Discussions on what highly sensitive people are all about

UPDATE IN 2018  About a year ago, our host changed our URL.  It took a while for me to realize this also meant that every single link posted before that time to other threads on this board became broken.  You'll need to either use search or note the date of the post and look manually around that time in the threads (over 90% of the links are in this subforum, so that helps) to find them now.  The links directly to other sites and articles still work.

I've gathered a list of threads from our board discussing hsp for newcomers to use.  These will give you an idea about the experience of being hsp.  Scroll down for more links as we continually add many good threads and articles.

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t1690-the-highly-sensitive-person-a-new-video-interview-with-elain-aron?highlight=highly+sensitive+person

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t39-what-is-being-hsp
Elain Aron's site, linked in this thread also has a test to see if you are a highly sensitve person.

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t1450-what-does-the-sensitive-in-highly-sensitive-person-really-mean?highlight=highly+sensitive+person

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t1888-sensitive-persons-perception-moderates-responses-a-brain-study?highlight=highly+sensitive+person

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t1958-top-ten-myths-about-highly-sensitive-persons-hsps?highlight=highly+sensitive+person

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t2017-overwhelm-coping-and-getting-past-it-altogether

One more important thread:
http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t897-fitting-in-in-larger-society

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t2622-interesting-article-on-empaths

This is a good primer for what empaths are.

Updated link

https://funhsps.forumotion.com/t2657-pychololgy-today-article-on-hsp-a-wonderful-primar-to-help-others-understand?highlight=pychology+today+article

Oh I forgot to mention that I took a 25 question test to test for HSP. It said I only needed 15. I got 23.

https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

A second place to take the HSP Test.

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t2934-vulnerability-and-connection

This is not strictly about HSP but it applies to us very much so.

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3297-the-many-flavors-of-hsp#51413

This covers HSP as it relates to extroversion, introversion and hss.

Denmark Guy has a blog HSP Notes and writes many insightful articles on HSP.

Here are a couple:
http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3390-working-for-yourself-as-an-hsp

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3351-on-being-nice

The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and Loneliness This is Denmark Guy's newest blog entry.

More from Denmark Guy: Choices and the "Chaotic" People in Our Lives and Self-Awareness: Our True Self and The Masks we Wear .

This is not strictly an HSP issue, but it seems to affect HSP more profoundly. http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3659-reframing-how-we-see-our-beginnings#55028

OK, this just arrived in my email....a controversial article by Denmarkguy: http://denmarkguy.hubpages.com/hub/Highly-Sensitive-or-Touchy that match my observations of some in the HSP community.

This one is terrific: http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3661-the-perils-of-helping#55046

Yet another good article by denmarkguy: http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3668-overanalyzing-and-negative-outcomes#55089

Another entry from Denmarkguy's blog: Does Not Play Well With Others.

A good overview and podcast about living well as an HSP by Jacquelyn Strickland: http://talentdevelop.com/podcasts/JacquelynStrickland.mp3

Two new entries by Denmarkguy today:

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3813-hsp-and-the-power-of-language This one is deep and thought provoking.

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3814-dealing-with-adhd-as-an-hsp This talks of the experience of ADHD as an HSP.

3 good recent articles:

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3925-how-good-people-are-set-up-an-important-hsp-topic

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3915-expressing-without-reacting-to-strong-feelings  

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3929-hsp-and-friendships

All will provide good insights.

http://funhsps.niceboard.org/t3979-hsp-with-adhd#57417

A good article on HSP with ADHD.