How to live peacefully as a Sensitive Person
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- Опубликовано: 25 мар 2023
- This week, I thought I'd share some tips on how I've built a peaceful life as a sensitive person. I'd love you hear your experience, so please do comment below xx
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I moved to Scotland 2 years ago - from England - I left everything and everyone behind. Your video resonated so much. I live a very simple life, near the beach - go on nature walks, bake bread, crochet and I am living my absolute dream. I, too, stopped watching the news 25 years ago and it haven't missed anything! I never get tired of being on my own. Peace is everything.
Your story sounds great 😊. I wish you continued peace 🙏
Rosalyn every blessing on your continued life journey, sounds wonderful, Thansk for sharing!
Wow xx ❤
Not watching the news is a beautiful thing. One of the best things I’ve ever done.
I'm glad I'm not the only one! 😊💚
I totally agree! I stopped watching years ago, but I still hear enough of the important stuff to know what's going on. I am the same as you, Molly, I have difficulty disengaging from sad or awful stories, especially if there's no real way to help. I also believe that there are many more good stories out there than bad, and I choose to focus on those. By the way, that was a lovely walk in a most beautiful place, with the most beautiful Skye!
Me too, stop watching years ago 💙
I don’t watch the news or tv / Netflix I prefer to read, garden or knit calming mindful activities
Sounds lovely 😊💚
I am 14, and sometimes I wish I were as kind as Anne from the Green Gables was. She was a sweet, kind and caring soul. I want to be like her, but, people doesn’t appreciate that :(( My classmates say a lot of bad things, and I needed to get a tough skin in order to exist in the same class.. It’s sad, because of the people who is around me I wanted to kinda get rid of my sensitivity. But now I understand that it wouldn’t be me then❤
Thank you for sharing lovely. Anne of green gables is a wonderful hero and was one of mine when I was your age and still is! I've found my tribe over time and I'm sure you will too 💚
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Keep true to yourself and things will fall into place eventually. You remind me of me when I was young! Thank you for sharing.
Believe me, dear fellow, you won't stay in this class forever and you won't be forever in the same situation. Those circumstances change, you'll find people among which you'll experience acceptance and empowerment as well. I like to think that meanwhile, you are getting the informations you need to discern what is appropriate for your own thriving and what you need to do when you are in a challenging place with challenging people. We can't pretend those don't exist, can't we? It's wonderful that you at 14 are aware of your sensitivity and found this channel, where you can read a variety of experiences. To me it's a gift that requires ones to center, to align with one's true values. Therefore it's an ongoing adventure of finding out who you are at your core. I trust that and I trust you.
@@estrela3889 Thank you for this words 🥹🫶🏻🫶🏻
Spending time with my dog is a comforting practice for me. Dogs live in the "now" and my dog teaches me to not dwell on the past or worry about the future.
I am a HSP and would love to have a lifestyle like yours. I wish I could just escape from having to work in an office - but I have not found a way to do this. But I might need to soon because on Friday I had a total meltdown due to very extreme pressures and weights on my mind - worries about various things and not having anything at all positive or bright to look forward to in the future. I have camped out in the woods a few times which I enjoyed, and I love walking in the countryside. When I mentioned my struggles, I was surprised how many old colleagues and online friends reached out to tell me they are having similar issues - one was having bad anxiety attacks from a big project at work, and another has been off work for 8 months with depression. This modern life is slowly destroying people. I was working throughout the 1990s and 2000s and people were still working the same.. but something has changed lately - I think people are just under way more pressure than before... getting poorer and pushed to the limits by employers who are getting rich off of all their employees without taking care of them.
Thank you for sharing. I hope you manage to find some peace 💚
@@hippyhighlandliving Thank you Molly. I do need some peace.
I am also a highly sensitive person and we cancelled our cable tv over ten years ago. I cannot watch the news either, it’s too much for me. I tend to only have one or two friends at a time. I cannot deal with drama or trying to please everyone and because I’m a people pleaser people try to take advantage. You are one of my favorite content creators. Being invited to attend the same event with David is an honor. Congrats!
Thank you for sharing and your support lovely! 💚
Finally, there is someone who functions like me. It's such a relief I'm not alone. 😊🥳
I have always felt different cos I’m very sensitive. I’ve been told I take things too seriously.I am deeply impacted by negative news or stories, easily overwhelmed. I’m so happy and grateful to know there are others like me. 😀
Hi there! I think you speak for pretty much all of us HSP's/empaths/introverts out there, especially in the last part of this video where you listed off the things that drain you etc. I couldn't agree more! I find my solitude to be almost addicting, but it's really where I'm at my most peaceful and fulfilled most of the time. I rarely go out socially outside of few walking groups I'm in as that is very much my 'jam' and it ticks off a lot of boxes for me (fresh air, nature, socially mixing with like-minded people etc). I went to a friend's birthday party at the start of the year and had to stay over because of the location. As much as I had a nice time overall, I was so completely drained for about 2 - 3 days afterwards. I'm sure you/many others who may read this can relate! 🤤😆
I stopped watching the news 6 or so years ago & am the happier for it. That doesn’t mean I am putting my head in the sand. If anything major is happening I will switch it on but I don’t need to know all the minutiae of other peoples lives that seems to make up the news. I love being by myself & can happily entertain myself with cross stitch, gardening,reading & generally pottering around my home. So I totally understand you.
I Will lay down with an eye mask on when I need a little break or feel incredibly pixelated. Even 10-15 minutes is a good reset. I do set an alarm in case I fall asleep lol.
Good idea! 😊💚
My job as an occupational therapist for children helped me understand sensory difficulties quite a bit and I can apply the strategies that worked for kids to myself. Deep pressure is very soothing and I learned from more experienced therapists that your own bodyweight can supply a great deal of deep pressure to the part of you that is touching the support surface. That means for me, naps allow me to place one whole side of me against the couch or a bed and the weight of my body is pushing down to give me wonderful deep pressure. That helps me become more at ease and it helps me understand why naps are so soothing even if I don’t actually fall asleep. I also like to lie down on the floor or bed and prop up on my elbows to read. That gives me a whole lot of pressure to my legs and abdomen and it’s very soothing.
I love this, thank you 😊💚
I live in the NW California wilderness near giant Redwoods on the bank of a river and 45 minutes drive from the closest shop. I only have to go to town once or twice per week to check the mail and to engineer at my community radio station. Ironically, one of the things I have to put on during my shift is the news but it's just our local news so it's mostly ok. I've never had a TV but I do watch things on my computer like your lovely videos... mostly I like to listen to so many interesting things through internet radio and to many good podcasts.
I can walk or ride my bike right from my front door and not hit a paved road, and it's a short drive to the "Lost Coast" Pacific ocean, my two dogs love that. I also have 3 cats who are master teachers of being chill. If I'm at all stressed about something I can lounge on my bed with them and they take turns kneading me while I read! I also love practicing Tai Chi, playing piano, growing a garden, and foraging for wild foods and medicines. I love watching all the wildlife, especially birds. There is never enough time in a day for all the "nothing" I like to do!!
I was chuckling when you mentioned adverts on TV... we don't have channels anymore; just watch Internet things (Netflix, BBC iplayer, etc.). We actually stopped watching conventional TV back in 2006, and one of the main reasons is how horrific I found adverts (would get very depressed, as they are an actual reflection of the human 'masses'). I used to hold the TV remote on my person if the TV was on so that I could immediately mute adverts. 😂 And I can definitely relate to the news. I usually just scan the newsources I follow, and even that's depressing oftentimes. Like you, I find time to read, practice yoga; walks... It is much more difficult to find peace in the city, but someday, we hope to escape to the country. We just watched the very latest David Attenborough documentary, RE: Wild Isles. I know that a decision by the BBC (with the coercion of politicians) to remove one of the shows from the series from being viewed via television, and instead relegate it to iplayer only, has had many upset (myself included). Nothing is going to get better for our planet and wildlife, and all life, until the cow in the room is addressed: animal ag; taking up an area the size of the continent of Africa; it would be a miracle to not have a climate crisis when hardly any intact ecosystems are left. Thank you for being vegan and for all you do for wildlife, and all life!
Thank you lovely! Yes I was also saddened by the removal of one episode. I'm hopeful it will still get these important messages out 💚
Dear Molly, I need loads of me-time too... and I seldom watch the news...
We do not stand allone in this!
Greetings from Belgium 💝🐴🌹
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Oh my goodness. My parents have always referred me to as 'over sensitive' and I grew up thinking (and being told) it was a character flaw. I'm 41 now and this is helping me reframe it. Enjoying these videos! X
Dr Elaine Aaron's book the highly sensitive person is a game changer!!! Plenty of videos on RUclips about HSP's. Embrace it. Youre so special being an HSP!!! Peace, love and calm to you ❤🫂🙏
i just recently discovered im highly sensitive person. or maybe ive known it before but family has made me think that im just too sensitive and overreacting to everything. its much easier to start coping with it when i have validation that im not crazy
No you're definitely not crazy! 😊
Wow. Had I accepted myself as a sensitive person and not listened to allllll the ppl who condemned or made fun of that part of me or just not had the feeling that it was “wrong” or “weird” …. My life would have been so different. It would have been filled with more confidence rather than insecurity and I would not have become the people pleasing doormat looking to others for the answers on how to “be”. (I would not have endured 30 years of abusive relationships, which I am free of now, thankfully.) I am 51 and just learning to be ok with how I am. I changed jobs recently, from wildlife biologist to a big company (for the money) and it’s full of young, non-nature people, who look at me as if I have 2 heads but that is ok now. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. They are beautiful in every way.
As a true introvert and someone who loves my solitude, I truly resonated with this because I am also a highly sensitive person which can be so hard in this fast moving world, I try to avoid conflict and negative energy as much as I can, which helps but sadly there's always negative people around which can be so exhausting.
This was lovely, thank you for sharing about this topic. I'm also an HSP, and the older I get, the more I crave peace. I switched jobs...I used to work with the homeless, which I loved, but it was very stressful. Now I work part time writing and creating. I have a large garden, and my trusty companion, my spaniel. My children and husband are also sensitive, and we prioritise quiet time, working on hobbies etc
I've been teaching myself how to crochet, as a form of meditation. It's been helping me tune-out everything flying around in my mind, to only focus on one stitch at a time. And once I get familiar with the pattern and get going, I'll totally zone out, come to a bit later, and think "I hope I was doing that right...... Oh, good. I was." 😅
Me too, taught myself on you tube during lockdown. So happy I persevered, well done!
I don't have a TV and I too don't watch the news because of exactly the same reasons you pointed out Molly. I find it overwhelming and awful world events are beyond my control. I make it a rule to try and only worry about things within my circle of control. I have social media but that is really to be inspired and connected to what's on locally. I read loads, cook, listen to music, take long walks in nature every day, take photographs, meditate, exercise, and do outdoor swimming. I feel more connected to the world that way without having to listen to negative news. I like your idea of being honest with friends when they invite you to things you'd feel overstimulated by because I've previously always just lied and said I was busy. I know that sounds awful but I am only just coming to understand how I am so I think from now on I will be open and honest when I don't want to attend things and let them know I'd rather meet them for lunch for example.
Thank you for sharing 😊. It can be hard to be honest but I've found it gets easier with a little practice!
I want to move to the Highlands from the US. My family roots are of an ancient Scottish family. I need to spend a lot of time alone too. I really share the same inner disposition as you. Nice to see you enjoying just being yourself.
Great tip about how to live peacefully and sensitive
Thank you!
You are a very lovely and wise young woman. I wish you all the best in your life. You will not regret your decision to live more truthfully.
My brother and his wife moved to Stornoway a few years ago. They have a beautiful house with a small croft. It's been a dream of mine to do something similar. I don't watch TV very much, and I'm more likely to watch a documentary or read a book. I do rely on other people to update me with the important stuff.. but I generally find my life is more positive and peaceful when I'm slightly oblivious🙂
Lovely video as usual, stopped watching TV about six years ago and don't miss it. Fill your world with positive people who accept you and encourage you. Nature is an amazing healer
Thank you 😊💚
You are so right, nature can be found anywhere.
«I find to much stimulation exhaustion and need alot of time alone”
I can relate so much, I actually cried hearing it❤️😭
My family and siblings are all high speed high energy go getters, and i don’t relate to it at all and it is so tiring in high doses as it is just to much energy in longer periods.
I am struggling to find the balance between being very sensitive and having a work, social life while not exhausting myself at the same time😢❤
This video just hit home so just wanted to leave a comment to say thank you for sharing your tips I will definitely try them out😭❤️🥰
Thank you lovely. I really hope they help 💚
Such a lovely channel , I can really relate to what you are saying Molly . I also enjoy yoga and meditation . Walks in nature and gardening are also ways I can keep grounded . I love visiting garden centres , just being amongst the plants seems to calm me down when life gets hectic . I also have stopped listening to the news , like you say it's mostly very negative and effects the way you feel for the rest of the day . Always look forward to Sunday when you upload another video Molly , a lot of us can definitely relate !
Shopping for anything gardening related is the only shopping I love 😍 to do.
Thank you lovely! Plants really are soothing 💚
I feel like we’re kindred spirits. I am also highly sensitive, introverted, a book lover, and I feel most at peace in nature. Thanks for sharing your peaceful presence with the world!
Since living in Brighton in the county of East Sussex, England, I’ve unexpectedly found peace from watching seagulls soaring. They do this effortlessly, skilfully along the chalk sea cliffs that rise almost vertically from the sea. Walking along the cliff top, it’s normal to have their company as they soar a few meters away just above the cliff top on the sea breeze. It’s also fun to stop and watch their incredible aerial combat skills as they tussle with each other for prime position😂 I’ve never seen any two collide and there are zillions of them😆. They are full of character and I always find myself smiling as I watch them in spite of whatever is on my mind. However, in the past I’ve had one poo on my head during a flyover, although maybe we could call that bad luck and another dive bomb me from behind to steal my pastie, so it’s not all sunshine and rainbows😂, but I do find watching their antics a great way to relax and remind me to take it easy!
I have found it necessary to keep up with the news to some extent, but cannot tolerate watching it on TV. I can read about what’s important to me with control over how much stimulation I can take in. Reading quietly is easier than listening to a person, and I select exactly what I want and how much I want. I live alone and keep my house quiet all most of the time. If I watch TV I mute the ads and keep the sound level comfortable. I have found that sound and bright lights are easily overstimulating so I’m very careful about both.
RUclips on my phone is my tele. 😊. I adore peace, quiet, my four-leggeds, and gardening. My work is stressful and my neighborhood is stressful, so I need to make some decisions. Blessings.
Hello Molly. I watch your videos every Sunday, as I enjoy your lifestyle and the beautiful area you live in. I relate to this topic. I too feel easily exhausted. I live in a busy city and don't have nature nearby, but my flat is my sanctuary 😊. It's the place where I can be as I am. I recharge my batteries when I'm alone and a while ago I also started to be careful what I watch. As you, I try to avoid the useless news (at least useless for me), I think if it's something very important I will find out anyway. I don't do social media, but love youtube as I can decide what I watch. Have a good week 🙏
Thank you lovely. I really appreciate your continued support 😊💚
being a sensitive person myself I find alot of people dont understand me, they dont get why I dont react as they expect I should. I take great joy in being calm and having careful responses in all situations, only peace of mind and confidence in yourself will allow you to be like this. Unfortuntaly I wasnt always this calm, anxiety ruled my world, it still does somedays but at least ive learned the tools to help me thru it and get back to calm... nature and the joy of a furry campanion helps 😊. have a wonderful day and thankyou for the vid!
I'm so glad you've found some tools to help you :)
i related so much to pretty much everything you said about being highly sensitive and ways you avoid overstimulation. i spend a lot of time alone, always have. if i have too many social obligations in a week, i get so tired and anxious. i haven't gone off social media entirely, but i did stop using facebook about a year ago and i've also been taking longer and longer breaks from instagram, which is the worst one for me. it has helped so much. the news make me very anxious as well, so i only read an article here and there, per week. thank you for a lovely video!
Thank you for sharing lovely! 💚
This got me so emotional! As a hsp and introvert I relate to what you're saying and I really needed this reminder that there's others like me out there. So thank you!
I'm so glad you found it helpful 😊💚
Hello Molly
That really resonates with me. I always mute the adverts and don't watch the news nor read newspapers. I enjoy walking in nature and yoga. I like my own company and talk to myself a lot (I always have done since childhood). Luckily, my husband doesn't think it's strange x
I also talk to myself all the time! 😊💚
“ You have found who you are, and consider it one of your greatest assets” , i knew you would Molly, dont change you for any one, beautiful place your in today 😊
I'd never heard of HSP before you explained it, Molly. I don't know where I am on the scale. Lots of what you say resonates with me. It's heart warming that you've worked it out, and heart chilling for me who hasn't, at, I guess, double your age.
I get fatigued by stimulation too and try to live a quiet life.
I stopped watching the news decades? ago because it made me feel depressed and hopeless - fundamentally what interests journalists and what gets broadcast doesn't interest me - the endless stream of bad stuff happening, endless political argument, which isn't news, ignoring reasonable people's povs, lack of verification.
I stopped watching TV too as again, what interests media people, doesn't interest me, also due to the lack of depth. I remember how refreshing it was back in 1995 when, in my first rented house, I just didn't feel the need to have a TV. I did get one eventually and watched a lot of old films for about a decade before I'd satisfied that interest. At the time I was living in a beautiful and decrepit old cottage - if it wasn't for anxiety inducing work or lack of it, I would have been living my dream.
And the last few years (triggered by lockdowns?) there's been a heartwarming explosion of creative talent on YT and I'm watching perhaps an hour every day, so that's the equivalent of most peoples TV time, I guess.
Thank you for your thought provoking vlogs, Molly 🙏
Thank you lovely. Yes, I much prefer RUclips over TV 😊💚
I relate to you so much ❤ I mute adverts also, and I can't watch the news, sometimes I feel guilty about it but when there's something I can do (sign a petition etc.) I do, but I am the same as you that it lingers with me and that doesn't do anybody any good. I'm looking forward to a time when I can drive and have a car so I can spend more time in nature with my labrador Bailey 🌿 i also find long baths helpful, water is very grounding for me. I've really enjoyed watching your videos so thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you lovely! I completely agree 😊💚
I am a HSP. I have a Border Collie. I need to be outside. I do yoga daily. I do not watch television. I seek out the news that I want to have knowledge about. I practice techniques to minimize the stimulation that I take into my body. I enjoy gardening and baking and animals. ☮
I don't watch the news either. Thanks Molly for another relaxing video.💚
Thank you 😊💚
I`m a highly sensitive person and can get overwhelmed very quickly with soaking everything from the environment that`s why I decided to move out to nature, it has such a calming effect on me 🥰
Oh my goodness, I absolutely understand what you mean when you talk of the anxious feeling you get after watching the news and how sad events stay with you long after being exposed to them or viewing them on the television. I don’t watch the news, I’m not on social media except for RUclips at the moment. It’s really does help calm you ❤
It does 😊💚
Wow this is so amazing that I found this video tonite! I was just curious when I saw the title as to what being highly sensitive actually meant... And after doing some reading about it I have finally figured out why I am the way I am. Its so helpful to find out that there isn't something wrong with me! 😊 People were always say things to me like why can't you have this certain light on or why can't you watch that kind of movie or why can you not get over this situation that happened or why do you not know what is going on in the news, I kind of chuckled when you said that about the news in your video because I thought thankfully I'm not the only one and now I know why! Thanks so much for this video it really helped me! Love Kate
This is amazing! Welcome to the hsp club
@@frikuv Thank you Frida! I’ve never been in a club of any kind in my life lol. 😏
I identify so much with this video. I’ve spent far too long people pleasing and trying to fit in. Just coming to realise what is important to me. I’m definitely
still a work in progress but my passions are making…making all sorts of things but yarn, textiles, reading and nature photography are big things for me ❤
I’m 46 and I grew up feeling like an oddball because of my sensitivity. It’s been so nice to finally discover, online, that there are actually a lot of other people out there like me, and that there’s nothing at all wrong with being sensitive. In fact, we’re fortunate to be tuned into a lot of joy and gratitude that other people miss.
I stopped consuming the news a year ago, after yet another school shooting here in the US. I knew I would be completely traumatized by hearing about it continuously, and I decided right then that I was done with the news for good. It was one of the best decisions I’ve made for my mental health. I have a busy, often very noisy life (since I have 4 kids), but I’m learning how to carve out little peaceful moments for myself to recharge. Thanks for the beautiful video!
Nice video! I've always been an introvert...youngest of 4. Always been a huge reader. Interesting to read here many don't watch the news...I've thought about not watching news, but feel too "out of touch" when I don't; I fast-forward through some parts. I learned not dwell on bad news by sharing the good news with friends/family who I know will be inspired by certain stories. Love nature and have an upaved walking trail thru the woods adjacent to my neighborhood...such a blessing. Counted eight deer on one walk.
Thank you for sharing! That walk sounds wonderful 😊💚
Hello, I am so enjoying your channel and working my way through your videos. I enjoy a peaceful life but have spent many years trying to work through the whole feel the fear, be more outgoing etc. Having changed jobs last year I now work from home and I am very happy, I like space, my own company (and my dogs) and being in a crowd is just not for me. I am married with grown up children and a few choice friends. Well done you for accepting this much sooner than I did, we don't all need to work through these issues around large groups we just need to live peacefully alone or with a select few. Thank you for your take on it all.
These types of videos are the quality information we need!
Your words are exactly how I feel, and also trying to accept I need a quiet peaceful life too and need to be surrounded by nature as often as I can
Skye is gorgeous, I had two Border Collies, one now. They are the most amazing dogs and very sensitive to our needs.
They really are! 💚
I’m so pleased I’ve found you … I can relate to so much you say and do … you’re a complete breath of fresh air and I thank you so much for being there for us all 😊
Thank you! 💚
These are some great tips! I too am a highly sensitive person and realized this about myself several years ago. As a Mom of two girls, one who is an extreme extrovert and social it can be tricky to manage balance. Sometimes I have to do things that overwhelm me but the sacrifice is worth it for my daughter but I always try to balance it with plenty of recovery time. Being in nature, cuddling my pet and getting lots of sleep really help me.
Thank you for sharing! So interesting to read your experience 💚
I haven’t watched news for years. I always seem to learn what I need to know. I’m finding recently that even negative talk by others around me causes me to be unsettled. Thank you for your openness.
I love this, it's really great to know that other highly sensitive people exist. I don't watch/read the news either, apart from a daily newsletter from 'The Know' a female owned company which send a daily newsletter and they always have a good news story in there which is really nice, and if I'm particularly overwhelmed I skip that day, to protect myself. It's also nice to hear that it changes throughout your life, right now I'm going through a very highly sensitive phase and I'm not able to deal with things I used to, so it's good to know that other people have similar experiences, and good to know it will probably change again at some point. Thanks for your beautiful videos ❤️
Thank you for sharing lovely 😊💚
We are the same. You were spot on about the news by the way.
Hi Molly, I’ve been a subscriber for a while and I love your videos. The one you did about being a highly sensitive person really resonated with me and I read the book you recommended and took that test, and I only dropped one point, putting me at the top end of the scale. All of that helped me so much, I understand myself so much better now, so thank you. I recently had to travel to Spain and the busy airport and flight was something I was worried about. So I wore some loop earplugs which reduce noise without completely blocking everything out and this really helped me to cope. Thanks so much for everything you do, love your channel. 🌸
Thank you lovely! It makes me so happy to read this and the earplugs are a great idea 😊💚
Please could you let me know what the book you mention is? Thank you
Me too please❤ I would really like to know the name of the book🙏
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Just found your channel today and immediately subscribed 🩵🙏🏼
Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing with us. Beautiful 🩷💐
I pray the rosary and it’s so peaceful 🕊🙏🏼🩵
Thank you for subscribing! :)
Yes! I also mute the adverts and get deeply emotionally affected by songs, films, poetry, and literature. I live on a boat for the peace but sometimes the storms or uncomfortable weather can be overwhelming.
I moved to South Dakota from Minnesota 7 months ago thinking I would have it easy out there and thought I would have found my peace in SD but I ended up moving back to Minnesota. I've came to realize that my peace is in Minnesota.
I relate with you on so many levels. Love your channel🥰🌾🐾🌱🙏
I have been very tempted to give up listening or reading the news websites and am now seriously thinking about doing it. Managed today to do it and will carry on. The news is always bad and that is unbalanced as life is not like that. I don't believe that people only want to hear bad news as people also want happy news! Thank you for your lovely video.
Good for you!
Hi Molly, I just discovered your channel (I truly think I was ‘meant’ to find it 😉) Thank you so much for making this content - I’m much older than you, at almost 60 yrs, but I really didn’t think there were many others ‘like me’ (highly sensitive - to loudness, busyness, overwhelm etc.). I am happy with my own company for the most part, but do sometimes feel a bit isolated. Your lovely vlogs are the answer! 😊🌻x
Aw welcome lovely! 💚
Beautiful Molly. I sent to a couple of people I know would appreciate listening to you. Love the beautiful scenery too. Bless you Philippa Australia
Aw thank you lovely 😊💚
I love the nature scenery in your videos and find that watching them (and some other nature channels) help to calm me when I'm overwhelmed. I also identify as a highly sensitive person and have never been able to watch horror/violent films, even when I read about it the mental images stay with me for ages! I limit my consumption of news and world events to once or twice a week just to understand what's happening but also find it upsetting. I find spiritual pursuits and connecting with nature help me the most. I've been working to simplify my life but its an ongoing journey
Thank you for sharing lovely 😊💚
I also stopped watching the news about eight years ago a find my life much more peaceful. I used to be such a news junky , watching, reading and listening all day long.
Wild swimming has been a wonderful way to help me with feelings of overwhelm/anxiety. I also love walking, often with ear plugs or air pods (with nothing playing 😂) just to help ease the distractions audibly. I am Constantly deleting social media and then going back on when I feel better then feeling overstimulated and the cycle continues. I’ve began yin-yoga and it’s been wonderful, so has teaching myself to crochet.. 😉☺️
I'm new to your channel but I relate to everything you said! It's quite hard explaining to more extrovert friends how you feel. You articulate it beautifully. Thank you 🙏😊
I'm so glad you enjoyed 😊💚
i try to avoid news/media as much as possible too. i have had to set serious boundaries with my husband about what news stories he shares with me because it affects me so much. and getting mostly off social media has been the best thing ive ever done for myself!!
I'm the same with my partner! 💚
You might try reading articles and the newspaper or listening to podcasts about the topics you care about. It can be less visceral but also still help keep yourself informed.
I need to take breaks sometimes too, but I have to say - the world NEEDS sensitive and caring people in the world to be aware of what’s happening and do proactive things to help those who need it most.
Watching the news may be uncomfortable, but please don’t forget your news is a lot of people’s daily reality and they can’t “tune out” or turn it off.
Same with TV noise and extra loud ads. I just can't cope with their music. I have stopped going to commercial gyms due to the god awful piped music. I usually do 1 hr or more silent meditation to remain balanced. I seldom use London underground and travel by uber and cabs. I would say I'm heading towards being a recluse as I dislike most human interactions now days. My cat is my best friend. I avoid socialising in groups of more than 3 people as I just feel overwhelmed. I would love to live somewhere like Scotland. Do you feel you are an Empath too? I am! 🙏💓
Thank you for sharing! I think I may well be an empath 😊💚
Totally relate to this Molly. I stopped watching the news a few years ago and watching anything upsetting, reading newspapers etc. I love spending time out walking in nature instead. I find it so relaxing and uplifting. Also a daily morning meditation keeps me in a calm happy state of mind. The 10 minutes Boho Beautiful morning meditation is my go to. I love it.🧘🏻♀️ I love yoga but haven’t done it for a while and will definitely start practicing it again daily as love the benefits it has for mind and body. Thank you for another beautiful video Molly. Congratulations on your trip to London. It sounded amazing.💕
Thank you lovely! I also adore the Boho Beautiful app 😊💚
This was a good topic. Hobbies are so important. It will keep one away from shopping and doing what you enjoy is a game changer. You will never get bored. Great video molly.
Molly, I so appreciated you pointing out that being a sensitive person doesn’t fall into one personality type. I am, by nature, very outgoing and extraverted but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve needed so much more time alone to recharge. I tend to hang out with people less, and when I do, deeply crave quality time over quantity. For me, recharging usually involves movement of some kind, jazz music and warm bath with a good book or a stroll along the beach (live in SoCal ☺️) Thank you for another beautiful video! Much love from another sensitive soul ✨
Thank you for sharing lovely 😊💚
I'm an extroverted HSP as well. I'm very energised by being around people, but I need lots of quiet time too, especially in nature.
Hello Molly, I am fairly new to your channel, and was glad to see this new installment today. When you were walking around the sculpture trail, I was reminded of a British artist whose work I think you might like: His name is Andy Goldsworthy. He makes "earth art", with elements from Nature that only last temporarily before melting back into the natural landscape. If you don't know of him, you could easily google his name to see examples of projects he has done in the past.
Although I don't regard myself as a sensitive person, I do think I'm an introvert and enjoy a lot of time being alone. I appreciate your perspective and awareness to protect yourself from overload. Thanks for your videos, and have a nice week.
Thank you for your comment and recommendation 😊💚
I'm a sensitive person too. Thanks to content creators like you and the online community I'm becoming more confident to be myself as a sensitive person. I can see others are like me and don't feel as ashamed as I once did - thank you :)
This is so lovely to hear! Thank you for sharing :)
Thank you for another lovely video. I recently found your channel and really enjoy watching your videos. I'm highly sensitive too, so these tips are really good. Journaling is one of my calming activities that I find really helpful. And I too believe in being mindful of what I consume. Watching calm RUclips videos like yours is so lovely, so thank you for making these wonderful videos 🥰
Aw I'm so glad you enjoyed 💚.
This was so helpful Molly, thank you again for another informative and calming video. I love knitting easy things that are repetitive (like socks), gardening inside and out, taking walks both in our neighborhood and nature trails. I even bought a buggy to take our indoor cats for rides when I walk sometimes😊 I have also been editing everything I have down to only what supports me, that has been very helpful as well. I love your content so much,thank you ❤
Thank you for sharing! I love that you take your cats out 😁💚
I wish I'd been able to accept being a highly sensitive person when I was your age Molly! It's taken me 74 years! But your videos have given me a permission. I've been reading a biography about artist Celia Paul who is highly introverted and describes her dread of 'small talk'. I really identify with that! Bless you for creating this lovely channel.
Highly sensitive person from Norway here. Would love to go to Scotland, would love to connect with other highly sensitive people.
Beautiful place cute dog
Me too i dont like to watch the news ❤ i understand you
Hi Molly. I live in a city in Pennsylvania. Wish I lived in a peaceful place like you! Take care!😊
Beautiful video - love the solitude you seem to treasure!
Thank you! 😊💚
Have you read any HSP/empath work by Dr Judith Orloff? Highly recommend it
I have a little but I'd like to learn more about it 😊💚
I don't know how to categorize myself but I don't like loud noise, shouty voices, pounding musice, heavy-footedness and my brother who lives with me is all those things. It's so peaceful when he's not home. When he gets happy he's louder and the more happy I am, the quieter I am. I think the noise and stimuli sensitivity might be a trait that chronic migrainers and/or concussion sufferers have in common with some neurodivergent people. Maybe we are neruodivergent. I don't have enough knowledge to determine that. I just know that I like places like this in the video and since I live in Wisconsin, USA, I have access. Last week I went to a small nature preserve after a snowfall (2 to 3 inches at most) when the paths had melted. I saw 4 or 5 does in the distance, a buck not 3 yards from me on the path (huge and kind of scary, had it decided to suddenly run anywhere in my direction), a doe a few feet from me who started walking toward me looking for food, I assume, and maybe 15-20 bucks running behind me about 30, 40 yards? away. Deer. everywhere. It was magical. I'm so blessed to be living here where there is so much just...NATURE...all around. I grew up in southern California.
Great topic to talk about,thank you 🙏💗💫
Hi Molly,
Your videos are lovely, & I so enjoy them. I share your values, as well, & your suggestions have been quite helpful. Just wanted to thank you! (LTB, age 78)
You are spot-on when it comes to the news. They revel in the "doom and gloom", and spin even the soft news into something catastrophic. I distinctly remember hearing a story stating that "the way you are eating tomatoes could be harming you!!"
Unless you're eating them when they are rotten, I think we are all pretty safe there.
Excellent video Molly and it's good to be outside with nature. I am planning what I will be growing this gardening season and started to prepare the ground. Love 🥰 the video and love 💕 Molly.
Thank you! 😊
Hey Molly, another incredibly amazing video! One I am positive will resonate with many; it’s certainly touched my heart. Your videos make me feel home, at peace and so calm and confident in who I am ❤ Thankyou!
I wonder whether you would be at all interested in sharing some of your top all time favourite books; content/intentional reading or talk material, and tv/movies that bring you joy? For me I am absolutely loving Sarah Blondin material atm but honestly I would love some recommendations from yourself and like minded souls 🌻
Thank you lovely, I makes me so happy to hear this 😊. I will make a note to share some more recommendations. I do share some weekly favourites in my newsletter, which you can subscribe to using the link in my description (in case you weren't aware) 😊💚
Very healthy life❤
Just discovered your channel. Absolutely wonderful. Now a fan and I take great comfort in your approach to life ❤
Thanks for sharing
Very honest vlog..I can relate a lot..Thanku x
I ALWAYS mute the adverts! 😅 I feel seen 👌🏻☺️
I enjoy your channel topics and insights. As a highly sensitive person, I definitely can relate to this particular video. Thank you so much for sharing.
BTW, I decided to try Aura. I just began my trial a few days ago. I love it! Thanks!
Aw I'm so glad you find value in my content and hope you enjoy Aura! 😊💚