This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. At self-work we discuss psychological and emotional issues and what you can do about them.

Whether that's learning self-acceptance, taking action, or seeking therapy or treatment.

Eight years ago, I extended the walls of my practice to reach those of you

who might already be knowledgeable about mental health treatment, but also to those of you

who might say you'd never darken the door of a therapist.

And yet you are here.

I'll answer your questions while I invite you

to take a few minutes for your own self-work. She writes being in therapy is hard for her in some ways because quote I

just can't help always need him to understand what and why the therapist is

doing something so that I can be able to trust and relax.

Someone else.

Being an HSP has worked against me but has also actually helped protect me and help me be a better person.

Welcome to this week's edition of Self-Works.

When I asked for comments from those of you who identify with the personality trait of being a highly

sensitive person, boy did you come through.

We're going to talk about HSP today, highly sensitive people.

I really haven't focused on it as a clinician and I've learned

from my research for this episode that perhaps I should have given that 15 to 20

percent of the population is thought to quote unquote have it.

And I say that in quotes because it's not something you have.

It's something you are.

It's not an illness or a problem.

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