Hi Ryan! I’ve seen you around substack comments quite a bit - I think we follow a lot of the same writers. I’m an HSP and my oldest is likely one as well and I’m eager to learn more about how to support him better. With regards to the holidays, I was just telling my spouse I want to make Christmas “shorter” this year. I’m already dreading the five week season of special events and stuff around the house that has traditionally started for us the day after Thanksgiving.
PS - Id like to register for the event, but Im not sure if registration page is working. I wasnt able to enter my info - page just reloaded. Thanks for this discussion!
1000% HSP. I love the idea of having a wider aperture (naturally.) This just gave me permission to skip a Halloween party tonight and read a book instead, thank you.
I love this and relate to being an HSP and parent! My child is now 16, but when they were younger, I felt so guilty for feeling so overstimulated much of the time. I'm now reading Katherine May's book "The Electricity of Every Living Thing" which reeeeally resonates. She felt she was an HSP for most of her life until receiving a diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder in midlife (which would now be considered autism.) I was a guest on a podcast recently called Neuroqueering to talk about my new book. I referred to myself as an HSP, and the host said that she considers HSP an ableist way of to say autistic. I have been mulling that over in my own mind since. I'd love to hear your (or anyone's) thoughts on this... the HSP/autism link is something I'm just beginning to learn more about. Thank you for your work and this post.
Hi Ryan! I’ve seen you around substack comments quite a bit - I think we follow a lot of the same writers. I’m an HSP and my oldest is likely one as well and I’m eager to learn more about how to support him better. With regards to the holidays, I was just telling my spouse I want to make Christmas “shorter” this year. I’m already dreading the five week season of special events and stuff around the house that has traditionally started for us the day after Thanksgiving.
PS - Id like to register for the event, but Im not sure if registration page is working. I wasnt able to enter my info - page just reloaded. Thanks for this discussion!
1000% HSP. I love the idea of having a wider aperture (naturally.) This just gave me permission to skip a Halloween party tonight and read a book instead, thank you.
I love this and relate to being an HSP and parent! My child is now 16, but when they were younger, I felt so guilty for feeling so overstimulated much of the time. I'm now reading Katherine May's book "The Electricity of Every Living Thing" which reeeeally resonates. She felt she was an HSP for most of her life until receiving a diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder in midlife (which would now be considered autism.) I was a guest on a podcast recently called Neuroqueering to talk about my new book. I referred to myself as an HSP, and the host said that she considers HSP an ableist way of to say autistic. I have been mulling that over in my own mind since. I'd love to hear your (or anyone's) thoughts on this... the HSP/autism link is something I'm just beginning to learn more about. Thank you for your work and this post.
Thanks for sharing! This is great and made me feel really seen as an HSP.