-PLEASE NOTE! ⬇️ I wanted to mention, I realised after I had made the video that it was actually a different flower I picked and not violets 🙈...I think I was a little tired that day, I was sure it was Violets and got excited... The flowers I picked aren't dangerous, however I think I won't consume this particular batch of syrup just in case. The actual Violet syrup recipe in the description is still correct if you actually have proper Violets. I just wanted to make sure I mentioned it though as I feel its important and to share that with you. I made a slight mistake, but hopefully I will try to be more careful next time. Thank you dear friends for all your understanding and support 🙏💛🌻 Lika
You picked cyclamen flowers, very pretty, but not Violets, as you mentioned. I too have always been a highly sensitive person, so can totally relate to you. Please would you leave the background music out, as I find it so distracting - I just love to listen to your voice, and what you are saying. Thank you for this video. xxx
I realy loved your video, I think I am a very sensitive person too. I like to join with People but then I feel tired and I like to be alone, with myself . I am an interior designer and a painter, it was dificult to me working at a company daily, I prefer to be freelance. People say that I am a slowly person and that molested me, I always wanted to be a diferent person but I understand now that that's my personality and I am goin to embrace it. Thank you for share your experience. I do love the background music. I'm from Mexico.
@@addictedfoolgamer1970 So random folk are permitted to "accuse" someone of being "too sensitive" ....now who is being too sensitive lmao. However, I do agree that we are all being assaulted from every angle, but what is your suggestion for someone who is being accused like that? What SHOULD they say, to defend themselves? Or is defending themselves nasty? selfish? Or, heaven forbid, they should take the higher road and take on other people's lies? Be even more silent? The issue is, it's always made out to be "just joking" if they get called on it, and you know that. So I'm very open to a better way to rebut false/unjust statements from judgemental people.
Growing up as a highly sensitive black boy in America is imaginably impossible. I’m brought to tears thinking of my grandparents who raised me and the wonderful childhood I was allotted- I’ve dedicated my last 9 years working on causes to alleviate the suffering of others- currently finding myself at a crossroads where I’m not satisfied with the process of the activities I participate in- giving myself time and permission to focus on me.
❤️🩹Keep yourself safe & start giving over your duties to qualified no nonsense 💪🏾 people who can handle the 😮horrors of the career. It’s time for you 🫵🏽to move in silence 🤫. Because there’s a lot of people that will try to keep you stuck in this American nightmare 😱. Even family will try to sabotage you. If your loved ones want to join you after you’ve set yourself up securely, let them. If family want to join you, give them the steps to take AFTER you’ve vetted that they’re serious about not being problematic to you or others in a “foreign” land. Say 🤐 nothing while you’re in the process of escaping. RUN 🏃🏾 toward your own peace & safety in a country suited for your core ❤personality. You can’t save everyone!!! Don’t take such weight on anymore. ❤GO 💆🏽♂️✈️🫂 ☮️
Wow, yeah. I can't imagine how it would feel to go up against the intense societal pressure held towards black boys and men, especially as a child who likely can't understand the depth and origin of those expectations. I grew up highly sensitive in a tough home situation, but being white and female made it so much easier because my appearance didn't come with the expectation that I would be another way. I was never told to hide and suppress an emotion unless it was anger, while the boys around me were taught to suppress vulnerability and "weakness." Perceived weakness was often the normal, inherent vulnerability that comes with being part of a family, community, friendship or relationship, and having emotional needs. I watched some boys learn to express their pain and vulnerability through anger. I feel for that deeply. It takes a whole lot of strength, honesty and determination to be sensitive and open to the world the way it sounds like you have been, and it's a gift. Hope you find the time, rest and focus you need to sink in deeper. All the best.
Being high sensitive is a big gift although sometimes it feels like a heavy weight. But we need more high sensitive people like you to save the world. Even if nobody of us has the ability to be everywhere and if we feel to be overwhelmed. In small steps we can improve the world. Stay save and stay healthy.
You would think that being a beautiful blue eyed blond would be easier…I’m over 60 now and just able to deal with the insensitivity of others: the judgements, expectations, and the assumptions, have been devastating for me. “Worse” I’m an extrovert, so lived my life in total confusion. It was no help that I had narcissistic parents and siblings ☹️ Admitting that I fit into this catagory was very freeing for me, but also a sad reality. Through resonance repatterning, EFT, total diet and lifestyle changes (including excluding negative individuals) I’m finally able to function the way that I always wanted to. I have devoted the last 40 years to helping others and it has been highly satisfying. People still think I’m slow (not wanting to socialize a lot) but now I see these judgements as separate from me, which I was not able to do before. Please do not suffer as long as I did! Please do EFT, it’s a (free) miracle that I still do several times a week. See Brad Yates here on Yt. Also I’ve found somatic experiencing and Block therapy, which have been life changers! I was encouraged by this amazing article from 1977! I recommend that you read it to the end so as to get the complete context of the topic. wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101977160
Yes.. I honestly feel myself physically tense up when I'm not home. As soon as I get back to my home, my safe place, I release the tension in my shoulders and feel better.
Fellow sensitive here! I have always felt so alien because simple things like watching a bumblebee on a flower, an unusually soft sunset, the sounds of creatures communicating moves me to tears. I need A LOT of time in nature and away from humans and when I get extra emotional, I will have emotional hangovers for days sometimes. I can’t watch, listen, or read most of what my friends and family do because it affects me for days and they just don’t get it. I was so happy to find out I wasn’t just a weak human being, that I was just more sensitive and felt more deeply than most.
+(Highly sensitive person here...!) The worst for me is to be mislabeled and misunderstood. Being a straight man, it's easy for people to get the "wrong impression". It's easy to get frustrated when I'm misunderstood. There are upsides though: the gift of musicianship, artistic passion, compassion for plants animals and nature. It's been a "long strange trip" 😊
You're not alone in this brother! We have to redifine masculinity in our own image, which is quite far from the common one. But others haved walked this path before us, and others will after us.
All my life I was told I was too sensitive, a crybaby, too emotional ... years ago during a group meditation I received the message "your gentleness is your strength" and it completely changed my life. Kindness, gentleness, sensitivity are strengths, not weakness.
Yeah, I always would be told to grow up, quit being so sensitive about things and get over it. I do think I have seeked out solitude every chance I have had and am content in my own company and doing projects in my time, the way I want as I want and I don't need crowds of people to make me happy altho my aloneness is not understood by family but as I have aged, solitude is my de-stress and allows me to do what I need to do to do because at times, the have to's and the obligations are stress magnets and part of my enjoyment is reading, writing and embroidery and dabbled in beads......but doing what makes one hapoy is good for ones happiness and i try to do daily what makes me happy. Bless you and loved your sharing. Am in tx, but as introverts it don't matter where we are located, we like our quiet and peace and solitude......blessings to all of us nurturing our souls.❤❤❤
I’m also a highly sensitive person, INFJ, and autistic. I isolate myself a lot because I can get overwhelmed easily and sometimes have trouble controlling my emotional response. Nature has always been my refuge. Lovely video. Thanks for sharing your experiences ❤. Knowing I’m not alone is so helpful to me. Take care.
Henry David Thoreau was this way. So much so he really did not like being around people. He felt they were shallow and consumed by maintaining and image in public life. He rejected this shallow empty life and embraced nature and a the true sense of the Devine. As a result we have this wonderful book called "Walden Pond". When I was 18 I came across this gem and it forever changed my life! Thank you.
I haven't heard of him or his book before, but I agree with his observations. I keep to myself most of the time these days. I don't feel lonely when I'm alone, only when I'm surrounded by people who make me feel that way. It's so difficult to connect with people in any meaningful way.
I talk to trees all the time. I like to put my hands on them and feel our energy connecting. It’s wonderful. I thank them for all they give us and tell them how beautiful they are. I know it makes them feel wonderful and it makes my heart happy too.
Apparently trees don't like being touched. Especially by humans. I remember reading this article saying why would trees like us, they probably see us as giant sadistic apes with chain saws and that we feel better after touching them because we force them to suck up all our heavy emotional issues. We cause them nothing but pain.
I found out that my HSP was part of being Highly Gifted. This means three things combined: high iq, high sensitivity and high associative thinking. This explained só much about the way I feel, think and interact. Thank you for this lovely video❤
Hi! I am in the same situation I think. I still have not figured out the "user manual" of this combination. If I may ask, what did help you the most in understanding your own functioning?
Botanist (and fellow highly sensitive person!) here, those are cyclamen flowers, not violets! Thankfully the flowers won't be harmful in small quantities, but I wouldn't continue to eat it. I love that you're getting outside and have the desire to make botanical infusions, but please be careful and make double sure you've ID-ed the plants correctly! Many common plants are surprisingly toxic, stay safe ♥♥
Hi there, thank you so much Wendy 🙏, yes I did realise after I made the video that it was actually something else 🙈...I think I was a little tired on the day I was picking them and was sure it was Violet and got over excited...I did read about it afterwards, however yes, I think I won't have this batch of syrup and I'll also make a note in the description to tell people too. Thank you though xx
I grew up as a fairly solitary child in the country and thought that this was how everyone felt about life. To have grown up in such a disenchanted cuture was a shock to me. Ive come around full circle to see that most people never had the experience of growing up in a magical world but it was still there all along, they just couldn't see it because they never had a chance to
Yes I tried to explain this to my (I honestly don’t know for how much longer) boyfriend , and he just dismissed it. I was explaining that allowing a child to have the most magical and enchanted and imaginative childhood is the most loving and best thing that (and,imo, the responsibility of) any/all parent(s). I grew up in the country . He grew up in a valley neighborhood of Los Angeles. Children need to know the magic that surrounds them naturally before they get accosted by the ‘modern’ world, otherwise the desperation and rat race would kill the drive of any human before the age of 25. That childhood magic can keep your head afloat , even years after the magic ‘fades’, while they grow towards adulthood in a land of madness.
@@AnitaLau-s5z Don't bother explaining Anything to a Barren Brain like his; he only "understands" fakeness, lies, deceit, argument, and contradiction; Refusing to ever LEARN anything from a Brilliant Mind. Some people are BARREN inside, just like Barren Land.
Yes, I too only learned recently about highly sensitive people in the context of a newsletter from a psychotherapist who works with those who experienced childhood emotional neglect. All children need supportive, loving environments, and it's good if we can enjoy the company of family members. If caregivers are absent, busy, mentally ill, self-absorbed or otherwise unavailable it can especially impact HSP children. I think this was true for me, especially as a gay boy growing up in a small town in the 60s and 70s. In some ways I've always appreciated my creative, nature-loving self, but it has been a long road to trust my sensitivity as a valuable and inherent part of my personality. It's inspiring to see how you're living it.
I'm this way, always have been. The world is overwhelming nearly everyday the past few years, unfortunately most of us must go to work in order to pay the bills. We must face the day,we must face reality
I discovered the term “highly sensitive person” some years back and it was life-changing. It’s lovely that it’s more talked about these days. The biggest challenge for me has been accepting that I have a “right” to be myself, when others might so easily see slow living as lazy and self indulgent. I believe slow living creates a wonderful, magical and desperately needed counterbalance to the increasing trend towards frenzy. Strange that it’s so easy to believe that in the abstract and so hard to believe it in the personal!
Hi there 🤗 its lovely to know you! Yes completely agree with everything you've said. I think we should own who we are and as long as we are living true and authentic to our own selves and feeling happier because of it as well as not negatively affecting others in the process (which shouldn't be the case anyway) then we should know and love who we are. And yes, I do believe we can help others to feel more love and more balance in the world and bring that to people who perhaps didn't see it before and I think that in itself can be a wonderful thing 💛🌿✨️🌻 to create more love and magic in this world that needs it so much right now. Thank you so much for reaching out. Its wonderful to hear you and to know theres others who feel like me too ❤️❤️❤️
Yes. We highly sensitive types are finally coming into our own, and are gonna be super trendy now. Can't wait, personally, because I'm fed up of people telling me I'm "too sensitive" like it's some kind of maladaption of personality, when it's the perfect trait for anyone who's creative. The Slow Living trend is helping to change the negative perception of the highly sensitive person, and that's good news, that I see you're sharing here.
There are two very different kinds of sensitive people - one is compassionate and the other is a hypersensitive narcissist… usually a middle range narc. The middle range narcs call us over sensitive as a way to minimize their harmful behavior.. my narc mother used to do this all of the time-“oh, you’re just so sensitive!”
I always felt that I was a bit peculiar, compared to other people who surrounded me. This, I decided, meant that I was not normal and that I needed to change. For decades, I have tried to be more normal. I closely observed how others conducted themselves socially, and I did my level best to emulate them. It never worked very well at all. At parties, my favorite place was the corner that was farthest from the deafening sound of mindless chatter and uproarious laughter. I could no more “mingle” than I could fly. Still, I tried. I honed some high-level acting skills and became fairly convincing. But, heavens to Betsy, it was exhausting. Now I’m weary of trying to be someone I’m not. I’m on a journey to accepting and embracing the sensitive, perceptive introvert I’ve always been.
@@cherylkeller5181 Absolutely. I’m great with visiting with people I know, but please don’t put me in a social situation in which I’m supposed to mingle.
I’m turning 40 this year and I just learned there is a name for it! Thank you. I’ve never understood why I am the way I am and always felt so different from everyone else I know. It’s nice to know other people are like this. I don’t have many friends or relationships therefore, I haven’t met anyone like me just yet
I too am a HSP. I learned about the term about 10yrs ago whilst in my 50s. I struggled growing up with parents who had no emotional regulation. If i would cry my father would say "ill give you something to cry about". He was cruel to animals. I suffered. And so i became very hard and grew a shield with alcohol and drugs in my teen yrs. I wanted to die from the age of 8 but knew i would not kill myself and believed i would live till very old. So i lived a very dangerous life. Its so warming knowing about being a HSP. It makes sense why i hate perfumes, label on clothes, non cotton clothes, loud or sharp noises, certain creams on my skin etc. I love nature - it gives me a reprieve from people and its such a tactile toybox. Hi to all the other wonderful HSPs out there.
Yes, slower and simpler life is the way to come home to our own authentic selves. Like you I too spend time sitting quietly with nature, playing with rose petals. As a highly sensitive person all my spiritual practices help me to counter the harsh energies of the world. As you rise higher in consciousness our bodies become light, and we find it very difficult to live and thrive in this dense world. Hence, God, nature, soft music, stillness become our friends...
I too am an HSP,an empath and an INFJ. Lovely to start connecting with like minded people! Living in the modern age can be challenging for sure and I often find myself wary of mingling with the crowd. Easily hurt and become exhausted a lot of the time!Thankyou for your video. xxx❤❤❤
I really appreciate you exposing yourself as a highly sensitive person. As a man, this has also allowed me to acknowledge and become proud of the highly sensitive feelings within myself too .. the feminine nature of an otherwise strong male. I revel in these sensitive feelings and i am not ashamed of them any more.
Hi, I am a highly sensitive person too. I have always been called one by my family and parents. As a kid, I used to go for walks in the neighborhood after the school was over. We lived in a small town, so it was right in the middle of nature. I liked walking, it soothed my mind, and I also loved the smells of flowers and grass especially in spring and summer. I loved listening to birds and petting cats and dogs. During winters, I would go for walks again in the snow and listen to crows, play with snow and breathe in the smell of cold. People say it doesn't smell but it does. There is a specific smell to cold. I would touch tree barks and pick up crispy snow and squeeze in my hands. It all felt too alive to me. All these things made me feel alive. I didn't realize at that time, but when it came to apply for a university, I picked a city that is known for being very green, walkable and friendly towards young people. I could have gone to even better unis (mine was also one of the best in my country) but I chose the one I graduated from simply because of the additional benefits of green and walkable city, lots of parks etc. I simply cannot live without green. It's my fav color too. Right now, I am an English teacher and I work at a private high school. I like my job but it is so draining. I have really good relationships with my students, most of them telling me things they specifically can't talk about with their parents, asking for advice or simply sharing things because they trust me. I feel honored because of this but it is also draining me. I like listening to people and understanding them, which is probably why people are drawn to me. But like I said, I am very sensitive and sometimes when students talk about sensitive problems they have I can't help but shedding a tear or two I've been holding. I feel like I am trying to shoulder the problems of the entire world like Atlas. I am much quiet in my nature too. And I have to put on a mask and be more talkative, authorative, louder and more energetic than I am naturally. I've been doing this for quite some time but it is now draining me up to my last drop. Even other teachers are saying I am very perceptive and good with students. I remember my childhood friends likening me to owls. They used to say I look at things like an owl, I am silent but always watching and see things they can't see, realize things they can't realize, I work best at dusk and after dusk etc. I always liked this likening to owls, bc I like owls. Which made think, considering all the things I've been talking about, maybe I am autistic. I hate white light and have to use dim yellow light in my room, I love nature - I can't name you 5 residents from my neighborhood rn but I know all neighborhood cats and their behaviors, and also the crow and magpie that have been fighting each other for 5 months on the neighbors roof for a secret stash the crow made and magpie kept stealing from. I don't like loud noises, it makes me panic and I have panic attacks and an everlasting anxiety. I am a slow eater and slow person in general. I've learned English (I am Turkish) on my own at the age of 5, and then learnd Japanese and German again on my own. I love reading and learning new things. Philosophy, history, and nature are my jams. I have special interests with which I can spend hours on to an end. Even though I am good at understanding people, it is a more of one-on-one thing and I don't do well in groups as I can't figure people's motives or read their faces. I also need alone time every day or else if I keep pushing I end up crashing and crying and everything seems worthless and dangerous. I've reazlied they can very well be meltdowns. But this is really hard on me. I don't know what to do. I don't know if it's some type of neurodivergency I was born with. It doesn't matter whether I or someone else puts an autistic label or something else on me, it doesn't change what I do or who I am. I don't know what other job I can do either. I live in Turkey, there is an economic crisis happening right now which is the biggest this country has ever seen. I cannot even travel to the next city with the money I earn, and it's a sum everyone earns. The situation is bad for all. I don't know what to with my future, I am just so tired. Everything is so fast. I always feel like life is leaving me behind. Even the most simple things that come to other people naturally are very hard and alien to me. I've had to learn how to be a human. I just want to live in a hut in a forest among trees, flowers, birds and animals and just be myself and not rush anything. I can't do that here. Not even farming is an option otherwise I would've considered countryside. Farming is doomed in this country, even worse than France at the moment. Farmers have to sell their fields bc the payments for crops and fertilizers, equipments are more than what they earn from selling the crop yields. It is not sustainable. I don't have the luxury to go off into a forest and live there either. It requires permission to own land and money again to sustain. No matter what I do or think of, I am trapped in a fast paced, loud concrete forest of masked people. I am so tired of this. Thinking that I'll have to live my entire life in misery, trying to keep up, be loud and mask is so tiring. Even the thought tires me out. Living seems like a chore and sometimes I wish I'd get hit by a car or sth so that I don't have to live this gruesome future that is awaiting me. Sorry for being so open. I'm sorry if this disturbed anyone, I just can't hold it anymore. The only escape I have is watching nature videos or people who are living my dream life. Pure escapism...
Raven_black. You are completely me! Just hold on. You're a highly educated person, financially indipendent. What do you want more? People who live with masks have their own misery too. You see more you and you understand more. You're not slow. You've got your pace. To understand requires time. You'll get your dream in the end if you really want it. All the best from Italy!!!
Your message really touched me and you sound like a lovely person. Please don’t give up ❤ thank you for expressing your authentic and honest self, this way people can attune to real you. Sharing your situation might help in surprising ways and there might be creative solutions that you can’t see yet.
@@eledaw3224 thanks, but today I just got a message from the landlord that he'll evict me in july. I really don't know anything anymore, I just don't. A new place's rent is gonna be at least 3 times more than this and moving will also cost tremendous amounts.
I’m sorry for you in this situation. Moving is stressful, expensive,these days unaffordable and leads to a feeling of displacement. I have moved several times in my life. It is never easy. I now rent a small bedroom from a woman 27 years younger than me along with her 13 yo daughter. I always lived alone so this is a first. Think outside of the box if you are able. My rent is very affordable and it’s become a doable way to live for this highly sensitive person. I freaked out a lot at first, about 6 months. Been here a year now and I’m really ok.
Hi, when I read a book about highly sensitive people (German author), it was very eye-opening experience. I think that was the time when I started to accept who I truelly was, because since I was little I was told I was too sensitive. Unfortunately, my closest family dod not see the benefits of it, so I thought I had to change to become a "normal" person. But now I know that this comes with gifts such as my creativity (drawing, photography, writing), empathy, attention to detail, sensitivity to nature, to plants and animals. I love to be in nature and also like to pick herbs, plant trees and bushes. I love mountains and hiking. :)
Another term I've read relating to highly sensitive people, is temperament. Where personality can be something we put on to get along with the less sensitive society, temperament is something that's part of our nature, and there's no changing it. I read this concept in a book about children, but of course, it stays with us for life, so applies to adults, as well.
Being HSP is truly challenging, and this should not be underestimated. However, reading about it is enormously helpful in understanding and managing high sensitivity, and I highly recommend this to sensitive people. Not only is it hugely helpful and informative, but also deeply reassuring, uplifting and transformative. Elaine Aron's books are a good place to start, but there are several other excellent works (by Barrie Jaeger, Susan Cain, etc). High sensitivity is a fascinating discovery, and a gift. Having some knowledge about it really helps to live and thrive in this chaotic world, and to manifest the great potential that it offers.
I am an empath, INFJ-T & HS Still figuring things out like connections, career & setting stronger boundaries & pouring into self love. But so happy I can feel so deeply. And greatful that I can feel again after loads of apathy. That is so tough to go through in burnout. I am drawn to everything that feels so peaceful, like prayer. I love being a Muslim, faith helps :) I am so happy to read comments from so many others out there, like me :)
For most of my life, I have felt odd. I knew I wasn't like other people, but could never figure it out til maybe 9-10 years ago when I learned about HSP. My eyes were opened when I learned I have every characteristic!! I'm 71 and I just found your channel.
Yes... I oft felt the same too. Being an introvert and an INFJ (highly intuitive and also adept in the feeling function as well) and a highly sensitive person as well. But I would suggest that since the slow life movements even introverts are often misunderstood and so happy when I realized why I enjoy it so much it's because we are witnessing introverts becoming more visible and accepted. Being all these or one or whichever ways we interpret our personalities and behavior patterns in these ways is a gift in oneself! one thing I've noticed is people in older times reading old letters or older novels the writers are so magical and notice all the simple things in life and this is what it is to be an artist and writer! This is our gift. But it hasn't been valued in our society much. Slowing down and just being in the moment and being more aware i what an introvert lol or highly sensitive person and that brings so many gifts and we feel and see and intuit so much around us and the world can quite literally be so beautiful to us which sometimes others just simply cannot comprehend. Be happy and accept yourself because its truly a blessing! Blessed be!! xo
I completely agree with everything you've said here, wow...that is indeed how I've felt, only recently, accepted. Its true. However its also just how I feel all the time! I cannot change that about myself, I would constantly notice beauty and point this out to someone and they wouldn't understand, haha even family members who know me well and so I've indeed accepted that I can see and feel more and its truly wonderful for me 🤗 my life feels more fulfilled this way. I'm so happy to find so many other people who have felt the same way here on RUclips and commented too. It's so lovely! Thank you so much for your kindness and for reaching out, its lovely to know you! 🙏❤️❤️
You could have been talking about me. I have always been this way but didn't realize until I got older that I liked being alone with my babies (1 dog, 4 cats) and alone. I have always been a nervous person and never married and so I had to work. Always miserable...having to "put on" a happy face and be with all these people. I retired and it's just me and my babies and finally I am happy. I thought I was just anti=social or something. But that isn't it, I just like to be alone with my thots and doing what I want. I always felt different and out of place with lots of people. I didn't even know what a HSP was until I started watching your videos. People never know this is how I feel unless I choose to share my feelings because I put on an act (I call it) when around people. People wear me down..emotionally and physically. People, even strangers, will tell me their deepest, darkest secrets and I always just listen and hear their hearts. But it is exhausting. Now I have retired a year ago and I'm all alone and it is so wonderful. I volunteer for a few things and church and other than that I'm alone and happy. I always felt guilty some how for feeling this way. Thank you for this video and explaining...idk it just resonated with me and my heart in many ways. Thank you so much.
Wow…I randomly came across this video…I’m the same way! I “act” for work and social functions and am utterly exhausted emotionally and physically after. People seem to spill things to me as well, even if they don’t know me well.
Being HSP in this world is really quite a challenge. Wishing you much joy and peace in your retirement. So happy to hear that you have found that cherished space, at last. Animals are the most beautiful companions. Namaste!
@@alison5009yep, me too. People tend to spill things to me also, and I don't know why. Am I really THAT empathetic and understanding in their eyes?! ❤
I'm glad that this popped up on my recommended videos. I learned about the research involved with highly sensitive individuals about three years ago and since then I've been working on accepting myself more for who I am rather than beating myself up about who I thought I should be. Being highly sensitive is a gift.
Thank you for your lovely video, kindred spirit. I really enjoyed it. Highly sensible people absorb the negative energy of our insensitive, hostile world. With the grace of love, and their special gifts for art , beauty, and creativity.. They are able to heal the world. They bring back balance to our ecosystems. Without them our world would struggle to survive.
You're a beautiful individual and I loved listening to you. I am not a religious person, although very spiritual. I believe we're all supposed to be on the same path as you and I and millions like us. I believe we have been here quite a few times more than the other half and spent lifetimes making mistakes and being dead to the world and we've grown. I have never been lonely. I have been alone, although with wonderful company. And yes, I'm an artist. To beat it all, I'm a conservative artist.
Thank you for sharing ! I too am a HSP and I really enjoyed the natural lighting in your video. When my close friends come over to visit they must think I'm cheap as I wait until the last minute before it is dark to turn on a light and even then it has to be soft , warm light. I wear my sunglasses at night while driving and in stores where the lighting is uncomfortable. I've lived long enough to not care what others think. I'ts a great place to be !
Thank you for sharing. I too am a very sensitive person and have come to realize I’ve allowed the extroverted culture to make me respond critically to my nature and try to drive the sensitive out.
You are such a sweet and passionate person, i could easily just jump into that environment and feel just as at my home. My journey has been mostly a question to why i react to things much more intense then the regular person does. It was a bit challenge to me to accept that i am highly sensitive because i have always been a person who were constantly searching for something to learn and to get into. I love sience and things that makes a person grow, i also love the nature and how everything is balanced. This video really gave me some more insight about how i function because i can easily get drained out and when it comes to friendship i can sense when there is something that is missing and i love to add just that. I love to solve things that other people normaly can't. You have such a beatiful way of expressing your self and it is a blessing to really see that, specially here on RUclips. It is a gift that we share as highly sensitive individuals that we can heal without doing anything and yet we just do it.
Being an introvert and a highly sensitive person is hard at times, especially in my workplace. I love the smallest things, too. There is a little stream at the back of my house where it attracts lots of wildlife. Seeing the squirrels and wood pigeons and all the other types of birds brings me nothing but joy ❤
I too have felt so blessed to find out that I am not alone as a highly sensitive person. I thought I was weak most of my life for getting so easily overwhelmed by large groups of people and needed a lot of alone time. Now that I am being more accepting of myself as I am I actually appreciate my sensitivity and see how there is a richness to my life because of it. Thank you for this lovely video ❤
Not only is it nice to relate to others, it’s nice to see others owning who they are. It’s inspirational. Thank you for posting this. You’re a lovely human. 😊
Don’t worry about that being the wrong flower. You made a mistake and corrected it real quick. I just found your video. I enjoyed it very much. I feel very much the same way you do. I will be watching more of your videos. Thank you. I’ve been highly sensitive for as long as I can remember. I suffer from anxiety and depression. And, have always been the type person who would rather be in a small circle of family or friends or by myself. Large groups make me nervous. Thank you again for your channel. I will definitely keep watching you. God bless you. ❤️🙏🏻✝️🌹
Yeah, it's very challenging to find and maintain your own balance as a highly sensitive person when the outside world is so unbalanced and destabilizing. One little "thing" can throw you offbalance so easily! I'm glad to see other people like me can manage it.
Your lifestyle is my dream lifestyle. It feels impossible being currently stuck in the harsh city of LA. I too am an HSP. I am finally healing from the worst toxic relationship of my life, and trying to learn to love and accept who I truly am. I adore your plants! I also love fairies and elven folk, like from LOTRs, and that kind of fantasy realm. I love the woods and just immersing myself in the beauty of nature. I feel a deep connection with all wildlife, and the skies and the universe beyond. You're such beautiful soul to me! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely video. You're truly an inspiration to your kindred HSPs
I definately consider myself an HSP, and most of the time I feel like it's such a gift to be so sensitive to emotion, nature, art, love, music and everything else. I am who I am thanks to being sensitive 💛
Thank you for this sweet, gentle, beautiful video. The lighting and photography in your videos is lovely. Your sensitive nature touched my heart, because I'm the same way. I'm an HSP, Empath, healer, artist, & magickal practitioner. I want to share my knowledge on RUclips too, but as an introvert it has been a challenge to start. Thanks for having the courage to do this, it inspires me to put myself forward. I appreciate the soft tone and music of your videos. Much love 🩷🌸🌱🙏✨️
We are unique, extremely caring, get drained emotionally quickly from confusion and chaos in the world and we love nature ❤ we are the chosen ones! God loves us so much😊
I’m a highly sensitive person too, but I’m an extrovert so it’s a bit tricky. I also read slowly, it’s how to properly absorb and have the time to think critically about it. Thanks for a lovely video ❤
Ohhh thats so interesting, thank you so much for sharing ans connecting with me 🙏❤️ I really appreciate it. I too struggle to read actually and have to read eeeeeextra slowly 🙈 as I'm naturally a more nervous person inside and so I feel I need to really take time to understand what I've read. It takes me so long to finish a book 🙈 but I think with orcaroce one can definitely get better, so its my goal to try 🤗 thank you and have a wonderful day xx
@@SimplyMagicalLiving aw i know the feeling 😅 I literally am reading the same books for years 😁 but they will stay with me forever and remain super vivid in my brain. Have a lovely day too 😊💕
It's ok to read slowly! I am also a highly sensitive person and an English teacher. As long as you understand what you've read, it's okay to read at whatever pace you like. Everyone's different. Some people are also sensitive but are very quick consumers when it comes to knowledge and books. It changes and means nothing. Enjoy reading and learning!
I stumbled on this lovely channel, new subscriber. I am 59 Introvert, HSP and empath and I have ALWAYS felt different, now that I have figured out who I really am I embrace it. It’s a gift to be a HSP.
Beautiful. Thank you. I always love your videos. Many of the characteristics that you describe as a highly sensitive person are quite similar to the way that many of us who are autistic experience the world as well, highly sensitive people in an insensitive world that doesn't fit us. Nonetheless, in our own world, in our own way, we find great beauty, especially in the natural beauty around us. Peace be with you friend. 💖🥀🌻🐝🐞
Ok I’m an HSP raised in the countryside (which I cherished) but I’m also an extrovert and love to go out dancing and to other places that are about fun and people. This combo is very complex as I need lots of rest and recuperation from absorbing all the different energies.
Great content. Thank you. I had to be a different person growing up as I was told that I was weak, too sensitive, a cry baby etc. So I started acting tough, was completely detached from myself and it ruined a great portion of my life way into adulthood. Now I am finally acting like the real me but my mother has detached herself from me now I have created bounderies.
No worries 🌱 most of what I have learned on my journey to gain knowledge about herbalism, has come from trying, making mistakes and moving forward with continuing to gain more understanding and knowledge. Life is a process with learning curves. What’s most important for me is that I take what I have learned and continue to move forward. Thank you for sharing!🌱🕊️
I'm a Highly Sensitive Person and I definitely have very similar tastes to yours! So the mere sight of you, your natural beauty, your absolutely beautiful clothes and home, the beautiful landscapes when you're surrounded by trees, is so soothing in itself! A real delight. Not to mention the experience of totally relating to everything that you're describing here. I feel that I love the 19th century (without phones, computers, etc.), and that I probably "miss it" from a past life. 😊 And the esthetics of your channel totally connect me to the "feeling" I associate with that century.
This is so crucial. I always feel like I'm just out of sync with most of the world... my internal rhythms are so slow and steady and in tune with the harmonies around me. It can make you feel crazy when the whole world is like "produce! faster! get rich now or else!"... but you just wanna talk to birds and find tasty mushrooms and watch sunsets and share knowing looks with people you love 😩
Love this, your authenticity is refreshing to see and listen to. There's so many positives to take away from being sensitive, though for sure it can be it challenging if you become isolated because of it. We are more aware of who and what energy we are surrounding ourselves with, people, environments, etc. We can calibrate this sensitivity and tune in to ourselves more, craft our passions. In this solitude we recharge our social battery, we are able to introspect and feel into what's important. I think the challenge is breaking the perception you might have from others that you are "weird, boring, lazy" whatever labels people might have put on you, and instead discovering more that you have the gift to be self aware of energy and how it affects you and it's okay if people don't understand you. Use your gifts to draw inspiration from within and create your world how you prefer, however that means to you. Having the courage to help others who might be struggling to find who they are is beautiful and much needed. Thankyou for sharing yourself!
As a sensitive person growing up , I would feel hurt , but I was living in an insensitive world I didn't knew why I felt that way . And felt ashamed of feeling hurt in the first place because everyone was normal and I thought I was disabled or had a problem that needs to be fixed . But now I know .
I'm an HSP, too! I'm also autistic, and just wanted to mention that there is great overlap between the two, and that may also be something to look into. I loved the video!
My understanding is HSP is part of the spectrum. I do some really bizarre things like using a sweater shaver to remove the pills from the insides of my socks and I flip out from loud noises like the phone ringing. (You would be amazed what I do for a living.) There are absolutely autism aspects to HSP. My nose is like a bloodhound. I get irritable if it smells bad nearme. I wash my car every other day. I can smell odors in other cars when I'm driving.
Such a lovely video, thank you. I didn't know I was an HSP till about 2 years ago. And I also didn't know that I have complex PTSD. I get confused sometimes about the apparent overlap between these two things.
This resonated deeply with me. I was taught growing up that it was a bad thing. I always thought I was lacking in some way. That everyone else could “handle life better”. I’m so grateful to have so much more wisdom now. It’s a super power! Thank you for your message. ❤
@brigittepaulson3780 thank you so much 💛 and I'm very touched and glad that this could be a message of support in some way. I had no idea if it would resonate with others but so glad it does 💛✨️🌻🙏
Thank you for your great video, your story is powerful and wonderful to hear! Your self description could have been used for me as I have come to realize so much that you describe applies to me. For most of my life (early sixties!) i struggled with the thoughts of inadequecies in social enviornments and have come to embrace the realization of my sensitive nature. Nature, tranquility and beauty are so powerful and wonderful but so few in our world find comfort and peace in its embrace. You are not alone, go forward and I hope to learn more of your journey.
This described me perfectly and growing up I was always highly criticized for being this way, so to hear that others dealt with the same sort of personality - I am so relieved to hear this. Thank you for talking about this, being encouraging and inspiring!
Dr Elaine Aaron wrote a book on this topic in 1997 and i felt exactly the same way when I read that many years ago, that she had written it just for me. It was such an eye opener as to my personality and that I wasn't as flawed as the world in general had made me feel most of my life, especially in the work place. I never thrived there and glad to be retired.
This sounds exactly like me, well, who I would like to be more. I am Autistic and have ADHD, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, so my body and head has a lot to deal with. I sit in nature as much as I can. I'm so not a people person. I've ordered the book, thank you for sharing ☺️ ❤️
That's absolutely beautiful for you. As a highly sensitive person my self it's been quite a journey trying to figure out what works best for me is not what is considered "normal"
a highly sensitive person is also described in Astrology with more accuracy and deeper information. I am one of them. best of luck here on this channel
As an autistic (and adhd) person I can very much relate to this, though I wouldn't necessarily use highly sensitive person for myself, since the overlap between high masking and hyperempathetic neurodivergent people and hsp is so huge, that I for myself cannot really see a difference between the two. I loved the video, it was really beautiful and relaxing :) Hope you have a great day :)
This made me cry. I remember my childhood days, believing in fairies, fantasies, talk to animals, plants, flowers. Until now I still talk to the nature. I love ghibli too, made my heart so happy. Thank you very much for this.
ESFP, HSP and AuDHD. It’s been a challenge throughout my life finding balance. Recharging all parts of myself. Enjoying socialising but being respected and understood in the times when I want to be alone. Inadvertently hurting others because they feel rejected that you “don’t want to hang out with them”, when it’s not the case at all. Some people don’t understand that people genuinely enjoy and need to be alone at times, it’s not a slight against them.
I think you're such a cutie being so happy about your beautifully simple and sereine life, filled with nature and positive emotions. I'm heading toward that as well. May peace be upon us and God bless you and protects you.
Hello, I just discovered your channel today and what perfect timing. My long-term relationship to a man I was supposed to marry ended 5 days ago. One of the reasons being that he kept telling me I was too sensitive. My family has told me my whole life I’m too sensitive as well. I’m 57 years old and if it hasn’t changed by now, I don’t think it’s going to. For most of my life I did not like that I was so sensitive because I felt it was bad. I don’t feel that way anymore. I love my sensitivity because it makes me who I am. I’m an empath, and I am a sensitive, it helps me to tune in and understand people. I’m a speech therapist in the school setting and I believe it’s what makes my kids love me. And they do love me because they tell me and they hug me and they bring me pictures that they’ve drawn that say “I love you”. It’s one of the best feelings in the world. So I’m okay with being sensitive. Even if I don’t have a relationship and I am by myself that’s alright because I have to be true to myself. Struggling through everything this week I feel that this was definitely providence that I found your channel this morning. You are so calming to listen to. I can’t tell you how happy I am that I found this. Thank you so much and I look forward to catching up on all of your previous videos. I am now a subscriber. Thank you! 😊
This is the wonderful sife of youtube, seeing people that have experienced similar experiences...as a high sensitivite woman, i find it hard to explain it too people that are not. ❤
I deeply resonate with this. Growing up, I always thought that my sensitivity was a huge weakness and something I needed to improve. I'm glad I saw this video and realized that many people are just like me. Thank you so much for this lovely video!
-PLEASE NOTE! ⬇️
I wanted to mention, I realised after I had made the video that it was actually a different flower I picked and not violets 🙈...I think I was a little tired that day, I was sure it was Violets and got excited...
The flowers I picked aren't dangerous, however I think I won't consume this particular batch of syrup just in case. The actual Violet syrup recipe in the description is still correct if you actually have proper Violets. I just wanted to make sure I mentioned it though as I feel its important and to share that with you. I made a slight mistake, but hopefully I will try to be more careful next time.
Thank you dear friends for all your understanding and support 🙏💛🌻
Lika
You picked cyclamen flowers, very pretty, but not Violets, as you mentioned. I too have always been a highly sensitive person, so can totally relate to you. Please would you leave the background music out, as I find it so distracting - I just love to listen to your voice, and what you are saying. Thank you for this video. xxx
No worries, thanks for the correction, but that seems like an easy mistake to make. Glad they were still safe to consume. ❤
I realy loved your video, I think I am a very sensitive person too. I like to join with People but then I feel tired and I like to be alone, with myself . I am an interior designer and a painter, it was dificult to me working at a company daily, I prefer to be freelance. People say that I am a slowly person and that molested me, I always wanted to be a diferent person but I understand now that that's my personality and I am goin to embrace it. Thank you for share your experience. I do love the background music. I'm from Mexico.
No problem. We understand ❤️
That's ok 🫶 thank you for saying something
We are not "too sensitive", everyone else is too desensitized to emotions and vulnerability.
Random person: "You're too sensitive!!" Me: "To what exactly? Other people's suffering? Isn't everyone? Isn't that why you're drinking so much?"
This!!!!
I’m convinced we exist to remind people of their humanity bc I really do think some people have forgotten theirs
I get it. We're under attack all the time it feels. But i don't think to turn around and then point the finger back is helpful either.
@@addictedfoolgamer1970 So random folk are permitted to "accuse" someone of being "too sensitive" ....now who is being too sensitive lmao. However, I do agree that we are all being assaulted from every angle, but what is your suggestion for someone who is being accused like that? What SHOULD they say, to defend themselves? Or is defending themselves nasty? selfish? Or, heaven forbid, they should take the higher road and take on other people's lies? Be even more silent? The issue is, it's always made out to be "just joking" if they get called on it, and you know that. So I'm very open to a better way to rebut false/unjust statements from judgemental people.
Growing up as a highly sensitive black boy in America is imaginably impossible. I’m brought to tears thinking of my grandparents who raised me and the wonderful childhood I was allotted- I’ve dedicated my last 9 years working on causes to alleviate the suffering of others- currently finding myself at a crossroads where I’m not satisfied with the process of the activities I participate in- giving myself time and permission to focus on me.
Sir may I ask what you do for a living? Or is your work alleviating others’ suffering?
❤️🩹Keep yourself safe & start giving over your duties to qualified no nonsense 💪🏾 people who can handle the 😮horrors of the career. It’s time for you 🫵🏽to move in silence 🤫. Because there’s a lot of people that will try to keep you stuck in this American nightmare 😱. Even family will try to sabotage you. If your loved ones want to join you after you’ve set yourself up securely, let them. If family want to join you, give them the steps to take AFTER you’ve vetted that they’re serious about not being problematic to you or others in a “foreign” land. Say 🤐 nothing while you’re in the process of escaping. RUN 🏃🏾 toward your own peace & safety in a country suited for your core ❤personality. You can’t save everyone!!! Don’t take such weight on anymore. ❤GO 💆🏽♂️✈️🫂 ☮️
Wow, yeah. I can't imagine how it would feel to go up against the intense societal pressure held towards black boys and men, especially as a child who likely can't understand the depth and origin of those expectations. I grew up highly sensitive in a tough home situation, but being white and female made it so much easier because my appearance didn't come with the expectation that I would be another way.
I was never told to hide and suppress an emotion unless it was anger, while the boys around me were taught to suppress vulnerability and "weakness." Perceived weakness was often the normal, inherent vulnerability that comes with being part of a family, community, friendship or relationship, and having emotional needs. I watched some boys learn to express their pain and vulnerability through anger. I feel for that deeply.
It takes a whole lot of strength, honesty and determination to be sensitive and open to the world the way it sounds like you have been, and it's a gift. Hope you find the time, rest and focus you need to sink in deeper. All the best.
Being high sensitive is a big gift although sometimes it feels like a heavy weight.
But we need more high sensitive people like you to save the world. Even if nobody of us has the ability to be everywhere and if we feel to be overwhelmed.
In small steps we can improve the world.
Stay save and stay healthy.
You would think that being a beautiful blue eyed blond would be easier…I’m over 60 now and just able to deal with the insensitivity of others: the judgements, expectations, and the assumptions, have been devastating for me. “Worse” I’m an extrovert, so lived my life in total confusion. It was no help that I had narcissistic parents and siblings ☹️
Admitting that I fit into this catagory was very freeing for me, but also a sad reality.
Through resonance repatterning, EFT, total diet and lifestyle changes (including excluding negative individuals) I’m finally able to function the way that I always wanted to.
I have devoted the last 40 years to helping others and it has been highly satisfying.
People still think I’m slow (not wanting to socialize a lot) but now I see these judgements as separate from me, which I was not able to do before. Please do not suffer as long as I did! Please do EFT, it’s a (free) miracle that I still do several times a week. See Brad Yates here on Yt. Also I’ve found somatic experiencing and Block therapy, which have been life changers!
I was encouraged by this amazing article from 1977!
I recommend that you read it to the end so as to get the complete context of the topic.
wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101977160
"I only feel lonely when I'm with people " My sentiments exactly 1
Yup
Yes.. I honestly feel myself physically tense up when I'm not home. As soon as I get back to my home, my safe place, I release the tension in my shoulders and feel better.
@@vineandbranch Exactly my feeling🙂
@@vineandbranch I still get that horroble feeling I am being watched or there is something behind me at home...
Yea I'm starting to realize this myself..I feel more alone sometimes then when I'm around people...
Fellow sensitive here! I have always felt so alien because simple things like watching a bumblebee on a flower, an unusually soft sunset, the sounds of creatures communicating moves me to tears. I need A LOT of time in nature and away from humans and when I get extra emotional, I will have emotional hangovers for days sometimes. I can’t watch, listen, or read most of what my friends and family do because it affects me for days and they just don’t get it. I was so happy to find out I wasn’t just a weak human being, that I was just more sensitive and felt more deeply than most.
+(Highly sensitive person here...!) The worst for me is to be mislabeled and misunderstood. Being a straight man, it's easy for people to get the "wrong impression". It's easy to get frustrated when I'm misunderstood. There are upsides though: the gift of musicianship, artistic passion, compassion for plants animals and nature. It's been a "long strange trip" 😊
You're not alone in this brother! We have to redifine masculinity in our own image, which is quite far from the common one. But others haved walked this path before us, and others will after us.
As long as the frustration does not look threatening then continue to be you.
Same here! They don’t realise that underneath the openness and compassion there’s a person who is quite capable of putting them on their backside
do what i did , choose to be misunderstood instead ... you get better results ... smile
@@sunnystardust1008 Thank you this is a very sweet comment, I'm glad you are happy like that! Very hopeful.
All my life I was told I was too sensitive, a crybaby, too emotional ... years ago during a group meditation I received the message "your gentleness is your strength" and it completely changed my life. Kindness, gentleness, sensitivity are strengths, not weakness.
Could I ask you to develop your thought please? :)
yes...
Thank you.. Blessing you.. and.. one & All. ❤☮️🙌🏾🌟
Yeah, I always would be told to grow up, quit being so sensitive about things and get over it. I do think I have seeked out solitude every chance I have had and am content in my own company and doing projects in my time, the way I want as I want and I don't need crowds of people to make me happy altho my aloneness is not understood by family but as I have aged, solitude is my de-stress and allows me to do what I need to do to do because at times, the have to's and the obligations are stress magnets and part of my enjoyment is reading, writing and embroidery and dabbled in beads......but doing what makes one hapoy is good for ones happiness and i try to do daily what makes me happy. Bless you and loved your sharing. Am in tx, but as introverts it don't matter where we are located, we like our quiet and peace and solitude......blessings to all of us nurturing our souls.❤❤❤
@@glendaroberts8463 Thanks so much for your thoughts!
I’m also a highly sensitive person, INFJ, and autistic. I isolate myself a lot because I can get overwhelmed easily and sometimes have trouble controlling my emotional response. Nature has always been my refuge. Lovely video. Thanks for sharing your experiences ❤. Knowing I’m not alone is so helpful to me. Take care.
I am INTJ, also HSP and autistic. I only learned about all these things recently but it helped me understand myself.
I’m also highly sensitive and INFJ! I have an autistic son but I do wonder if I am also. I’m so glad you have refuge, I know it’s not always easy ❤❤❤
INFP and autistic here, too! I feel you, friend!
Another autistic HSP INFJ here. Haha. Hi everybody. Take care out there 💜💙💚💛🧡❤
Me too…
Henry David Thoreau was this way. So much so he really did not like being around people. He felt they were shallow and consumed by maintaining and image in public life. He rejected this shallow empty life and embraced nature and a the true sense of the Devine. As a result we have this wonderful book called "Walden Pond". When I was 18 I came across this gem and it forever changed my life! Thank you.
Very much agree!
Someone gave me that book when I was 18, too. I always felt Emerson and Thoreau were my friends, cut from the same cloth. They helped me so much.
I haven't heard of him or his book before, but I agree with his observations. I keep to myself most of the time these days. I don't feel lonely when I'm alone, only when I'm surrounded by people who make me feel that way. It's so difficult to connect with people in any meaningful way.
Thanks for sharing 💟 added the book to my notes
He lived free due to the work and gift of another person . Easy to live his way when you have no bills and everything provided for you
I talk to trees all the time. I like to put my hands on them and feel our energy connecting. It’s wonderful. I thank them for all they give us and tell them how beautiful they are. I know it makes them feel wonderful and it makes my heart happy too.
I do the same😊
♥️✨♥️✨♥️✨
I feel better knowing others talk to trees 😀🎄
I do this too…
Apparently trees don't like being touched. Especially by humans. I remember reading this article saying why would trees like us, they probably see us as giant sadistic apes with chain saws and that we feel better after touching them because we force them to suck up all our heavy emotional issues. We cause them nothing but pain.
I found out that my HSP was part of being Highly Gifted. This means three things combined: high iq, high sensitivity and high associative thinking. This explained só much about the way I feel, think and interact. Thank you for this lovely video❤
Hi! I am in the same situation I think. I still have not figured out the "user manual" of this combination. If I may ask, what did help you the most in understanding your own functioning?
Botanist (and fellow highly sensitive person!) here, those are cyclamen flowers, not violets! Thankfully the flowers won't be harmful in small quantities, but I wouldn't continue to eat it. I love that you're getting outside and have the desire to make botanical infusions, but please be careful and make double sure you've ID-ed the plants correctly! Many common plants are surprisingly toxic, stay safe ♥♥
Hi there, thank you so much Wendy 🙏, yes I did realise after I made the video that it was actually something else 🙈...I think I was a little tired on the day I was picking them and was sure it was Violet and got over excited...I did read about it afterwards, however yes, I think I won't have this batch of syrup and I'll also make a note in the description to tell people too. Thank you though xx
It's so cool to hear that you're a botanist!(as a girl that's starting her degree next year in botany and zoology)
@@hmmmnope2455that’s exactly what my mother studied, both botany and zoology 😊 she’s a gentle sweet soul. I wish you well.
@@NehaBeauty and I can see that sweetness was passed to you as well, so thank you for your well wishes☺️
I thought it was a gurdyroot infusion myself
I’m crying finding my tribe 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌸🌸🌸🌸🐣
I feel the same way!!! ❤
Same here. ☺ Lovely to be around other people who feel the same. ❤
Yea, we are home now
Hi! Feeling the same❤
I grew up as a fairly solitary child in the country and thought that this was how everyone felt about life. To have grown up in such a disenchanted cuture was a shock to me. Ive come around full circle to see that most people never had the experience of growing up in a magical world but it was still there all along, they just couldn't see it because they never had a chance to
Oh yes..same here..and we are the fortunate ones...having experienced that
@@carolcoleman7107 absolutely!
@@carolcoleman7107; Correct; You were very fortunate!
Yes I tried to explain this to my (I honestly don’t know for how much longer) boyfriend , and he just dismissed it. I was explaining that allowing a child to have the most magical and enchanted and imaginative childhood is the most loving and best thing that (and,imo, the responsibility of) any/all parent(s).
I grew up in the country . He grew up in a valley neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Children need to know the magic that surrounds them naturally before they get accosted by the ‘modern’ world, otherwise the desperation and rat race would kill the drive of any human before the age of 25. That childhood magic can keep your head afloat , even years after the magic ‘fades’, while they grow towards adulthood in a land of madness.
@@AnitaLau-s5z Don't bother explaining Anything to a Barren Brain like his; he only "understands" fakeness, lies, deceit, argument, and contradiction; Refusing to ever LEARN anything from a Brilliant Mind. Some people are BARREN inside, just like Barren Land.
Yes, I too only learned recently about highly sensitive people in the context of a newsletter from a psychotherapist who works with those who experienced childhood emotional neglect. All children need supportive, loving environments, and it's good if we can enjoy the company of family members. If caregivers are absent, busy, mentally ill, self-absorbed or otherwise unavailable it can especially impact HSP children. I think this was true for me, especially as a gay boy growing up in a small town in the 60s and 70s. In some ways I've always appreciated my creative, nature-loving self, but it has been a long road to trust my sensitivity as a valuable and inherent part of my personality. It's inspiring to see how you're living it.
I'm this way, always have been. The world is overwhelming nearly everyday the past few years, unfortunately most of us must go to work in order to pay the bills. We must face the day,we must face reality
Not me, my job lets me stay away all y'all I get to walk dogs for a living 😂
I discovered the term “highly sensitive person” some years back and it was life-changing. It’s lovely that it’s more talked about these days. The biggest challenge for me has been accepting that I have a “right” to be myself, when others might so easily see slow living as lazy and self indulgent. I believe slow living creates a wonderful, magical and desperately needed counterbalance to the increasing trend towards frenzy. Strange that it’s so easy to believe that in the abstract and so hard to believe it in the personal!
Hi there 🤗 its lovely to know you! Yes completely agree with everything you've said. I think we should own who we are and as long as we are living true and authentic to our own selves and feeling happier because of it as well as not negatively affecting others in the process (which shouldn't be the case anyway) then we should know and love who we are. And yes, I do believe we can help others to feel more love and more balance in the world and bring that to people who perhaps didn't see it before and I think that in itself can be a wonderful thing 💛🌿✨️🌻 to create more love and magic in this world that needs it so much right now. Thank you so much for reaching out. Its wonderful to hear you and to know theres others who feel like me too ❤️❤️❤️
Yes. We highly sensitive types are finally coming into our own, and are gonna be super trendy now. Can't wait, personally, because I'm fed up of people telling me I'm "too sensitive" like it's some kind of maladaption of personality, when it's the perfect trait for anyone who's creative. The Slow Living trend is helping to change the negative perception of the highly sensitive person, and that's good news, that I see you're sharing here.
May we all come to the realization that we are not too much, or not enough. Being sensitive is a "super power".
amen!!@@patriciamoran9143
There are two very different kinds of sensitive people - one is compassionate and the other is a hypersensitive narcissist… usually a middle range narc. The middle range narcs call us over sensitive as a way to minimize their harmful behavior.. my narc mother used to do this all of the time-“oh, you’re just so sensitive!”
@@RationalNon-conformistinteresting!
@@RationalNon-conformistSir can a hypersensitive narcissist ever ‘become’ more compassionate?
I always felt that I was a bit peculiar, compared to other people who surrounded me. This, I decided, meant that I was not normal and that I needed to change. For decades, I have tried to be more normal. I closely observed how others conducted themselves socially, and I did my level best to emulate them. It never worked very well at all. At parties, my favorite place was the corner that was farthest from the deafening sound of mindless chatter and uproarious laughter. I could no more “mingle” than I could fly. Still, I tried. I honed some high-level acting skills and became fairly convincing. But, heavens to Betsy, it was exhausting.
Now I’m weary of trying to be someone I’m not. I’m on a journey to accepting and embracing the sensitive, perceptive introvert I’ve always been.
I hear you ...Always be yourself....it can be isolating so.etimes not fitting in but beats being fake 👍
I feel the same way. I like doing activities with people but I dislike sitting and socializing
@@cherylkeller5181 Absolutely. I’m great with visiting with people I know, but please don’t put me in a social situation in which I’m supposed to mingle.
I’m turning 40 this year and I just learned there is a name for it! Thank you. I’ve never understood why I am the way I am and always felt so different from everyone else I know. It’s nice to know other people are like this. I don’t have many friends or relationships therefore, I haven’t met anyone like me just yet
I too am a HSP. I learned about the term about 10yrs ago whilst in my 50s. I struggled growing up with parents who had no emotional regulation. If i would cry my father would say "ill give you something to cry about". He was cruel to animals. I suffered. And so i became very hard and grew a shield with alcohol and drugs in my teen yrs. I wanted to die from the age of 8 but knew i would not kill myself and believed i would live till very old. So i lived a very dangerous life. Its so warming knowing about being a HSP. It makes sense why i hate perfumes, label on clothes, non cotton clothes, loud or sharp noises, certain creams on my skin etc. I love nature - it gives me a reprieve from people and its such a tactile toybox. Hi to all the other wonderful HSPs out there.
It sounds like you might be on the autism spectrum from some of your sensitivities you listed?
I am in my fifties had a very similar story to you. Thank you for sharing. ❤️🙏
Yes, slower and simpler life is the way to come home to our own authentic selves. Like you I too spend time sitting quietly with nature, playing with rose petals. As a highly sensitive person all my spiritual practices help me to counter the harsh energies of the world. As you rise higher in consciousness our bodies become light, and we find it very difficult to live and thrive in this dense world. Hence, God, nature, soft music, stillness become our friends...
Me too… God I love you!!! Thank you for sharing… We are the same… this is so wonderful… thank God for this video…
I too am an HSP,an empath and an INFJ. Lovely to start connecting with like minded people! Living in the modern age can be challenging for sure and I often find myself wary of mingling with the crowd. Easily hurt and become exhausted a lot of the time!Thankyou for your video. xxx❤❤❤
hihi INFJ as well
I’m right there with you. I very much enjoy my slow and gentle life. 😊
I really appreciate you exposing yourself as a highly sensitive person. As a man, this has also allowed me to acknowledge and become proud of the highly sensitive feelings within myself too .. the feminine nature of an otherwise strong male. I revel in these sensitive feelings and i am not ashamed of them any more.
You are so beautiful… thank you very much for sharing…
Being highly sensitive is a female thing?
I don't think so.
Hi, I am a highly sensitive person too. I have always been called one by my family and parents. As a kid, I used to go for walks in the neighborhood after the school was over. We lived in a small town, so it was right in the middle of nature. I liked walking, it soothed my mind, and I also loved the smells of flowers and grass especially in spring and summer. I loved listening to birds and petting cats and dogs. During winters, I would go for walks again in the snow and listen to crows, play with snow and breathe in the smell of cold. People say it doesn't smell but it does. There is a specific smell to cold. I would touch tree barks and pick up crispy snow and squeeze in my hands. It all felt too alive to me. All these things made me feel alive.
I didn't realize at that time, but when it came to apply for a university, I picked a city that is known for being very green, walkable and friendly towards young people. I could have gone to even better unis (mine was also one of the best in my country) but I chose the one I graduated from simply because of the additional benefits of green and walkable city, lots of parks etc. I simply cannot live without green. It's my fav color too.
Right now, I am an English teacher and I work at a private high school. I like my job but it is so draining. I have really good relationships with my students, most of them telling me things they specifically can't talk about with their parents, asking for advice or simply sharing things because they trust me. I feel honored because of this but it is also draining me. I like listening to people and understanding them, which is probably why people are drawn to me. But like I said, I am very sensitive and sometimes when students talk about sensitive problems they have I can't help but shedding a tear or two I've been holding. I feel like I am trying to shoulder the problems of the entire world like Atlas. I am much quiet in my nature too. And I have to put on a mask and be more talkative, authorative, louder and more energetic than I am naturally. I've been doing this for quite some time but it is now draining me up to my last drop.
Even other teachers are saying I am very perceptive and good with students. I remember my childhood friends likening me to owls. They used to say I look at things like an owl, I am silent but always watching and see things they can't see, realize things they can't realize, I work best at dusk and after dusk etc. I always liked this likening to owls, bc I like owls. Which made think, considering all the things I've been talking about, maybe I am autistic. I hate white light and have to use dim yellow light in my room, I love nature - I can't name you 5 residents from my neighborhood rn but I know all neighborhood cats and their behaviors, and also the crow and magpie that have been fighting each other for 5 months on the neighbors roof for a secret stash the crow made and magpie kept stealing from. I don't like loud noises, it makes me panic and I have panic attacks and an everlasting anxiety. I am a slow eater and slow person in general. I've learned English (I am Turkish) on my own at the age of 5, and then learnd Japanese and German again on my own. I love reading and learning new things. Philosophy, history, and nature are my jams. I have special interests with which I can spend hours on to an end. Even though I am good at understanding people, it is a more of one-on-one thing and I don't do well in groups as I can't figure people's motives or read their faces. I also need alone time every day or else if I keep pushing I end up crashing and crying and everything seems worthless and dangerous. I've reazlied they can very well be meltdowns.
But this is really hard on me. I don't know what to do. I don't know if it's some type of neurodivergency I was born with. It doesn't matter whether I or someone else puts an autistic label or something else on me, it doesn't change what I do or who I am. I don't know what other job I can do either. I live in Turkey, there is an economic crisis happening right now which is the biggest this country has ever seen. I cannot even travel to the next city with the money I earn, and it's a sum everyone earns. The situation is bad for all. I don't know what to with my future, I am just so tired. Everything is so fast. I always feel like life is leaving me behind. Even the most simple things that come to other people naturally are very hard and alien to me. I've had to learn how to be a human. I just want to live in a hut in a forest among trees, flowers, birds and animals and just be myself and not rush anything. I can't do that here. Not even farming is an option otherwise I would've considered countryside. Farming is doomed in this country, even worse than France at the moment. Farmers have to sell their fields bc the payments for crops and fertilizers, equipments are more than what they earn from selling the crop yields. It is not sustainable. I don't have the luxury to go off into a forest and live there either. It requires permission to own land and money again to sustain. No matter what I do or think of, I am trapped in a fast paced, loud concrete forest of masked people. I am so tired of this. Thinking that I'll have to live my entire life in misery, trying to keep up, be loud and mask is so tiring. Even the thought tires me out. Living seems like a chore and sometimes I wish I'd get hit by a car or sth so that I don't have to live this gruesome future that is awaiting me.
Sorry for being so open. I'm sorry if this disturbed anyone, I just can't hold it anymore. The only escape I have is watching nature videos or people who are living my dream life. Pure escapism...
Raven_black. You are completely me! Just hold on. You're a highly educated person, financially indipendent. What do you want more? People who live with masks have their own misery too. You see more you and you understand more. You're not slow. You've got your pace. To understand requires time. You'll get your dream in the end if you really want it. All the best from Italy!!!
Your message really touched me and you sound like a lovely person. Please don’t give up ❤ thank you for expressing your authentic and honest self, this way people can attune to real you. Sharing your situation might help in surprising ways and there might be creative solutions that you can’t see yet.
@@eledaw3224 thanks, but today I just got a message from the landlord that he'll evict me in july. I really don't know anything anymore, I just don't. A new place's rent is gonna be at least 3 times more than this and moving will also cost tremendous amounts.
I thank you for being so open and vulnerable. This is for the person in Turkey shared. It truly helped me. I’m grateful.
I relate fully. I do.
I’m sorry for you in this situation. Moving is stressful, expensive,these days unaffordable and leads to a feeling of displacement. I have moved several times in my life. It is never easy. I now rent a small bedroom from a woman 27 years younger than me along with her 13 yo daughter.
I always lived alone so this is a first. Think outside of the box if you are able. My rent is very affordable and it’s become a doable way to live for this highly sensitive person. I freaked out a lot at first, about 6 months. Been here a year now and I’m really ok.
Our personalities lead us to our purpose
I needed to hear this. Thank you for sharing
👌👌🙏
Beautifully said. I love this
Wow ❤😭
Hi, when I read a book about highly sensitive people (German author), it was very eye-opening experience. I think that was the time when I started to accept who I truelly was, because since I was little I was told I was too sensitive. Unfortunately, my closest family dod not see the benefits of it, so I thought I had to change to become a "normal" person. But now I know that this comes with gifts such as my creativity (drawing, photography, writing), empathy, attention to detail, sensitivity to nature, to plants and animals. I love to be in nature and also like to pick herbs, plant trees and bushes. I love mountains and hiking. :)
Hey, can I ask what the book is called? :) You can write the title in German if that is easier
I love you so much… I am exactly like you…
I love nature , I love flowers, birds and trees 🌸🌹🌹🌹 butterflys
Hi there! Like me ❤️🌻🌿
In the overwhelm my life is, 'Accepting your personality' is such a sigh of relief! Thank you!
Another term I've read relating to highly sensitive people, is temperament. Where personality can be something we put on to get along with the less sensitive society, temperament is something that's part of our nature, and there's no changing it. I read this concept in a book about children, but of course, it stays with us for life, so applies to adults, as well.
Being HSP is truly challenging, and this should not be underestimated. However, reading about it is enormously helpful in understanding and managing high sensitivity, and I highly recommend this to sensitive people. Not only is it hugely helpful and informative, but also deeply reassuring, uplifting and transformative. Elaine Aron's books are a good place to start, but there are several other excellent works (by Barrie Jaeger, Susan Cain, etc). High sensitivity is a fascinating discovery, and a gift. Having some knowledge about it really helps to live and thrive in this chaotic world, and to manifest the great potential that it offers.
Susan Cain's book was very helpful.
I am an empath, INFJ-T & HS
Still figuring things out like connections, career & setting stronger boundaries & pouring into self love.
But so happy I can feel so deeply. And greatful that I can feel again after loads of apathy. That is so tough to go through in burnout. I am drawn to everything that feels so peaceful, like prayer. I love being a Muslim, faith helps :)
I am so happy to read comments from so many others out there, like me :)
For most of my life, I have felt odd. I knew I wasn't like other people, but could never figure it out til maybe 9-10 years ago when I learned about HSP. My eyes were opened when I learned I have every characteristic!! I'm 71 and I just found your channel.
Yes... I oft felt the same too. Being an introvert and an INFJ (highly intuitive and also adept in the feeling function as well) and a highly sensitive person as well. But I would suggest that since the slow life movements even introverts are often misunderstood and so happy when I realized why I enjoy it so much it's because we are witnessing introverts becoming more visible and accepted. Being all these or one or whichever ways we interpret our personalities and behavior patterns in these ways is a gift in oneself! one thing I've noticed is people in older times reading old letters or older novels the writers are so magical and notice all the simple things in life and this is what it is to be an artist and writer! This is our gift. But it hasn't been valued in our society much. Slowing down and just being in the moment and being more aware i what an introvert lol or highly sensitive person and that brings so many gifts and we feel and see and intuit so much around us and the world can quite literally be so beautiful to us which sometimes others just simply cannot comprehend. Be happy and accept yourself because its truly a blessing! Blessed be!! xo
I completely agree with everything you've said here, wow...that is indeed how I've felt, only recently, accepted. Its true. However its also just how I feel all the time! I cannot change that about myself, I would constantly notice beauty and point this out to someone and they wouldn't understand, haha even family members who know me well and so I've indeed accepted that I can see and feel more and its truly wonderful for me 🤗 my life feels more fulfilled this way. I'm so happy to find so many other people who have felt the same way here on RUclips and commented too. It's so lovely! Thank you so much for your kindness and for reaching out, its lovely to know you! 🙏❤️❤️
What type of partners you attract? Do you find meaning beyond meaningless? I know introverts explore these topics alots
I understand and living everything you are saying…
“To see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour” -William Blake
That's beautiful
@@gypsysoul279 You are beautiful :)
You could have been talking about me. I have always been this way but didn't realize until I got older that I liked being alone with my babies (1 dog, 4 cats) and alone. I have always been a nervous person and never married and so I had to work. Always miserable...having to "put on" a happy face and be with all these people. I retired and it's just me and my babies and finally I am happy. I thought I was just anti=social or something. But that isn't it, I just like to be alone with my thots and doing what I want. I always felt different and out of place with lots of people. I didn't even know what a HSP was until I started watching your videos. People never know this is how I feel unless I choose to share my feelings because I put on an act (I call it) when around people. People wear me down..emotionally and physically. People, even strangers, will tell me their deepest, darkest secrets and I always just listen and hear their hearts. But it is exhausting. Now I have retired a year ago and I'm all alone and it is so wonderful. I volunteer for a few things and church and other than that I'm alone and happy. I always felt guilty some how for feeling this way. Thank you for this video and explaining...idk it just resonated with me and my heart in many ways. Thank you so much.
That is so me too..❤
Wow…I randomly came across this video…I’m the same way! I “act” for work and social functions and am utterly exhausted emotionally and physically after. People seem to spill things to me as well, even if they don’t know me well.
Being HSP in this world is really quite a challenge. Wishing you much joy and peace in your retirement. So happy to hear that you have found that cherished space, at last. Animals are the most beautiful companions. Namaste!
Consider an autism screening if you can arrange one
@@alison5009yep, me too. People tend to spill things to me also, and I don't know why. Am I really THAT empathetic and understanding in their eyes?! ❤
I'm glad that this popped up on my recommended videos. I learned about the research involved with highly sensitive individuals about three years ago and since then I've been working on accepting myself more for who I am rather than beating myself up about who I thought I should be. Being highly sensitive is a gift.
Thank you for your lovely video, kindred spirit. I really enjoyed it.
Highly sensible people absorb the negative energy of our insensitive, hostile world. With the grace of love, and their special gifts for art , beauty, and creativity.. They are able to heal the world. They bring back balance to our ecosystems. Without them our world would struggle to survive.
You're a beautiful individual and I loved listening to you. I am not a religious person, although very spiritual. I believe we're all supposed to be on the same path as you and I and millions like us.
I believe we have been here quite a few times more than the other half and spent lifetimes making mistakes and being dead to the world and we've grown.
I have never been lonely. I have been alone, although with wonderful company. And yes, I'm an artist. To beat it all, I'm a conservative artist.
im glad to have found my people here
Thank you that's so kind of you 🙏❤️
"Everyone should just be who they are and embrace who they are with their own personality." A very nice word. Thank you for sharing it. :)
Thank you for sharing ! I too am a HSP and I really enjoyed the natural lighting in your video. When my close friends come over to visit they must think I'm cheap as I wait until the last minute before it is dark to turn on a light and even then it has to be soft , warm light. I wear my sunglasses at night while driving and in stores where the lighting is uncomfortable. I've lived long enough to not care what others think. I'ts a great place to be !
I also use amber colored bulbs.
@@orangeziggy348 me too !
Thank you for sharing. I too am a very sensitive person and have come to realize I’ve allowed the extroverted culture to make me respond critically to my nature and try to drive the sensitive out.
You are such a sweet and passionate person, i could easily just jump into that environment and feel just as at my home. My journey has been mostly a question to why i react to things much more intense then the regular person does. It was a bit challenge to me to accept that i am highly sensitive because i have always been a person who were constantly searching for something to learn and to get into. I love sience and things that makes a person grow, i also love the nature and how everything is balanced. This video really gave me some more insight about how i function because i can easily get drained out and when it comes to friendship i can sense when there is something that is missing and i love to add just that. I love to solve things that other people normaly can't. You have such a beatiful way of expressing your self and it is a blessing to really see that, specially here on RUclips. It is a gift that we share as highly sensitive individuals that we can heal without doing anything and yet we just do it.
Being an introvert and a highly sensitive person is hard at times, especially in my workplace. I love the smallest things, too. There is a little stream at the back of my house where it attracts lots of wildlife. Seeing the squirrels and wood pigeons and all the other types of birds brings me nothing but joy ❤
I think your home is stunning, so very peaceful you literally brought the world inside ❤️
I too have felt so blessed to find out that I am not alone as a highly sensitive person. I thought I was weak most of my life for getting so easily overwhelmed by large groups of people and needed a lot of alone time. Now that I am being more accepting of myself as I am I actually appreciate my sensitivity and see how there is a richness to my life because of it. Thank you for this lovely video ❤
Not only is it nice to relate to others, it’s nice to see others owning who they are. It’s inspirational. Thank you for posting this. You’re a lovely human. 😊
Don’t worry about that being the wrong flower. You made a mistake and corrected it real quick. I just found your video. I enjoyed it very much. I feel very much the same way you do. I will be watching more of your videos. Thank you. I’ve been highly sensitive for as long as I can remember. I suffer from anxiety and depression. And, have always been the type person who would rather be in a small circle of family or friends or by myself. Large groups make me nervous. Thank you again for your channel. I will definitely keep watching you. God bless you. ❤️🙏🏻✝️🌹
As soon as you said about crying easy happy or sad..i definitely feel you. I thought something was wrong or i was the only one
It's a whole ❤journey
Yeah, it's very challenging to find and maintain your own balance as a highly sensitive person when the outside world is so unbalanced and destabilizing. One little "thing" can throw you offbalance so easily! I'm glad to see other people like me can manage it.
Your voice sounds so calming & soothing. I love your philosophy.
Your lifestyle is my dream lifestyle. It feels impossible being currently stuck in the harsh city of LA. I too am an HSP. I am finally healing from the worst toxic relationship of my life, and trying to learn to love and accept who I truly am. I adore your plants! I also love fairies and elven folk, like from LOTRs, and that kind of fantasy realm. I love the woods and just immersing myself in the beauty of nature. I feel a deep connection with all wildlife, and the skies and the universe beyond. You're such beautiful soul to me! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely video. You're truly an inspiration to your kindred HSPs
I definately consider myself an HSP, and most of the time I feel like it's such a gift to be so sensitive to emotion, nature, art, love, music and everything else. I am who I am thanks to being sensitive 💛
Thank you for this sweet, gentle, beautiful video. The lighting and photography in your videos is lovely. Your sensitive nature touched my heart, because I'm the same way. I'm an HSP, Empath, healer, artist, & magickal practitioner. I want to share my knowledge on RUclips too, but as an introvert it has been a challenge to start. Thanks for having the courage to do this, it inspires me to put myself forward. I appreciate the soft tone and music of your videos. Much love 🩷🌸🌱🙏✨️
Good luck on launching the RUclips page 😊😊 I’m in a similar boat lol
I love your dress, beautiful.
Ohh thank you so much 🙏❤️🌻
We are unique, extremely caring, get drained emotionally quickly from confusion and chaos in the world and we love nature ❤ we are the chosen ones! God loves us so much😊
Literally dude…
Her soul is so wonderful and angelic love the content
Greetings from the Netherlands 🍀Thank you for this cozy tea talk. Hope you have a wonderful day ❤
I’m a highly sensitive person too, but I’m an extrovert so it’s a bit tricky. I also read slowly, it’s how to properly absorb and have the time to think critically about it. Thanks for a lovely video ❤
Ohhh thats so interesting, thank you so much for sharing ans connecting with me 🙏❤️ I really appreciate it. I too struggle to read actually and have to read eeeeeextra slowly 🙈 as I'm naturally a more nervous person inside and so I feel I need to really take time to understand what I've read. It takes me so long to finish a book 🙈 but I think with orcaroce one can definitely get better, so its my goal to try 🤗 thank you and have a wonderful day xx
@@SimplyMagicalLiving aw i know the feeling 😅 I literally am reading the same books for years 😁 but they will stay with me forever and remain super vivid in my brain. Have a lovely day too 😊💕
@rachelmoore5079 yes exactly! That's exactly how I feel, more value and memories, hehehe 🤗🙌
It's ok to read slowly! I am also a highly sensitive person and an English teacher. As long as you understand what you've read, it's okay to read at whatever pace you like. Everyone's different. Some people are also sensitive but are very quick consumers when it comes to knowledge and books. It changes and means nothing. Enjoy reading and learning!
I stumbled on this lovely channel, new subscriber. I am 59 Introvert, HSP and empath and I have ALWAYS felt different, now that I have figured out who I really am I embrace it. It’s a gift to be a HSP.
Beautiful. Thank you. I always love your videos. Many of the characteristics that you describe as a highly sensitive person are quite similar to the way that many of us who are autistic experience the world as well, highly sensitive people in an insensitive world that doesn't fit us. Nonetheless, in our own world, in our own way, we find great beauty, especially in the natural beauty around us. Peace be with you friend. 💖🥀🌻🐝🐞
Thank you!
Ok I’m an HSP raised in the countryside (which I cherished) but I’m also an extrovert and love to go out dancing and to other places that are about fun and people. This combo is very complex as I need lots of rest and recuperation from absorbing all the different energies.
Me too!
Yes, same - we are the 20% of HSPs that are extroverted. It is complex - indeed! :)
ENFP by any chance? 👋
Great content. Thank you. I had to be a different person growing up as I was told that I was weak, too sensitive, a cry baby etc. So I started acting tough, was completely detached from myself and it ruined a great portion of my life way into adulthood. Now I am finally acting like the real me but my mother has detached herself from me now I have created bounderies.
Wow ...me too
Thank you for posting this for all of us ,
I so love the beauty of nature , especially in the mornings
No worries 🌱 most of what I have learned on my journey to gain knowledge about herbalism, has come from trying, making mistakes and moving forward with continuing to gain more understanding and knowledge. Life is a process with learning curves. What’s most important for me is that I take what I have learned and continue to move forward. Thank you for sharing!🌱🕊️
I'm a Highly Sensitive Person and I definitely have very similar tastes to yours! So the mere sight of you, your natural beauty, your absolutely beautiful clothes and home, the beautiful landscapes when you're surrounded by trees, is so soothing in itself! A real delight. Not to mention the experience of totally relating to everything that you're describing here.
I feel that I love the 19th century (without phones, computers, etc.), and that I probably "miss it" from a past life. 😊 And the esthetics of your channel totally connect me to the "feeling" I associate with that century.
This is so crucial. I always feel like I'm just out of sync with most of the world... my internal rhythms are so slow and steady and in tune with the harmonies around me. It can make you feel crazy when the whole world is like "produce! faster! get rich now or else!"... but you just wanna talk to birds and find tasty mushrooms and watch sunsets and share knowing looks with people you love 😩
Love this, your authenticity is refreshing to see and listen to. There's so many positives to take away from being sensitive, though for sure it can be it challenging if you become isolated because of it. We are more aware of who and what energy we are surrounding ourselves with, people, environments, etc. We can calibrate this sensitivity and tune in to ourselves more, craft our passions. In this solitude we recharge our social battery, we are able to introspect and feel into what's important. I think the challenge is breaking the perception you might have from others that you are "weird, boring, lazy" whatever labels people might have put on you, and instead discovering more that you have the gift to be self aware of energy and how it affects you and it's okay if people don't understand you. Use your gifts to draw inspiration from within and create your world how you prefer, however that means to you. Having the courage to help others who might be struggling to find who they are is beautiful and much needed. Thankyou for sharing yourself!
You got me at the title 😊 that’s me as well ❤ I love who I’m more everyday because I love being my own person
As a sensitive person growing up , I would feel hurt , but I was living in an insensitive world I didn't knew why I felt that way . And felt ashamed of feeling hurt in the first place because everyone was normal and I thought I was disabled or had a problem that needs to be fixed . But now I know .
I'm an HSP, too! I'm also autistic, and just wanted to mention that there is great overlap between the two, and that may also be something to look into.
I loved the video!
Thank you so much, that is really appreciated 🙏❤️
My understanding is HSP is part of the spectrum. I do some really bizarre things like using a sweater shaver to remove the pills from the insides of my socks and I flip out from loud noises like the phone ringing. (You would be amazed what I do for a living.) There are absolutely autism aspects to HSP. My nose is like a bloodhound. I get irritable if it smells bad nearme. I wash my car every other day. I can smell odors in other cars when I'm driving.
Such a lovely video, thank you. I didn't know I was an HSP till about 2 years ago. And I also didn't know that I have complex PTSD. I get confused sometimes about the apparent overlap between these two things.
This resonated deeply with me. I was taught growing up that it was a bad thing. I always thought I was lacking in some way. That everyone else could “handle life better”. I’m so grateful to have so much more wisdom now. It’s a super power! Thank you for your message. ❤
@brigittepaulson3780 thank you so much 💛 and I'm very touched and glad that this could be a message of support in some way. I had no idea if it would resonate with others but so glad it does 💛✨️🌻🙏
Thank you Lika. I hope one day find out my way as you find out your. A simple life seems the best, magic and happy life. Be happy! congratulations.
Thank you for your great video, your story is powerful and wonderful to hear! Your self description could have been used for me as I have come to realize so much that you describe applies to me. For most of my life (early sixties!) i struggled with the thoughts of inadequecies in social enviornments and have come to embrace the realization of my sensitive nature. Nature, tranquility and beauty are so powerful and wonderful but so few in our world find comfort and peace in its embrace. You are not alone, go forward and I hope to learn more of your journey.
This described me perfectly and growing up I was always highly criticized for being this way, so to hear that others dealt with the same sort of personality - I am so relieved to hear this. Thank you for talking about this, being encouraging and inspiring!
@@comfytinahart so glad it helped even a little 🙏✨️🧡
Dr Elaine Aaron wrote a book on this topic in 1997 and i felt exactly the same way when I read that many years ago, that she had written it just for me. It was such an eye opener as to my personality and that I wasn't as flawed as the world in general had made me feel most of my life, especially in the work place. I never thrived there and glad to be retired.
This sounds exactly like me, well, who I would like to be more. I am Autistic and have ADHD, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, so my body and head has a lot to deal with. I sit in nature as much as I can. I'm so not a people person. I've ordered the book, thank you for sharing ☺️ ❤️
Represed sensitivity can turn into intense hatred and depression. Learned that the hard way and now making my journey back.
That's absolutely beautiful for you. As a highly sensitive person my self it's been quite a journey trying to figure out what works best for me is not what is considered "normal"
Your video skills are amazing!
Thank you so much! That's very kind of you 🙏🌻
a highly sensitive person is also described in Astrology with more accuracy and deeper information. I am one of them. best of luck here on this channel
As an autistic (and adhd) person I can very much relate to this, though I wouldn't necessarily use highly sensitive person for myself, since the overlap between high masking and hyperempathetic neurodivergent people and hsp is so huge, that I for myself cannot really see a difference between the two.
I loved the video, it was really beautiful and relaxing :)
Hope you have a great day :)
The nature of Truth is the key to the kingdom of life. ❤
This made me cry. I remember my childhood days, believing in fairies, fantasies, talk to animals, plants, flowers. Until now I still talk to the nature. I love ghibli too, made my heart so happy. Thank you very much for this.
This world definitely needs more people like your self Lika.
Your video is a delight to watch and listen to..
Thank you for sharing.
@Janni-vq5ci thank you ever so much, that truly means alot to me 🌻💛🙏
You are a wonderful person, Miss. I love you, as I love myself...you are NOT alone...thank you for sharing...
@@rhodatuckey7119 thank you so much 🙏🌻
ESFP, HSP and AuDHD. It’s been a challenge throughout my life finding balance. Recharging all parts of myself. Enjoying socialising but being respected and understood in the times when I want to be alone. Inadvertently hurting others because they feel rejected that you “don’t want to hang out with them”, when it’s not the case at all. Some people don’t understand that people genuinely enjoy and need to be alone at times, it’s not a slight against them.
Your videos will be my therapy. So pleased I found your channel 💜
So beautiful. I also love spending time with nature.😊
Thank you so much ❤️🙏🌻
@@SimplyMagicalLiving blessings 😊😊♥️
I think you're such a cutie being so happy about your beautifully simple and sereine life, filled with nature and positive emotions. I'm heading toward that as well. May peace be upon us and God bless you and protects you.
Hello, I just discovered your channel today and what perfect timing. My long-term relationship to a man I was supposed to marry ended 5 days ago. One of the reasons being that he kept telling me I was too sensitive. My family has told me my whole life I’m too sensitive as well. I’m 57 years old and if it hasn’t changed by now, I don’t think it’s going to. For most of my life I did not like that I was so sensitive because I felt it was bad. I don’t feel that way anymore. I love my sensitivity because it makes me who I am. I’m an empath, and I am a sensitive, it helps me to tune in and understand people. I’m a speech therapist in the school setting and I believe it’s what makes my kids love me. And they do love me because they tell me and they hug me and they bring me pictures that they’ve drawn that say “I love you”. It’s one of the best feelings in the world. So I’m okay with being sensitive. Even if I don’t have a relationship and I am by myself that’s alright because I have to be true to myself. Struggling through everything this week I feel that this was definitely providence that I found your channel this morning. You are so calming to listen to. I can’t tell you how happy I am that I found this. Thank you so much and I look forward to catching up on all of your previous videos. I am now a subscriber. Thank you! 😊
Heel herkenbaar! Groetjes uit Nederland. 😊
This is the wonderful sife of youtube, seeing people that have experienced similar experiences...as a high sensitivite woman, i find it hard to explain it too people that are not. ❤
I deeply resonate with this. Growing up, I always thought that my sensitivity was a huge weakness and something I needed to improve. I'm glad I saw this video and realized that many people are just like me. Thank you so much for this lovely video!
New member because i feel the same and appreciate it to find more like me 😊 🎉 thanks for sharing 🤍💙
I like simple life too. Watching your video can purify my soul. Thank you.
Beautiful and magical ♥️ Thank you - I love the simplicity and you have a beautiful voice:)
Thank you for sharing these beautiful reflections.