Archive for the ‘shame’ Category
My Alopecia
Posted by: HSP Woman on: June 18, 2007
When I was 12, I started a new school. It was hell. All the other kids had been together since kindergarten; I was an outsider. Somehow, I eventually became a member of the so-called popular group (as unpopular as I was). Thinking back, I am sure it was because I helped the others with their [...]
Passion du jour
Posted by: HSP Woman on: April 23, 2007
- In: anxiety | chronic stress | depression | external validation | highly sensitive person | HSP | mental health | scanners | shame
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Maybe I’m dating myself, but does anyone remember the television show “Square Pegs”? The early 1980′s sitcom with Sarah Jessica Parker? Anyway, I can relate. For most of my life I have felt like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. Unlike Sarah Jessica, however, I appear to have accomplished my task. [...]
Thinking Outside the Box
Posted by: HSP Woman on: March 30, 2007
Thinking outside the box is a cliché or catchphrase used to refer to looking at a problem from a new perspective without preconceptions, sometimes called a process of lateral thought… (Wikipedia). I had my first huge panic attack one month after turning 21. That was 18 years ago. This blog is about my struggle to [...]
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