The technique HSPs need to wring out their psychic sponge<\/h1>\n

Part 1<\/h1>\n

We’ve talked about the Psychic Octopu<\/a>s. The Psychic Sponge is really the precursor to that whole topic.<\/p>\n

I love the analogy of the Psychic Sponge<\/em> because it\u2019s so easy to visualize and understand. Particularly for all of us good ol\u2019 HSPs looking for transformative tools and techniques. No!<\/em> Not to transform into someone different. To transform into who we really are!<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got to start somewhere, right? Well, the psychic sponge is the perfect place.<\/p>\n

Transformation starts with transference and transcendence. Today we’re hitting up the “transference” part of the equation.<\/h2>\n

As you know, being an HSP makes you seem\/feel different from a lot of other people. At least that\u2019s what they\u2019d like you to think. More people are highly sensitive than anyone realizes because so many of us try\u2014and often manage\u2014to hide it so well behind their shields of logic. We hide our fears, our loneliness, our anxiety, our worry, our feelings of overwhelm, and our generalized belief that we\u2019re simultaneously too much and not enough, whatever the context. In my world, even scientists, statisticians, and engineers, and those who stress objectivity and facts are not capable of separating out their human natures from their work. In fact, from what I\u2019ve seen, these people are often on the HSP spectrum<\/a> . . . big time!<\/p>\n

Ever notice their tendency toward antisocial behavior, bluntness, abruptness, isolation, lack of empathy? It may not look like our own specific HSP-isms, but they are just as powerful in the effect they have. Because the more discomfort experienced, the more shutting down occurs. Work in the lab alone all day instead of visiting with friends? Easy choice! Focus on what I do best rather than feel constantly out of place? Why bother asking!<\/em><\/p>\n

No matter who you are or what you do, your level of discomfort starts and ends with the level of discomfort or comfort you have within yourself. But it also has to do with the discomfort that comes from being a psychic sponge.<\/p>\n

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