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"I received six diagnoses and my first one came when I was was 12 and a lot of [my memoir] Pathological is about that."Author Sarah Fay adds, "I think this is is something we're seeing now with young people on TikTok and Instagram - self-diagnosing but also receiving diagnoses. "My experience taught me to associate emotions like anxiety with pathologies and diagnoses like Generaliz

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): "That dysfunction can give us the message that I am not okay."Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award-winning science journalist and speaker. This audio is from her video interview for the Anxiety Super Conference.She comments about some early experiences:"Because of that household dysfunction, our brains do a couple of really significant things: th

Dr. Cheryl Arutt is a trauma-informed Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Certified EMDR therapist, and specializes in trauma recovery and creative artist issues.“Many people in my practice are actors and performers and people who have a platform.”She finds, “A lot of times people will think that when they achieve a certain level of success, they’ll feel like, Now I’ll

"Sensitive people are more prone to stress because we are picking up so much more information from the internal and external environment."Dr. Natasha Fallahi, a mind-body health expert, functional medicine practitioner, known as “The Sensitive Doctor,” says trauma arises from overwhelm in situations when we can’t fully process and integrate our experiences.Publisher The Shift

Transpersonal Coach and Trainer Jules De Vitto, MAEd, MSc, comments "Although there may be some similarities between the sensory processing challenges experienced by highly sensitive individuals [HSPs] and those with autism, there are some key differences between the two conditions.She finds, "despite the overlap, ASD and HSP can be distinguished from each other based on the resear

“I always felt awkward and shy.” Steven Spielberg“I wouldn’t say I have much of an outgoing personality." Idris Elba“I’m very sensitive in real life.” Jessica ChastainListen to comments by artists, psychologists and others about high sensitivity, as well as introversion and shyness.These are separate experiences that share some qualities, and can overlap and interact

"It is hard to change that feeling flawed piece...it's so seeped into your bones." Julie Bjelland“Trauma results in this belief that we are different, that we’re not enough, that there’s something about us that pushes people away or that we’re too much for other people."Trauma healing specialist Aimie Apigian, MD continues: “And so if they were to truly know us – all pa

"It is hard to change that feeling flawed piece...it's so seeped into your bones because it's your inner child. It's stuff that you learned with a child's brain."⏩ From Episode 195 Feeling Flawed of the HSP and Neurodivergent Podcast.From the original Show Notes:"In this conversation, Julie Bjelland and Willow McIntosh discuss the importance of accepting and embracing sensitivity

“I’ve taken off two months, three months at a time, and, by the end, I get really squirrelly. My night life, my dream life, gets extremely populated and crazed. It’s as though something in there is running all the time. And if it doesn’t get an outlet on the page, it comes out in the dreams.” Stephen King"The thoughts are unstoppable - but so is the music. It comes to me

"Have you heard the statistic that neurodiverse employees are 90 to 140% more productive than non-neurodiverse? Isn't that amazing?" Therapist Julie Bjelland, LMFT from "Episode 192- Embracing Neurodiversity with Julie and Willow" of her HSP and Neurodivergent Podcast. (Follow link to her site & find her Downloadable Guide for Organizations and Individuals under the autism tab.