Trauma Truths for Highly Sensitive People

Want to hear the truth about trauma and high sensitivity?

Listen and share the message. I’m calling BS on the trauma practitioners yelling you that trauma is creating HSP & HSC.

Sure, trauma makes a person more sensitive.

Yes, a highly sensitive child or adult is more likely to be more strongly impacted by trauma.

But the two are independent.

Never let anyone tell you that your high sensitivity is a disorder or an illness or caused by trauma.

If you are highly sensitive, you were born that way, my friend. It is an innate trait.

You can’t change it.
You can’t fix it.
You can’t treat it.
You can’t prevent it.

But who cares?
High sensitivity is an asset. All you have to do is design your life to be compatible with being more sensitive.

Of course, it would be easier if we could all go live in a monastery or in a hut in the mountains [These are my fantasies you can have your own].

Maybe it’s hard to find enough sanctuary and enough peace and quiet and enough downtime in this wild, overstimulating culture most of us are trying to navigate.

You are going to have to take care of you.
You are going to have to change your life if you aren’t thriving.
As Gail, my therapist, always says, turn first to self/inner compassion.

And as Alane always says, It might take some pretty hardcore boundaries with your family and friends and also with yourself.

You got this.💜💜💜

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Alane Freund, MS, MA, is an International Consultant on High Sensitivity (ICHS) and family therapist who helps highly sensitive adults and youth focus on solutions through education, consultation, and speaking. She has developed numerous programs for highly sensitive people and clinicians, including her monthly workshops at Are You Highly Sensitive. She is known for her widely recognized Talk at Google, Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person. Alane Freund can be reached through her website, alanefreund.com.