26. Caffeine
The Highly Sensitive Person Podcast
Kelly
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2015
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In this episode 26, I talk about how and why HSPs are more sensitive to caffeine than others. I also touch on the effects of other drugs as well as a possible connection to Mitral Valve Prolapse and HSP. I know--crazy. If you like the podcast, please leave a positive review on iTunes! Sign up for the weekly newsletter to be notified of the latest blog posts, podcast episodes, and HSP news.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Dr. Elaine Aron "Coping Corner: Strengthening Your Decisions Through "Cardiac Exercise"
- Caffeine and Anxiety from stressbusting.co.uk
- Caffeine and shaking hands from Livestrong
- Mitral valve prolapse information
Related posts on highlysensitiveperson.net:
- A connection between caffeine, Mitral Valve Prolapse, and high sensitivity?
- Sensitive to Caffeine: It’s my Kryptonite
Podcast music attribution: By the Coast (2004) (Antony Raijekov) / CC BY-NC 2.5
Transcript
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| 0:00.6 | This is the highly sensitive person podcast, a weekly podcast for people who experience the world brighter, louder, and more intensely. |
| 0:11.3 | Join me on a journey of acceptance of our highly sensitive person traits. |
| 0:17.6 | Welcome to episode 26. I'm your host, Kelly. In this show, I share what it's like to be a highly |
| 0:23.9 | sensitive person, or another way to say it, is that I have high sensory processing sensitivity. |
| 0:31.0 | I'd like to say we experience smells, feelings, emotions, sounds in the world 10 times more intensely. Before I get started today, I'd like to |
| 0:40.4 | share a comment on the blog from a reader named Margie. She writes, I'm 56 years of age and have |
| 0:46.8 | been soul searching for years, trying to understand why I feel so deeply, have empathy for others, |
| 0:52.5 | cry easily when I talk about emotional subjects, |
| 0:55.2 | positive and negative. I'm very creative and love learning. However, I get over-stimulated and |
| 1:00.6 | end up doing too much. Finding out I am an extrovert HSP has been life-changing. Thank you so much |
| 1:08.0 | for sharing that, Margie, and I'm sure some of the listeners out there can |
| 1:11.2 | relate with your comment. Today I want to talk about caffeine and a little bit about drugs. |
| 1:17.7 | I used to be ridiculously sensitive to caffeine, but it has gotten a tiny bit better over time. |
| 1:24.2 | In the past, having one cup of coffee could make me feel terrible for hours and hours. I mean, |
| 1:29.5 | like, all day. And then there would be times I would forget how much it affected me and I'd order a |
| 1:35.1 | latte at a cafe or something. I'd drink it really slowly, but I still felt the effects quickly. |
| 1:41.2 | I can't really explain how it feels, but I hate it. It's like this nervous, anxious, |
| 1:46.6 | awful feeling right in my chest. And my hands might feel shaky or be shaky. It's like I feel like |
| 1:53.8 | I can't breathe as deep. But I do feel more focused sometimes and I'm able to work harder |
| 1:59.9 | and faster for a while, which |
| 2:01.7 | is helpful obviously. It's kind of like I'm discovering what everyone already knew about coffee. |
| 2:06.2 | I mean, that's why people drink it, right? For that little buzz. So why does caffeine affect |
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