Why Highly Sensitive People Feel Alienated: Understanding the 80/20 Split. Mental Health Tools for Every HSP

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Discover the unique world of Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and explore the profound 80/20 split that sets them apart from the majority. Delving into Dr. Elaine Aron's groundbreaking research, we uncover why HSPs often feel misunderstood and alienated in a society geared towards the non-sensitive. With an estimated 15-20% of the population experiencing the world with heightened sensitivity, the need for acceptance, understanding, and effective coping strategies has never been greater. We share practical tools and insightful strategies designed to help HSPs navigate their sensitivities, embrace their superpowers, and thrive in a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming. Join us on a journey of self-discovery, compassion, and empowerment as we illuminate the beauty and challenges of high sensitivity. Watch this Episode on Highly Sensitive People on Youtube Resources we offer: 30 Days to Peace Course CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! Join our Patreon Community & Get Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Emotional Badass is part of the Airwave Media Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the show. This is Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets Mindful. I'm your host,
0:06.7	Nikki Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist. And on today's episode, I'm exploring
0:12.2	understanding, highly sensitive to me often ask me with great doubt if I really think they are highly sensitive.
0:35.2	From Dr. Elaine Aaron's work, she's published multiple books now on
0:40.2	highly sensitive people, highly sensitive children, highly sensitive people in relationship.
0:45.8	From her work in research, we estimate that highly sensitive people are 15 to 20% of the population.
0:58.2	Those numbers have never meant a whole lot to me or my clients until it occurred to me one day to flip them. This statistic means that 80 to 85% of people are
1:06.7	normies. They're not HSPs like me. This means that we who are highly sensitive have had feedback,
1:18.1	guidance, reactions, judgment, observations, and expectations, even counseling and medical care
1:24.6	from many, many people who are wired very, very differently than we are.
1:31.1	Another way for me to say it is we've gotten a hell of a lot of feedback from people about who we are,
1:38.2	how we should be, that we're weird or strange or wrong in how we process, experience, and react to the world.
1:46.8	This is alienating. It's confusing. This makes us feel broken, confused, lost, even anxious and
1:56.5	depressed. This messaging often boils down to, hey, highly sensitive person, you just shouldn't be highly
2:05.5	sensitive.
2:06.6	We can't change high sensitivity like we can't change skin tone.
2:11.6	We can't change the size of our feet.
2:13.9	We can't change our eye color.
2:16.5	We just can't. So don't waste your time trying not to be
2:22.1	highly sensitive if you are. I hope today's episode helps you understand and embrace sensitivity
2:28.8	as a superpower for yourself or for someone you love. We can categorize the characteristics and experiences of highly sensitive people, that's
2:39.8	HSPs, into some key concepts and categories.
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