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You might just be an HSP: https://www.amazon.com/Highly-Sensitive-Person-Thrive-Overwhelms/dp/0806540575/ https://www.amazon.com/Highly-Sensitive-Person-Thrive-
by adamc 6y ago
You might just be an HSP: https://www.amazon.com/Highly-Sensitive-Person-Thrive-Overwhelms/dp/0806540575/ https://www.amazon.com/Highly-Sensitive-Person-Thrive-Overwh...
I've had this problem in many contexts. Some of it stems from childhood circumstances, but it's also that I often read people better than they seemingly know themselves, i.e., noticing anger that they don't think they have. This can cause a lot of stress.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoFrom the about portion of that, it mostly reads like symptoms of people with Schizoid Personality Disorder or Avoidant Personality Disorder. While it can be a good survival trait in the grand scheme of things, culturally in the US it's as useful as being born poor.
- adamc 6y agoIt's pretty different. My kid had it, and there were some things we did early to help him study, but nothing like either of those disorders. It's more tied to very high empathy. However, you do have to learn how to avoid taking on other people's emotional burdens.
- throwaway5232 6y agoWhen people talk about survival traits they are taking an evolutionary perspective not a cultural perspective. In the grand scheme of things poor people are more successful than rich biologically speaking: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-family-income-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-fam...
- mercer 6y agoOr on the autism spectrum. A lot of people with HFA/asperger's would describe their inner experience as very much like 'HSP' even if from the outside they wouldn't be obviously considered so.