time to accept those qualities in

myself. Thanks so much for your comment. I know it helps other people to know that they're not

alone also when they're listening to the podcast or reading the blog. There are other people out

there who are having the same realizations about themselves. This episode 22 is about emotional cutting, reading or watching

things that you know will make you feel emotional pain, but you do it anyway. Several months

ago, I fostered a dog and ended up adopting her. It was my first experience ever caring

for a pet in my life, and it was like a whole new world for me. I found myself

reading tons of online articles about dogs and watching endless YouTube videos on training and grooming

and health and dog rescues. I started following a number of local dog rescues on Facebook and enjoyed

hearing about animals that were found

and then fostered and rehomed. Watching these videos of dogs being saved from an abandoned parking

lot, then cleaned up and super happy, is seriously one of the most moving things for me. I could

watch those videos all day. Then I discovered a Facebook page made specifically to help dogs

at a high-kill shelter a couple hours from where I live. On this page, they're pleased for

individual dogs where people can pledge money in hopes that a rescue organization will step up

and get the dog out of the shelter. It's so great when someone posts the words rescued or adopted on that

particular dog's comments. But then, sometimes, it says RIP. It means the dog wasn't saved in time.

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