by Matt & Erica | Mar 28, 2025 | Conflict, General HSP, Self Care
I’m writing this in real time. I’m sitting at my desk, feeling anxious and sick because of some conflict that I was involved in yesterday and that is likely to continue for the next year or so. In short, an old house next to my property was demolished recently and a...
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...