A gift for HSPs
A book for "The Highly Sensitive Person"! Recently, I was recommended by Kindle a book, The Highly Sensitive Person. At first sight, I was not impressed with the book at all, but I think I should give it a try. And after reading the author’s note, I really think I should devour it and write something about this book. A poem of mine inspired by Elaine Aron. In this book, Elaine - the author, describes the four core characteristics of a sensitive person with the acronym DOES. D stands for Depth of processing. Meaning that a sensitive person will process information in depth. They will associate their problems in a comparative way, for example, they will automatically rewind their conversations with someone a day, a week, or even a few months ago. Then they start comparing, stringing events and thinking about what the other person's statement means, why the other person behaves the way he/she does. O or Overstimulation. Sensitive people are easily excited, enthusiastic, bu...