How to STOP Overthinking as a Highly Sensitive Person

As a Highly Sensitive Person, we know that our depth of processing is more advanced than that of other people. What this means is we think deeply. We process a multitude of stimuli around us like sounds, smells, colors, and the energies of other people. With the ability to absorb things and examine them deeply could come to worry, stress, and overthinking.

Since thinking deeply does not equal overthinking it is a stepping stone towards it if you are not aware of your own power.

Most HSPs tend to have a high level of empathy. They tend to worry about others and go on the verge of having people-pleasing tendencies. HSPs are also inclined to be perfectionists. We never want to make “bad” decisions. We also tend to overthink which decision to make in fear of making a wrong one.

One of the hardest things as a Highly Sensitive Person is that we were often not understood growing up. We had no one to tell us that what we were feeling and experiencing inside was normal. We had no one to tell us that we were highly sensitive. Instead of feeling connected and equal we often felt different and that something was wrong with us.

HOW THE HSP BRAIN WORKS

Understanding how the brain of an HSP works is essential to understand why you tend to overthink. It will also…