In short, you do not have to take the job that will create excessive stress and overarousal. Someone else will take it and flourish in it. You do not have to work long hours. Indeed, it may be your duty to work shorter ones. It may not be best to advertise it, but keeping yourself healthy and in your right range of arousal is the first condition for helping others. Elaine N. Aron
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  1. Even without overt sexual abuse, all young women are known to experience a descent into low self-esteem at puberty, probably as they realize their role as sexual objects. The highly sensitive girl will sense all the implications even more and make self-protection a higher priority....
  2. With sensitive children, physical blows or traumas aren't required to make them afraid of the dark.
  3. As adults, HSPs tend to have just the right personalities for inner work and healing. Generally speaking, your keen intuition helps you uncover the most important hidden factors. You have greater access to your own unconscious and so a greater sense of others' and how...
  4. Make good boundaries your goal. They are your right, your responsibility, your greatest source of dignity.
  5. You were born to be among the advisors and thinkers, the spiritual and moral leaders for your society. There is every reason for pride.
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