Sensitivity

Sensitivity is the increased ability to perceive, experience, or respond to stimuli, emotions, relationships, and meanings.

Definition

Sensitivity can be a resource because it promotes empathy, subtle observation and deep processing of experiences. It can also increase susceptibility to overload if there is a lack of boundaries, regulation and rest. It is neither a flaw nor an automatic superpower - it requires knowledge of your own permeability and regeneration conditions.

Key ideas

  1. Silniejsze odbieranie bodźców
  2. Empatia
  3. Ryzyko przeciążenia

Practice and life

Write down three situations in which sensitivity helps you and three in which it requires boundary protection. This is a resource usage map.

Common misunderstanding

It is a mistake to shame sensitivity. It is also a mistake to romanticize it without taking care of regulation and rest.

Questions for self-reflection

  • Co moja wrażliwość widzi szybciej niż inni?
  • Co mnie przeciąża?
  • Jakich granic potrzebuje mój układ nerwowy?

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