Oh this makes perfect sense. And it isnt neccessarily the parents fault per se (look at me defending Dad lol) but it might develop whats already a neural setting. Like a training. I liked what @metametheus said about how HSP could be valued in a tribe, like a warning system on the look out for environmental cues. Its all FASCINATING.

I am glad that you, like me, felt better about it when you knew what it was. We arent taught enough brain/psych stuff at school that might help us recognise ourselves (for me a plea for more mindfulness education and training) and thus make us feel a bit more secure about who we are and to know we are not alone. Im also struck by how many people have read this post and recognised it in themselves. Do us online folk feel comfort in online tribes as we have less signals to interpret and can choose to switch off at any point?

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