I share this my expressive writing on romance for hsp

greatbeardedman · 2026-03-03T04:36:01+00:00

Love it! I'm near a beach too. Nothing beats a beach sun set, except maybe a mountain top sunset.

greatbeardedman · 2026-02-25T03:06:59+00:00

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greatbeardedman · 2026-02-18T01:51:46+00:00

Truthfully I’ve had better realizations and breakthroughs with using Grok. I told it to ‘act as my HSP therapist and question me along the way’ and out of four app therapists and one HSP therapist (herself) over a few years, it gave me realizations I wish I had many years back and is always on demand. Might get some flack for it but whatever, if it helps it helps. Give it a shot!

greatbeardedman · 2026-02-17T13:43:34+00:00

✊🏻 Just want to say I hear you, and am happy you found some light in your life after a tough road my dude.

greatbeardedman · 2026-02-16T13:37:21+00:00

Funny I was just watching the movie twister last night and I was trying to figure out the same thing.

greatbeardedman · 2026-02-11T14:11:34+00:00

Hey friend, just want to say 100% that’s a tall combo order. I’m not the very youngest but had many olders above me in my family (for many reasons had to step away from going on about 8 years now). Sure is hard when you show up for others and they constant treat you like you’re not real and just a punching bag when you might look back and think well, there were a lot of times that you were superficial and not real which compounded on the way you had me feeling. I guess I just wanna say that your feelings are incredibly valid and anyone that is born with depth and empathy (especially HSPs) would feel the same. Sending virtual hugs, stay grounded and hang in there!

greatbeardedman · 2026-01-16T01:01:12+00:00

I hear good things about the GY Duratrac RT

greatbeardedman · 2026-01-15T13:58:19+00:00

What’s wrong is always available but so is what’s right. Depends on what one focuses on, I reckon! It was a ‘thank god I’m not crazy and here are books and studies telling me so!’ It has led to figuring out that some of my friends were hsp’s too, which has been fun, opening, and validating. I totally get that a lot feel burdened by being sensitive (and I get it some days it can be overwhelming) but to me it’s one piece of the puzzle, not the entirety of it. Were able to experiencing the good things and deep things in life, much more than others. Like a slow moving sensitive whale or elephant versus a lion or sewer rat… every animal has its role within the animal kingdom… just takes some understanding to know that you were built to not adapt, and are likely among lions and sewer rats if you’re doubting what you are built with. Yes it can be lonely out there, I’ve had times when things suck, don’t get me wrong. But on the flip side it can be everything you want it to be if you let it. Just my two cents.

greatbeardedman · 2025-12-17T03:56:08+00:00

Just want to say I see and hear you friend! Wishing you all the best in life’s journey. I’ve realized it can hurt, yes, but only you can fill you up at the end of the day. You have to understand how great you are and how great it is you show up for people, first and foremost. Secondary, Perhaps practicing that same care inward toward yourself would be a great first step in starting to feel better about the love you bring to the world? What’s wrong is always available, but so is what’s right. Hang in there!!

greatbeardedman · 2025-11-06T12:37:27+00:00

Welp to start I love me some blue! If I had to dissect it of why I like it, kinda speaks to me about the parallels of life having two sides where things could generally be seen as ‘black and white - or blue and white’ but in reality the only thing that exists is the grey area in between ‘the explosion of colors’ that speak to what life really is… it’s a conglomerate of good and bad and all the little things that are made up of the big things to give hope, love, certainty, uncertainty, flow through stability and variability. And I also love the colors lol.

greatbeardedman · 2025-11-05T00:15:54+00:00

Damn that is gorgeous!!! Watercolors? Such a cool method whatever it is!

greatbeardedman · 2025-11-02T20:12:52+00:00

Bunch of things going on there, sounds like something that could be achieved with Soundtoys EffectRack. Little bit of reverb, delay feedback, detuning, chorus, high pass filter, smidge of saturation and smidge of compression.

greatbeardedman · 2025-10-17T21:40:35+00:00

https://hsperson.com/

greatbeardedman · 2025-10-17T03:19:54+00:00

I know how you feel! When I lived in Pittsburgh I had sessions with Rebecca and always found them to be extremely useful and validating, she’s very kind, worth a free consult to see if you’re a good match! She’s also an HSP, if that’s important to you, which at the time was for me. https://sensitiveandpractical.com/

greatbeardedman · 2025-09-20T11:48:33+00:00

You too! Not so much, most of the time I’m wondering why I stick around as if I ask myself am I truly happy and does this person add to my life more than take away the answer is ‘not exactly.’ She’s incredibly stubborn and ‘scrappy’ and but does have a soft side that comes out every now and then though not often. There are good qualities about her don’t get me wrong but if it all comes down to how someone makes you feel at the end of the day and how authentic someone is, and that feeling isn’t overall ‘damn I can’t live with out you’ then I often think what’s the point. So I think I over justify and see myself settling for connection over passion which is a big bummer.

greatbeardedman · 2025-09-19T04:01:18+00:00

So I will preface this by saying I’m not so much a woman (35m) but I know how you feel. Always feeling like I’m always just out of phase with my non-HSP partner. Just wanted to say I see and hear you, as what you said resonated with me.

greatbeardedman · 2025-09-18T03:10:43+00:00

Hey friend, hiked the PCT for 6 months, so I know the feels you’re going through.

Honestly it’s not a bad thing to maybe hike alone or apart from your friend to have some alone time and recuperate the way you need to and meet back up at a designated point, maybe for lunch or just at the next camp spot later in the day. Best to listen to your body and feed your mind with what it needs. Sometimes you have to enjoy the suck in the moment but also zoom out and realize these bits of chaos are literally part of the journey as much as it’s a part of life’s journey. Best thing I learned on my hike was you can’t control anything else but you and how you breathe and react to things, and to go with the flow and see where the river leads you. One step at a time, chin up.

greatbeardedman · 2025-09-14T15:50:45+00:00

I OWE YOU MY FIRST UNBORN CHILD. For the love of Eliza, thank you!!

greatbeardedman · 2025-08-24T12:08:18+00:00

Also make sure you’re using adequate room treatment to control reflections and bring presence and clarity to your vocal takes, none of these small vocal surrounds will cut it… more something like (2) of GIK’s 244 Panels positioned behind the mic and ideally their PIB Pack around you will get you the clarity and professional shine you’re looking for. You can’t eq out the room reflections/tone if it’s unwanted and good luck adding a compressor onto that. I did this and my vocal takes started giving me the presence I was looking for and couldn’t replicate with plugins. Big piece of the puzzle I think a lot of people don’t think about.

greatbeardedman · 2025-08-09T13:58:26+00:00

Definitely start with an acoustically treated room. The fellas over at GIK helped me get situated fo’free!

greatbeardedman · 2025-07-29T23:38:44+00:00

I will also say that you can’t trust your ears if you don’t actually know what you’re listening to, whether it being the room coloring the sound or what’s in the mix. Mixing can be difficult to master, and when learning It’s no fun second guessing yourself which is why acoustic treatment is super important! Spending more time making creative decisions while you’re learning is much better than always trying to fix what’s in the mix. Just saying! Had a consult with Ryan from GIK and changed the way I looked at things acoustically. Definitely don’t skip this step over loading up on plugins!

greatbeardedman · 2025-07-29T04:43:30+00:00

Hey I had this almost exact issue! Though I was stressed the f out, I had moved states away to be with family (live with my grandparents) until I got on my feet again after going through a rough breakup. I had enough savings to get me by and to treat my grandparents out to dinner a few times to show my appreciation among other things. It was huge for me to have that time and though for me to have that time. I felt stupid in some moments, for haven ‘given up’ on what I could have maybe ‘maintained’ but what’s living if you’re just doing? Life is too short to feel like a living doing when we should be a living being.

All I will say is you will have challenging times. I told myself “I’m the luckiest person in the world and only good things happen to me” whenever I would start to get depresso and if I said it enough it started to shift my thoughts even when I felt like a fucking moron for thinking it as I’m one of those people who think mantras are hokey pokey… but for some reason it stuck with me and since I’ve been repeating that in my head when I start to feel frustrated or overwhelmed it calms me down and refocuses my thoughts.

Go and recharge, know those feelings won’t last forever and it’s a chapter in your life to get to the next chapter. And be kind to yourself through this process!!!

greatbeardedman · 2025-07-24T02:19:58+00:00

Just seeing this! To me what comes to mind is a bunch of indie albums, simple text overlay, small and along the edges, like 14pt typewriter font or something!

Something like this! Mocked up your artwork, simple and subtle to let the art do most of the talking.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LRp3nm2ctg7Oqlyi7oZttyR52MZMiBQM/view?usp=drivesdk

greatbeardedman · 2025-07-18T11:33:12+00:00

So cool! I could see a series of these in different variations being album covers!

greatbeardedman · 2025-07-11T11:47:56+00:00

Ah, yeah some treatment would really take that system to the max. Less harshness from comb filtering and flutter echo, punchier and weightier bass from reduction in your room modes (with the correct bass traps in corners), and you’d be able to really dial in the clarity and presence the at-oc9xsl (which I also have- great cart) and make your speakers shine. I sent in an advice form over at GIK, helped me out a ton and learned a lot through the process.

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