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3 Toxic Myths of the Highly Sensitive Person
I’ve never been very fond of labels that attempt to place us into concrete boxes, and I also don’t like to over-identify with the labels that tells us there is something wrong with us.
The danger is, if we overidentify with those labels, they can start to limit our potential and cause us to get stuck in a mindset that tell us what we are, or are not, capable of.
Yet, we all have incredibly unique ways of perceiving and interacting with the world. For this reason, I also value the use of labels, and think they are important when used as a reference point — rather than a way to restrict ourselves.
It’s so important to know that the label of the Highly Sensitivity Person (HSP) is not indicative of a disease or a condition, and it doesn’t attempt to place the HSP into the role of a victim.
We can instead use this information to make sense of the way that HSP experience and process information in the world. We can also empower those who resonate with the traits to celebrate their authentic gifts rather than to become a victim to those traits.
For this reason, I want to dispel some of those myths surround the HSP.
