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Is it possible to go from sensitive to not so sensitive?
Being so sensitive does not allow you to function as well as other people. Things that get people down for a day, gets you down for weeks or even months.
If it's not possible to turn off high sensitivity then how does one use their high sensitivity for gain?
According to random youtube videos and quora posts, high sensitivity is a "superpower" which makes you creative and gives you the ability to "read" people.
Does this mean if someone who's sensitive starts creative endeavours they will be better than average?
I'm a sensitive person and I've found ways to live with it. I won't go as far as the YouTubers and say it's a superpower, but it doesn't have to be a debilitating handicap either.
The biggest thing for me was working directly with my emotions and bodily sensations, first with somatic meditation and then Internal Family Systems therapy. An easy trap to fall into as a sensitive person is to develop a fear of your own strong emotions. IFS helped me see that my feelings are actually trying to do something helpful, even if they don't know the best way to do it, and that I can negotiate better ways for them to express themselves.
I'm spending something like 15-60 minutes per day working with my emotions, which is a lot of time for maintenance work that normal people don't seem to need to do much of. But hey, it beats being an anxious wreck like I used to.
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