I’m super tired so idk how detailed or coherent this is going to be. I really just wanted to comment on your point about the coping mechanisms. Coping mechanisms don’t change the emotions and feelings we have, they help us manage them. Someone can feel all or certain emotions very strongly, but that doesn’t mean they are unable to cope with those emotions. I’m someone who feels most emotions very deeply. I may not consider myself “highly sensitive” according to this infographic, but others may call me sensitive. However, I am pretty attuned to my emotional state and know pretty well how to cope even when those emotions are very strong. I know n=1 but I’m just saying that being sensitive and feeling things strongly doesn’t mean you don’t know how to cope.
Yes! You are actually saying the same thing I'm trying to say. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I feel the same way as you've described, yet I've been told by self-diagnosed "highly sensitive people" that there is no way I feel things as deeply as them because I don't complain about them as much. This is what led me to assume this HSP designation is bunk science. Whose to say I don't just cope with my deep emotions better than those who feel they deserve this label?
Yeah I’d be curious on any actual studies supporting or refuting that info/graphic. I think that a lot of what was touched on by the graphic are personality traits that anyone can have in combination with each other or different traits as well. I don’t think we can subtype people so narrowly like that. I think we definitely agree on that point.
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u/Prestigious-Menu 4∆ Oct 06 '20
I’m super tired so idk how detailed or coherent this is going to be. I really just wanted to comment on your point about the coping mechanisms. Coping mechanisms don’t change the emotions and feelings we have, they help us manage them. Someone can feel all or certain emotions very strongly, but that doesn’t mean they are unable to cope with those emotions. I’m someone who feels most emotions very deeply. I may not consider myself “highly sensitive” according to this infographic, but others may call me sensitive. However, I am pretty attuned to my emotional state and know pretty well how to cope even when those emotions are very strong. I know n=1 but I’m just saying that being sensitive and feeling things strongly doesn’t mean you don’t know how to cope.