by Matt & Erica | Mar 22, 2025 | General HSP, Personal Stories
I am, perhaps, a lucky HSP. My parents allowed for the high levels of sensitivity in their little boy (me) and my childhood was a good one. Full of love and happiness. My parents were not well educated people, nor did they have the language to describe what high...
by Matt & Erica | Mar 22, 2025 | General HSP, LGBTIQA+, Personal Stories
I’m a person born in 1965, I’m from that time before internet (yes, there was such a time). Having said that, given that I didn’t know what I was looking for, would a search engine have helped? What does that mean? I had been aware from an early age, that in different...
by Matt & Erica | Mar 20, 2025 | General HSP, Self Care
Every Friday morning, I lace up my skates and go skating. I don’t mean that figuratively – I literally go to an adult rollerskating class! It’s joyful highlight of my week. There’s something special about getting together with a group of people all interested in the...
by Matt & Erica | Mar 19, 2025 | General HSP, Nature
I grew up in a semi rural community, before social media, mobile phones or even the internet. After school was spent in the street playing games with the other local kids. Week-long cricket matches with the scores kept on the road, written in chalk. When the street...
by Matt & Erica | Mar 19, 2025 | General HSP, Workplace
Whether we like it or not, the culture we grow up in the Western world caters almost exclusively for non-highly sensitive, extroverted people. This includes our education institutions, like schools and universities; our sporting clubs; our interest groups; and even...
