The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive and Thrive When The World Overwhelms You

A must read for every sensitive person

Great read for HSP’s or not. Better understanding one another is always a positive :)

Wunderbares Buch, kann ich eigentlich jedem Empfehlen

Gründlich recherchiertes und fundiertes Standardwerk aus den Neunziger Jahren von Elaine N. Aron, die selbst HSP ist.Einige Fakten schockieren mich, z.B.:In den Neunziger Jahren wurden in den USA fast die Hälfte der Kinder von "nicht adäquaten" Eltern aufgezogen. (Ich weiß nicht, ob diese Zahlen auf Europa/ Deutschland übertragbar sind bzw. ob es hier ähnliche Erhebungen gibt?) Eine mögliche Folge ist, dass diese Kinder kein Urvertrauen bilden können und bindungsgestört sind.

Gutes Buch

I resonated with almost every answer on the test, confirming my high sensitivity. The first chapter was a relief, as it pinpointed the struggles I've faced. However, the rest of the book didn't connect with me. Much of it felt irrelevant and unhelpful for my situation. While it started strong, it lacked the practical advice I was hoping for.

hilfreich

Every HSP, medical Professional or leader should read it

Ich bin sehr beeindruckt von der Tiefe dieses Buches. Toll recherchiert, toll geschrieben!

Wow, this book really helps to understand the highly sensitive traits we may have in ourselves and those around us. If you think you have such traits, this book can help with the healing from a society filled with less than sensitive people who have purposely or inadvertently caused pain in your life and the world at large.

Very delayed shipping over a month. I almost cancelled this book. Lucky to them I really needed it.Seller replies so late on shipping follow up. Book material was so thin papercopy it is!I am happy with the content of the book though. Price is reasonable same as other books i bought. Lots of information and knowledge learned about HSP.

E' un testo che apre nuovi orizzonti in ambito psico-emozionale. Coraggioso, scritto da chi ha sofferto e per chi sta soffrendo a sentire questa frase ripetuta più volte nel corso della sua vita: "Troppo sensibile, che brutta vita che fa!" Scritto per aiutare chi si isola a causa della sua alta sensibilità, vivendola come un handicap e non come una grande opportunità.

This is an amazing book. It explains me in a comprehensive way that no other book on my self-help journey has quite been able to. Not only am I highly sensitive, I am also score highly on sensation seeker traits. This explains a lot. I found the book to be so on the mark and insightful it was at times uncomfortable. Like many highly sensitive people, I have attempted to deny my sensitivity due to being told off for it as a child and people trying to correct it out of me or put me down for it like I was doing it on purpose and like it was something I was able to change. This book is very supportive and gives practical tips on how to handle the prejudice people like me have and do face in a non-highly sensitive culture. The only trouble for me with it was that even though the author promotes the good qualities inherent in the trait, I did find it hard to deal with the fact that I cannot ever change this about myself. I know it's all about self acceptance... but having pretended not to be so sensitive all my life, felt like it was something to deny if 'accused' of being that way... and being brought up to believe I could change this about myself... well it's made me feel a bit bleak in spite of the author's positivity about the specialness of the trait. On the one hand it's good to know that there is nothing wrong with me. But on the other hand I think I preferred thinking there was something wrong with me because that gave me hope that I could be fixed. Anyway, I thought others should be aware of that possibility in reading the book, not to put them off reading it, but instead to prepare them that they may need good support from loving caring people around them while coming to terms with certain key ideas in the book. Having said all that, I think it was essential reading in my case. I also found it so useful and good to read that I immediately bought the author's other book The Highly Sensitive Person In Love. I feel like these books are giving me what I kept trying to get from my mother, who loves me very much but is not highly sensitive herself and has been baffled by my troubles through life and despite her desire to help has not been able to offer me advice that works for me or relates to my experience of life. This book has been a Godsend from that point of view. I wish I had been told that I was hyper-sensitive, etc by people who didn't tell me off for it or always mention it as a negative thing. I wish I had read these books when I was 18 and starting to feel a bit alienated from people, I think it would have saved me from a lot of heartache and also from a breakdown I had at that time due to living as if I wasn't highly sensitive. It would have helped me have confidence in refusing to do things that are easy for non-highly sensitive people but traumatic to someone like me. This book heals all the times when I suffered and was told by people around me that I was over-reacting or exaggerating and not helped at times when I needed it the most as a result, simply because my experience differed from theirs in similar situations.If anyone has ever called you hyper-sensitive (*and especially if they have ever called you 'too-sensitive' which is even more critical and rejecting) then you need to read this book. Think of it this way, it's as if you are a cat who has been raised by dogs right now. You need to know that you are a cat, not a loser-dog. It's time to start rewarding our own strengths and appreciating ourselves and to stop trying to pretend we are the same as non-sensitive types despite all the pressure on us to conform to that ideal... or we can all just move to Sweden :-)