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I've always had anxiety and I've always been easily overwhelmed and I tend to grasp

onto things and just like dissect them I obsess over things and if you guys have been here a

long time you know that five years ago when I had my first baby I became obsessed with

gentle parenting and I'm really glad I fell into that

because I love that type of parenting however it was like unhealthy

obsessed like reading books listening podcast doing all the things like

obsessively thinking and talking about it with everyone in my life and it

caused me a lot of anxiety honestly like it's hard to keep up it's like a lot of information overload and then you feel like you have to do everything perfect.

Anyways I didn't know that there was a term for people like me

There are other characteristics about myself that make me this way, but I am a highly sensitive person, HSP, and I didn't know this term until I fell upon it a few months ago on Instagram

when I was looking for podcast guests for a specific topic,

specifically to talk about

neurodivergent children and adults because I also feel like I'm

neurodivergent I also have anxiety I also have a touch of ADHD you know all the

things however if you're wondering about yourself,

if you're highly sensitive like me,

this episode is for you.

Also, if you have a highly sensitive child,

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