Sensitivity Sessions

Accepting Your Sensitivity and Neurodivergence

Episode Summary

We chat about how we can begin to feel okay about being different, especially if we've felt a lot of shame or like an outsider about those differences. We explore how high sensitivity can interact with other forms of neurodivergence and how to begin honing our awareness of how to honor our differences instead of ignoring them or trying to "get over" them.

Episode Notes

In this episode, we cover:

• the broad array of neurotypes within the HSP community
• defining neurodivergence and neurodiversity
• typical challenges of being different and neurodivergent in a neurotypical world
• how trying to live like everyone else can have disastrous consequences
• health challenges that can occur when we aren't honoring our needs as sensitively wired people
• the most common trauma response for HSPs and other neurodivergent folks
• how overstimulation can affect adrenal functioning and cortisol release
• why grief is a normal response along the self-knowledge journey
• the importance of building community
• what can wait on the other side of self-acceptance

Find the transcript here.

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