5 Common Traits of Highly Sensitive People

~Seeing a little bit of the reason for the 'difficulty of living'~

Hello.
In the course of consulting with many people every day,
'Why am I so easily hurt?'
'I feel like I'm the only one who is different,' are things I often hear.

That is surely because of your 'sensitivity'.
It might be related.

Sensitivity does not simply mean being 'delicate' or 'sensitive'.
It is
also a sign that your 'soul's antenna' is working well.

This time, I will introduce 5 common traits often seen in such highly sensitive people.
If you think, 'This might be me...'
please do not deny yourself, but accept it.

1. Very sensitive to the air and atmosphere

When the atmosphere of a place is tense,
don't you find your heart immediately feeling heavy or anxious?

Highly sensitive people have the power to feel
the invisible 'energy of a place' with their skin.
When in crowded places or places where there has been conflict,
they can quickly become exhausted.

This is proof that you have the power to deeply resonate with the 'wavelength of a place'.

2. Feeling other people's emotions as if they were your own

When someone is sad, your own heart aches. When you are near someone who is angry, you become grumpy yourself...
It is also a characteristic of highly sensitive people

that other people's emotions flow into them in that way.
In Buddhism, 'empathy' is considered an important virtue, but

when you suffer from too much empathy, taking a little distance is also an important wisdom.

3. It becomes painful if you don't have time alone

Because highly sensitive people receive a lot of stimulation from their surroundings,
they tend to easily experience 'energy fatigue' unconsciously.

Not talking to anyone, zoning out in nature,
listening to your favorite music,
or putting your hands together in prayer to the Buddha helps reset your heart.

This is not 'running away,' but 'soul recovery'.

4. Being deeply moved or hurt by small things

Being moved by the color of the sky, or feeling like crying at a flower on the roadside. Conversely, being hurt for a long time by a casual remark...
Highly sensitive people have a very large 'receptacle for emotions'.

That is why they can notice the beauty and the pain of the world
more than anyone else.

5. Valuing 'intuition' over logic

They are the type who value what their heart feels as a 'hunch' more than what their head thinks is 'correct'.

While they may be misunderstood by others as 'selfish' or 'illogical,' this is actually a very important sense.
It is the wisdom of the soul, connected to what is called 'intuitive wisdom' in Buddhism.

Your sensitivity is a 'gift'

When you are highly sensitive,
there must be many times in your daily life when you feel distressed.
But that delicacy is also the power to understand someone else's pain and
to love deeply.

And in fact, the themes necessary for our 'soul's growth'
are sometimes hidden within this 'sensitivity'.

First, instead of blaming yourself for it,
try to quietly accept it by saying, 'So that's how it was.'

Next time, I will delve a little deeper into the theme of
'To you who end up carrying the emotions of others'.
Please enjoy your journey of heart and soul at your own pace.

Yoshimasa