Very observant and intuitive, hypersensitive people have many assets.
Described in the 1990s, hypersensitivity concerns around a third of humanity (1). With their tendency to be particularly reactive to their bodily sensations or emotions and to deeply process the information they receive, they are empathetic and intuitive, useful assets in a supportive environment.
Recognize your hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity is not a disease but a psychological functioning that results in an emotional overflow hypersensitive to the environment and bodily sensations. This is why some tend to protect themselves by creating a shell or a facade personality, or even by isolating themselves from others.
Knowing how to recognize one’s hypersensitivity therefore makes it possible to better understand one’s own functioning in order to use one’s strengths such as curiosity, intuition or empathy. The role of the environment is also very important, a hypersensitive will flourish more easily in a benevolent and favorable environment.
Learn to create space
Since in the hypersensitive the emotions and sensations are experienced much stronger, they tend to tire and saturate more quickly. Knowing how to recognize the warning signs of discomfort or exhaustion is therefore the key to limiting stimulation and recharging one’s batteries.
The hypersensitive needs to create a space of security and a benevolent environment in which he flourishes and feels peaceful. On a daily basis, it is all the more important to take regular breaks, go for a walk, listen to relaxing music, do meditation, or manual and physical activities that bring relaxation.
Find out more: “Am I hypersensitive? Investigation into an unknown power”, by Fabrice Midal, Flammarion editions.