Why Highly Sensitive People Turn to TV for Emotional Support and Coping Strategies

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered why TV feels so comforting? For highly sensitive people, television can provide the emotional support they missed in their family systems. In this episode, we explore the complex relationship between HSPs and TV, revealing how it aids in coping with trauma and enhancing mental health. Learn about the therapeutic benefits of TV and how to maintain a healthy balance in your viewing habits. Join us to understand the profound impact of TV on mental health and HSPs’ emotional well-being. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and can join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Join the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hello, welcome to Emotional Bad-ass, where Moxie meets mindful.
1:02.0	I'm your host, Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist, and on today's
1:07.0	episode I'm discussing highly sensitive people in our relationship with television. When I'm speaking about what we have in common as highly sensitive people, I'm speaking in very general and broad terms.
1:40.0	That being said, I have a theory about highly sensitive people.
1:45.0	Simply, we are born into family systems that seem to lack empathy, empathy, maturity, and emotional intelligence
1:56.0	and true seeking.
1:58.0	Now, I believe that as highly sensitive people,
2:02.0	were also born with this natural ability
2:04.8	to be little observers.
2:07.5	And that the trauma, the dysfunction, or the neglect
2:10.2	that many of us go through as children, it takes that natural observers quality, that
2:18.6	natural high sensitivity that our nervous systems are born with and takes us from aware to hyper aware
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