Do you ever feel fragile as an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person)? Like if there’s one more thing, one more comment, one more noise, one more challenge or upset… I’ll break, I’ll collapse, I’ll cease to be?

I can relate. I have days when I feel that way, but the difference from ten years ago is that I no longer judge myself or see myself as weak/ less than/ less capable than others around me. This video is part of my series: “30 Things I wish I would have known earlier as an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person)” and what I wish I would have known is that these kinds of days, when I feel particularly sensitive/ fragile/ vulnerable, will always come around and that they are completely normal -for everyone.

But as it goes with our highly sensitive trait, we feel these days a lot more deeply and we also tend to judge them as particularly bad, because we often interpret them as a sign of validating the fear that there is actually something wrong with us, that we are weaker, we are less capable as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Over the course of my spiritual journey and personal development journey, I have worked relentlessly to become stronger, more resilient, more accepting and loving of myself and who I truly am.

And I have made peace with who I am and found ways to take the best parts of being an HSP and soar & develop strategies for how to navigate the challenging parts of being a Highly Sensitive Person.

I am a highly emotional Being, and one of my toughest challenges as an HSP was how to be ok with my own emotions, the depth and breadth of my emotions, but most of all the intensity and all consuming/ blinding nature of particularly dark emotions. Once I had gotten quite good at deliberately changing my state/shifting my emotions to a positive, inspiring, empowering, uplifting, exciting, passionate, creative state, I got so used to feeling so good in those kinds of emotions that it also became more painful to not be in that state, to feel dis-empowered and lacking in creativity, inspiration, excitement, passion, drive, power, strength…

I began to fear those darker emotions, which we feel particularly deeply as Highly Sensitive People (HSPs). And even when I had shown myself time and time again that I was indeed ok in those darker emotions and could actually deliberately lift myself out of them, I was still contemplating often how I could avoid this freak out moment when I felt I had lost or gotten knocked out of a state of flow, connection, inspiration, creativity, empowerment.

Do you ever feel this as an HSP? “How do I NOT freak out when I’ve lost my inspiration, my happiness, my sense of ease and wellbeing/ feeling connected? What if I never find it again?”

If so, definitely make sure you go download my FREE Guide on how to handle your emotions, it will help you tremendously: https://www.healingyouremotions.com/shift

Two helpful points I talk about in the video: -acknowledge life is cyclical, you’re not always going to be in kickass mode, in get things done mode, in attack mode, in feeling inspired and ready to flow mode… You will have days (especially as an HSP) when you need to recharge, when you need to draw inwards, when you need to contemplate and be still. Your body is just giving you the queues to take that time, to collect your energies, to rest, nurture & gather your strength.

-Is it actually YOUR feeling or are you feeling/ processing the Energies of the World/ those around you? We are deep feelers as Highly Sensitives! And we can learn how to quickly process our own emotions and check in to see that what I’m feeling is actually about me and my life!

I finish the video giving my wonderful fellow Highly Sensitives (HSPs) a few tips in how to manage feeling vulnerable/ fragile/ sensitive!