Welcome to HSP Notes!

I am a Highly Sensitive Person. I have always known this, but I discovered there was a "name" for it, in 1997, and have spent the ensuing years learning all I can about the innate aspects of the trait, about myself, and what it means in my life. Although relatively few people are aware of it, as many as 15% of the population are HSPs. Unfortunately, "being sensitive" carries some incorrect and negative connotations that often lead sensitives to "misdiagnose" themselves, or hide their true nature.

I am hoping this site will serve as not just "a blog," but also as an information resource for HSPs, whether you've just discovered that "Hey! This is ME!" or have been exploring the meaning of "being sensitive" for a long time.

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Saturday, December 28, 2002

Time Flies

It seems that I have "done it again."

I started a blog, but found myself unable to keep up with it. It's not really that I lost interest, because I am still participating in the HSP groups and other activities. But I just lost focus. And all of a sudden, the calendar changed from "before Thanksgiving" to "after Christmas."

And now it will soon be 2003.

I had intended to write at least one entry about HSPs and the Holidays-- since Holiday stress seems to be something many of us deal with. And not that successfully, when tense family dynamics come into play. But it has become too late for that.

I am not going to make any New Year's resolutions, because I don't need to build artificial reasons to beat myself up for failing to live up to my own expectations. In fact, I am not even going to resolve that I will "write regularly" on these pages. Instead, I am just going to acknowledge this as my last entry of the old year, and then wish the world a Happy New Year. Into the void. As if anyone besides myself ever reads this...