Thoughts turn into beliefs

Once again HSPs find ourselves in the Land of Definition, where definition translates into thought, into belief, and into life as we know it.

It seems that most writings, documentaries, and people broaching the subject of high sensitivity (and the trait of being a High Sensitive) talk about it as if it’s something that must be fixed. Something that must be dealt with, lessened, freed from. Something that is or has been induced by psychological, emotional, genetic, and physical factors, or a combination of all of these.

While it’s absolutely true that our state of being, which includes our emotional, mental, and physical tendencies, contributes to what we might call our sensitivity quotient, a different approach invites us to embark on a new direction by turning the whole enchilada upside-down.

Until very recently, I had never known anyone who was highly sensitive who considered themselves lucky to be that way. I certainly didn’t. Why would I want to experience everything a hundred times more extremely than everyone else? Feel crazy…out of place…like an alien? I wouldn’t. No one would. Yet it was all I knew. The first time someone suggested to me that my reactions and hyper-sensibilities were so much less—and more—than that, I couldn’t wrap my mind around it. Living with extreme emotional states was all, and everything, I knew how to be. Suddenly, I was being offered the idea that one’s level of sensitivity, by and large, is equal to one’s level of resistance. What???

What is resistance?

Resistance describes the way we walk through life, a constant state where everything feels hard, difficult, unachievable, and one feels powerless.

Freeing ourselves from the energy of resistance

For today, let’s keep it simple by starting with a few language-flipping techniques. I invite you to really listen to yourself as you think each thought and speak each word. Is the energy of what you’re saying propelling you toward more resistance….?

• “I get by/I manage.”
• “I need to change.”
• “I need to get over myself, be normal.”
• “I need to figure it out.” becomes I’m learning how to use my guidance to naturally know what’s in my best interest, and the best interest of all concerned.
• “I am too empathetic/sympathetic/compassionate.”
• “I need to block out/shield from/protect myself from….”

…Or more freedom?

• Every day I’m feeling more comfortable about living my life in alignment.
• I’m processing a different way to transform that feels easy and natural.
• Employing my “psychic octopus” easily allows me to stay in alignment without feeling I’m putting myself at risk.
• Even if I don’t really know who I am yet, I can begin to appreciate that I have the ability to access that knowledge easily.
• Having these wonderful traits allows me to relate to the world easily, because they no longer make me feel dysfunctional.

In a nutshell:

“I wish I had freedom from fear, anxiety, depression, pain, shame, guilt” becomes I have the freedom to live with an open heart without risk, vulnerability, or tension because I have the tools I need.

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