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. I'm your host, Kelly, and this is episode 29 of the highly sensitive person podcast.

One glaring topic I have neglected to cover in this podcast and in my blog is extroverts.

Extroverted, highly sensitive people. Did you know that approximately 30% of HSPs are extroverts?

Dr. Elaine Aaron refers to extroverted HSPs like this.

Those pesky 30% of sensitive people who describe themselves as talking a lot,

liking to meet new people, having a lot of friends, and enjoying large parties.

Yet otherwise, they're like the other 70% of HSPs. Sensitive to pain,

caffeine, and loud noise, not liking pressure, being easily overstimulated, and so forth.

So they also need plenty of downtime away from others, unlike most extroverts.

The main reason I've never talked about extroverts is because I'm not one.

It didn't feel right talking about a topic I didn't know enough about.

So I set out to learn more and I surveyed several self-identified extroverted HSPs to better

understand it.

So if you back up a little bit, let's talk about the basic difference between introverts

and extroverts.

Introverts feel drained by social interactions, whereas extroverts are energized by those interactions.

This is probably an oversimplified definition, but to me, it's the most basic definition.

So extroverts love social interaction. In fact, they feel

it's essential and crucial to their lives and happiness. One extroverted HSP I talked to said,

if I go more than two to three days without interpersonal contact, I feel like I'm missing

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