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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 715628" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I just found this thread. I am definitely HSP. I scored a 21 on their test, when you only need a 14. My sense of smell is ridiculous. On a normal night, I can usually tell you what my upstairs neighbors are cooking each night - through the ceiling!. No one else in the house can. Some nights, like migraine nights or if I have overdone it during the day, I am even more sensitive. So my family will usually ask me "if smells are okay?" each night before they cook anything. Otherwise I spend the night puking. It can get ridiculous. I have been known to have hubby drive me to my parents to spend the night if the smells get too bad. Luckily my parents don't mind. </p><p></p><p>I have always been told I was overly sensitive to emotions, but I thought everyone else fought too much. It seemed that all people did around me was get angry and yell or throw things. It would tie me up in knots, literally. I couldn't eat, would get sick, even if people were just annoyed or tense, it really bothered me. As a kid I learned to vomit silently, not to lose weight but so I didn't have to listen to lectures on how I needed to 'toughen up' and not let people yelling upset me. I also learned to stop those lectures by barfing on the person lecturing me. That was always good for some entertainment value if they really got to me. It was my last resort when I had ENOUGH.</p><p></p><p>Intuition has guided my life in more than a few ways. I trust it. When I was 13 I was sitting on the floor and got the most awful feeling. I was watching tv and I just knew that my world had changed in an awful way. About an hour later the phone rang and I did NOT want my mom to answer it. My Grandpa was dead. Oddly enough, the summer before, I knew it would be the last time I saw him. I think he did to. He wasn't sick then, but he got me up in the middle of the night to go pretend to fish off the dock in his backyard. He told me he didn't want me to go to his funeral because he did not want me to see him like that. He died a few months later. </p><p></p><p>When my grandma on the other side died, I had just been to visit her. I was there when she went into the hospital the last time. I knew, deep down, it was the last time. No one believed me when I said it was the last time. I managed to sneak past the nuns at the hospital for one last visit and I saw my Gpa N sitting by her side, holding her hand. He died before I was born, but I knew who he was. I called my parents and told them it would be in the next 2 days. They told me to get back to college. I flew to college, was there for 6 hours, and went to the airport to fly out for my Grandma's funeral. </p><p></p><p>I have often had feelings about things and then ended up being correct. Usually no one but my husband believes me. Often my parents yell at me for not telling them before the bad thing happens, especially if my brother has a bad consequence. It is infuriating and heartbreaking. It makes me not tell anyone but my husband, usually. I will try to guide my kids, but if they won't listen, they won't listen. Esp now that they are adults, well thank you is almost an adult. </p><p></p><p>Do any of you find that people get angry with you over your intuition, especially if you are correct? If you warn them that a bad thing will happen if they don't do/change something, they choose to not listen, then it is somehow your fault that the bad thing happens? That is the pattern with my family that has driven me to just shut up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 715628, member: 1233"] I just found this thread. I am definitely HSP. I scored a 21 on their test, when you only need a 14. My sense of smell is ridiculous. On a normal night, I can usually tell you what my upstairs neighbors are cooking each night - through the ceiling!. No one else in the house can. Some nights, like migraine nights or if I have overdone it during the day, I am even more sensitive. So my family will usually ask me "if smells are okay?" each night before they cook anything. Otherwise I spend the night puking. It can get ridiculous. I have been known to have hubby drive me to my parents to spend the night if the smells get too bad. Luckily my parents don't mind. I have always been told I was overly sensitive to emotions, but I thought everyone else fought too much. It seemed that all people did around me was get angry and yell or throw things. It would tie me up in knots, literally. I couldn't eat, would get sick, even if people were just annoyed or tense, it really bothered me. As a kid I learned to vomit silently, not to lose weight but so I didn't have to listen to lectures on how I needed to 'toughen up' and not let people yelling upset me. I also learned to stop those lectures by barfing on the person lecturing me. That was always good for some entertainment value if they really got to me. It was my last resort when I had ENOUGH. Intuition has guided my life in more than a few ways. I trust it. When I was 13 I was sitting on the floor and got the most awful feeling. I was watching tv and I just knew that my world had changed in an awful way. About an hour later the phone rang and I did NOT want my mom to answer it. My Grandpa was dead. Oddly enough, the summer before, I knew it would be the last time I saw him. I think he did to. He wasn't sick then, but he got me up in the middle of the night to go pretend to fish off the dock in his backyard. He told me he didn't want me to go to his funeral because he did not want me to see him like that. He died a few months later. When my grandma on the other side died, I had just been to visit her. I was there when she went into the hospital the last time. I knew, deep down, it was the last time. No one believed me when I said it was the last time. I managed to sneak past the nuns at the hospital for one last visit and I saw my Gpa N sitting by her side, holding her hand. He died before I was born, but I knew who he was. I called my parents and told them it would be in the next 2 days. They told me to get back to college. I flew to college, was there for 6 hours, and went to the airport to fly out for my Grandma's funeral. I have often had feelings about things and then ended up being correct. Usually no one but my husband believes me. Often my parents yell at me for not telling them before the bad thing happens, especially if my brother has a bad consequence. It is infuriating and heartbreaking. It makes me not tell anyone but my husband, usually. I will try to guide my kids, but if they won't listen, they won't listen. Esp now that they are adults, well thank you is almost an adult. Do any of you find that people get angry with you over your intuition, especially if you are correct? If you warn them that a bad thing will happen if they don't do/change something, they choose to not listen, then it is somehow your fault that the bad thing happens? That is the pattern with my family that has driven me to just shut up. [/QUOTE]
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