Absorbing Other People’s Emotions: What’s Really Happening
Absorbing Other People’s Emotions What’s Really Happening If you are sensitive, you probably recognize this immediately. You walk into a room and suddenly feel tension.You talk to someone who is upset, and hours later their emotion still lives in your body.You leave work exhausted, not because of what you did, but because of what you […]
Emotional Alignment: Emotions as Signals, Not as Problems
Emotional Alignment Emotions as Signals, Not as Problems For many people, emotions feel like something that gets in the way of life. They interrupt focus.They complicate decisions.They feel overwhelming, irrational, or inconvenient. So we try to control them. To suppress them. To analyze them away. But what if emotions are not the problem at all?What […]
The Missing Insight for Helping HSPs: Understanding Energetic Dynamics
The Missing Insight for Helping HSPs: Understanding Energetic Dynamics Sensitive to Energy: The Energetic Body of HSPs During my weekly online autism consultation, a description of a counselling session at a care farm caught my attention, and I feel the need to shed some light on it. I’ll break down, section by section. The Protective […]
Head or Heart?
head or heart? Where do your insights come from? Struggling to understand if your insights come from your heart or head? I often see people struggling and deliberating whether their insights originate from their head or their heart. Those who grapple with this dilemma usually hold strong beliefs about the merits and flaws of each. […]
The Difference Between Emotions And Feelings
The Difference Between Emotions And Feelings What is the difference between emotions and feelings? This is a question I am frequently asked. I’m not fond of answering this one because in a way it doesn’t really matter and could also lead to confusion. As human beings, we have a physical body in which we walk […]
Understanding Emotions Stemming From Childhood
Understanding Emotions Stemming From Childhood Question: Due to my complex PTSD, my emotions constantly lead me astray. I become completely overwhelmed and fall back into emotions related to past events that no longer exist. I’ve had therapy after therapy. In my mind, I know these emotions stem from my childhood, and yet I keep falling […]
Understanding Emotional Empathy: Do HSPs Absorb Emotions from Others?
Understanding Emotional Empathy: Do HSPs Absorb Emotions from Others? Question: I often hear that HSPs (Highly Sensitive Persons) absorb and take on emotions from others. Every time I hear or read this, I think, ‘that’s not true.’ In my experience (as an HSP myself), I do feel the energy of others, but it’s not like […]
Primary Emotions or Basic Emotions?
Primary Emotions or Basic Emotions? The Debate on Basic Emotions How many emotions are fundamentally present in humans? The field of psychology has written extensively about this, but there is no unanimous consensus on the exact number. The same goes for how to classify them: are they basic emotions or primary emotions? Some argue that […]
Emotions: To Express or Not to Express?
Emotions: To Express or Not to Express? There is a prevailing notion that it is important to express all your emotions, as if it were a remedy for dealing with them in a healthy way. However, I would like to introduce some nuances to this idea. If we were to spread all our dissatisfaction, anger, […]
