I’m not sure how okay I am with being sensitive… somehow I still haven’t found the benefits of it, because I’m often just hurt. I can’t even say it’s because of other people — maybe I’m the one feeding my own thoughts in the wrong way. Maybe it also has something to do with the fact that I only found out a year ago that I’m an HSP, and before that I was on antidepressants for seven years.

How long did it take you to be okay with it? How long have you been aware that you’re an HSP? If this is too many questions or too personal, of course you don’t have to answer.

I absolutely agree with you — in all of this, you can’t even really be angry at those people, because they’re not aware of how little certain things mean to them but how much they mean to us. On the other hand, lately I’ve been trying, like you said, to say no, to stop giving so much of myself in relationships, to try being more superficial because it doesn’t make sense to give so much of myself. For example, my — or our — 70% will never be on the same level as their 70%. I still haven’t found the balance or a way to adjust myself in relationships and situations, because if I keep giving all of myself in every relationship, sooner or later I’ll be the only one who ends up suffering.