62. Six Hidden Benefits of Being Highly Sensitive
The Highly Sensitive Person Podcast
Kelly
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2016
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In episode 59, I started a 3-episode series about the positive aspects of being a Highly Sensitive Person. I talked about people who are celebrated for their sensitivity, like artists and musicians.
In today's show, I'm discussing what I think are 6 not-so-well-known benefits of being highly sensitive. We've all heard that HSPs have lots of empathy and are good listeners and connect with animals and stuff like that, but I tried to find some benefits that were a bit more hidden.
Take a listen to find out what they are!
(The third--upcoming--episode in this series will be about benefits in the professional workplace (jobs, career, etc) for HSPs.)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the highly sensitive person podcast, a twice monthly podcast for people who experience |
| 0:08.9 | the world intensely. Join me on a journey of acceptance of our highly sensitive person traits. |
| 0:18.1 | Welcome to episode 62 of the HSP podcast. I'm your host, Kelly. And if this is your first time |
| 0:25.5 | listening, just to give you a quick explanation of what this show is, it's for people who have |
| 0:30.1 | sensory processing sensitivity or for those who want to learn more about it. I share stories, |
| 0:35.3 | reflections, and personal experiences about the benefits and the |
| 0:39.3 | challenges of being highly sensitive, from my perspective. You know, as HSPs, we have certain |
| 0:46.1 | traits that make us better suited to some things, whereas people without the trait might be |
| 0:50.9 | better suited to other things. Being highly sensitive doesn't make us better or worse than |
| 0:56.4 | other people. A few shows ago, in episode 59, I talked about people who are celebrated for their |
| 1:03.5 | sensitivity, like artists and musicians. Today I'm going to continue the discussion about other |
| 1:10.2 | benefits of being highly sensitive, and I'm |
| 1:12.7 | tried to focus on ones that aren't the most obvious. So these are kind of more hidden benefits. |
| 1:21.0 | Also, I'm not going to cover benefits of being highly sensitive in the workplace, because that |
| 1:26.0 | will be yet another separate episode. |
| 1:29.0 | So here's a list of six benefits of being highly sensitive that you may not have thought about |
| 1:34.8 | before. |
| 1:36.3 | Okay, the first item on the list. |
| 1:38.3 | We know where the fire exits are. |
| 1:41.0 | Basically, we care about and notice details that other people might miss, because we hate |
| 1:46.6 | making mistakes. Therefore, we take learning from our mistakes very seriously. We think about the |
| 1:53.5 | consequences of everything we do and what other people do. So I have a question for you. As an |
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