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Highly Sensitive People and Familial Relationships
Boundaries are general rules around what you need to feel comfortable while interacting with another person. This involves defining your limits and values, being able to communicate them to others, and being able to respond in a healthy manner when others do not respect your boundaries.
Highly Sensitive People and Everyday Life
Ideally, in day-to-day life, you experience enough stimulation to me motivated and engaged with what you are doing but not so much that you are overwhelmed, anxious, or shut down. Not all stress is bad, and in fact stress can be beneficial when it activates or stimulates the central nervous system just enough to help you complete a task. Overstimulation occurs when stress impairs functioning. This is subjective and unique to each person.
Highly Sensitive People vs. Introverts, Extroverts, and Empaths
While many HSPs identify as introverts (about 70 percent), the HSP trait and introversion/extroversion measure different things. The HSPs sensory sensitivity looks at how information is processed while introversion/extroversion looks at where one puts their attention and from where they draw their energy.
