Hochsensibilität (HSP) – Geschenk und eine Herausforderung
Hochsensibilität / HSP

Hochsensibilität ist ein Phänomen, das in den letzten Jahren vermehrt Aufmerksamkeit erlangt hat. Menschen, die hochsensibel sind, nehmen Reize intensiver wahr und reagieren https://bit.ly/4ljESmp #psychotHHerapie #Achtsamkeit #HSP

Does anyone know of any studies about neurodivergent people being scapegoated at work?

I usually have my groceries delivered. In part because it's safer, and in part because I can't stand the noise and the lights and the music and fighting my way around other people and their carts.

I had to go into a supermarket today (I wore a mask). It's hard to understand, from my perspective how people willingly do this on a weekly or more basis when they have an option not to (I know this service doesn't exist everywhere). And yeah, yeah, I know most people are not sensitive/are neurotypical. But many aspects of it feel dehumanizing. Somehow I'm the weird one with my weekly grocery delivery.

Falsche "Gleichung"

Ferienzeit = Erholung

Für die meisten neurodivergenten Familien sogar

Ferienzeit ≠ Erholung

Große Stolperfalle:

"Jetzt haben die/wir endlich mal Zeit für uns!" Und alle packen ihre Hoffnung unausgesprochen hinein.
Wenn das gut geht, Glück gehabt.

#Familie #Ferien #Erholung #Autismus #Adhs #HSP

(Wie sehr ich mich als Kind nach 'einfach mal keine Ansprüche an mich' gesehnt habe und nicht bekommen habe.)
#AuDHD

When I initially got my #autism / #hsp diagnosis at age 40, so much started to make sense for me. I was exilerated ! I immediately started to tell others in my close circles, searching for understanding for my quirks , but I quickly learnt most people treated autism as a disease, something to be denied, overlooked and even cured! One person even assumed I made it up to get attention, when I had clearly stated I had been analysed by a specialist. ...The general societal system treats autistics either as a liability or a source to extract from. But perhaps a system so steeped in narcissism only treats autism this way because it sees us as a threat. Anything that emobodies the unserious , playful nature so many neuro divergent folks represent is surely to easily tear down a system that represents everything thatvus foreboding and opposite.

What do you think: is being "highly sensitive" (HSP) the same as "autistic" (ASD) and/or "ADHD"?

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Jag är en #högkänslig (#HSP) norrlänning som tillsammans med min man har renoverat och restaurerat en gammal gård från 1831.

Jag älskar #historia, #arkeologi, #släktforskning, #bygdeforskning och #historisksömnad, så det var inte konstigt att min stora dröm var att få bo i ett gammalt hus som jag har renoverat själv med #byggnadsvård.

(Mer om mig i kommentarerna, jag har svårt att hålla mig kort)

As someone who doesn't want to get Covid or any of the other viruses floating around, I mask indoors.

But I have to disagree with the people who say "masking is easy" as a way to try to convince (or judge) others.

Setting aside the social aspects of it, masking is not easy, physically, for everyone. And if you have any sensitivity issues (HSP/highly sensitive person here ), it might be somewhere on the spectrum of tolerable from most to least.

I've tried different masks, but no matter which ones, the straps cut into my ears, even the over-the-head ones. At the end of a long journey, I'm in some sort of pain or discomfort.

They're terrible for dealing with a runny nose. And my nose runs when I come inside from the cold even when I am not sick. You either have to break the seal around your mask to use a tissue, or you have to hope that you can keep your runny nose contained. Not a great choice either way.

They also tend to contribute to dry eye. Then, if you wear glasses, use earplugs/noise-cancelling headphones, or need anything else around your face/head, the combination starts to feel oppressive.

If masking is easy for you, that's great. I don't think it's easy for many people, and some people may not even be aware of or be able to express why masking is difficult for them in a society where we are often supposed to ignore or at least stay quiet about physical discomfort -- this might be true even if the majority were still masking.

So, two things can be true. Masking is important in various situations and according to various factors, but it's not necessarily easy. For me, the risk and discomfort of disease outweighs the physical discomfort of the mask, but it isn't like while I'm wearing it that I'm not longing to rip it off at the soonest safe opportunity.

Lately I'm becoming more and more aware of my #dissociation and I’m—for the first time—learning, exploring, and actually paying attention to the different nuances involved: what brings it on, what it feels like, what behaviors I exhibit when I'm in this mode.

The dissociation itself makes it difficult to do this sort of introspection, but I'm very slowly letting it come together into a better understanding. A lot of this has to be done in retrospect or as I start to return as when I'm fully dissociated I'm not trying to explore it.

For many, many years I didn't even realize I was doing this, but looking back I am seeing that I've spent a very large chunk of my life dissociated.

Sometimes the noise of cars/people playing music, the rudeness of other pedestrians, and the risk of getting clobbered by a cyclist/scooterist is simply too much, no matter how important it is to get sunlight and outdoor exercise.

I will say that it is nice to hear people practicing opera or an instrument, though.

I keep mentally returning to this piece on what highly sensitive people need, and the point about beauty has been on my mind.

While I'm not a nature person (my HSP qualities don't like to sweat or insect bites or natural areas where other people are being noisy), I do appreciate a good view or home surroundings.

My apartment is a brown box, and that is draining every day. I don't currently have means to make it beautiful and cozy.

On the other hand, I used to live in an apartment that overlooked a square with a fountain. Behind the fountain on the other side of the street was a church. The sun would rise over the church and the fountain would sparkle with the first morning light. I was always buoyed by that and never took it for granted. It holds a special place in my heart. (I had to leave that place because nearby construction created so much dust it became a health issue.)

When people ask me why I don't "just move" to a certain place, it's impossible to give the reason that it's "not beautiful" because they likely wouldn't understand. Many people treat this need as a "nice to have," and when I say it's necessary they think I'm somehow reflecting entitlement.

I'd like to get better about talking about it, but I'm still stunned into silence when I express how something is important to me and I am dismissed. When someone tells me something is important for them, my first reaction is not to tell them why it shouldn't be.

https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/things-highly-sensitive-people-need-happy/

Study suggests ‘high sensitivity’ label is used by narcissists and psychopaths as a manipulative tactic

Kajdzik, M., & Moroń, M. (2023). Signaling High Sensitivity to Influence Others: Initial Evidence for the Roles of Reinforcement Sensitivity, Sensory Processing Sensitivity, and the Dark Triad. Psychological Reports, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941231152387

https://www.psypost.org/2023/08/study-suggests-high-sensitivity-label-is-used-by-narcissists-and-psychopaths-as-a-manipulative-tactic-167391

I'm thinking about this as my wardrobe choice for #Pride on Saturday. Pink and blue stripes, on a white #trans woman. Opinions?

I haven't been to Pride in many years. As a #spoonie who is also #ActuallyAutistic and an #HSP, I'm worried whether I can tolerate the crowds, and if I will have the #spoons for such an outing. I'll gauge spoons that morning I guess. A recent music festival was overwhelming.

#transgender #TransJoy #fibro #fibromyalgia

@spoonies