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[terrier3]

On 3/21/2015 moonstone dunes said:

The original thread is still up with the discussion about the definition of a HSP and there is a short test posted - I reposted below I can't recall the post #. 27 questions.

HSP is a personality trait, not mental illness or disorders.

The Myers-Briggs evaluation is another similar test.

HSP:

http://hsperson.com/

I just took the test...a score of 14 or more means you are highly sensitive - I scored a FOUR!!!

[moonstone dunes]

On 3/21/2015 terrier3 said:

On 3/21/2015 moonstone dunes said:

The original thread is still up with the discussion about the definition of a HSP and there is a short test posted - I reposted below I can't recall the post #. 27 questions.

<em>HSP is a personality trait, not mental illness or disorders.</em>

The Myers-Briggs evaluation is another similar test.

HSP:

http://hsperson.com/

I just took the test...a score of 14 or more means you are highly sensitive - I scored a FOUR!!!

I scored a 12, I hate scratchy fabrics and I get overwhelmed in NYC (loud noises, sirens)

I would have been off the charts as a kid.

I think Myers-Briggs is a good one too.

[occasionalrain]

If 14 is highly sensitive then 7 would be neither sensitive nor insensitive, below 7 would be insensitive, even lower, highly insensitive.

[terrier3]

On 3/21/2015 occasional rain said: If 14 is highly sensitive then 7 would be neither sensitive nor insensitive, below 7 would be insensitive, even lower, highly insensitive.

That isn't how it was scored.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

On 3/21/2015 adelle38 said:

On 3/21/2015 terrier3 said:

On 3/21/2015 YorkieonmyPillow said:

I have a confession to make: I touched someone without "permission" yesterday. I was talking to a lady in a store about something amusing, and I touched her arm....

No charges were filed!

Good for you....it's all in your "technique"...I'm sure you did it in a friendly manner!!!

I'm glad you ladies find this amusing but to a survivor of abuse being touched suddenly by someone you don't know or barely know isn't a laughing matter. Just because terrier's coworker, according to her, carried it to an extreme, it doesn't make it OK.

This thread isn't about abuse. Clearly, there was no abuse during the incident.

[hckynut]

Shaking? Sorry, I do not remember the "original" thread on this topic.

[terrier3]

On 3/21/2015 YorkieonmyPillow said:

On 3/21/2015 adelle38 said:

I'm glad you ladies find this amusing but to a survivor of abuse being touched suddenly by someone you don't know or barely know isn't a laughing matter. Just because terrier's coworker, according to her, carried it to an extreme, it doesn't make it OK.

This thread isn't about abuse. Clearly, there was no abuse during the incident.

If you find a touch difficult to allow in a friendly or helpful circumstance...I have to wonder if you are a "survivor" of abuse. It sounds as if you still have many unresolved issues and may need some outside counseling to learn how to interact in the world.

I am not saying this to be flippant or to deny your pain when being touched on the arm or tapped on the shoulder in a friendly manner. But no one deserves to have to remain in that state of hypersensitivity...you need to continue your healing process to be able to accept friendly gestures.

[goodstuff]

This entire thread appears to be populated by ""highly sensitive people"". Think I'd rather go play somewhere else........

[Moonchilde]

On 3/20/2015 terrier3 said:

On 3/20/2015 4KICKS said:

Terrier3:

Your experience has me just shaking my head. I am so glad I am now out of the working world. There are words I would use to describe your former co-worker, but not here. I admire your patience and how you handled the situation.

Wow, just wow.

Based on what this OP is going through - and my personal experience - "highly sensitive" appears to be a code word for bi-polar, schizophrenic, or just plain batty...

On 3/20/2015 terrier3 said:

On 3/20/2015 4KICKS said:

Terrier3:

Your experience has me just shaking my head. I am so glad I am now out of the working world. There are words I would use to describe your former co-worker, but not here. I admire your patience and how you handled the situation.

Wow, just wow.

Based on what this OP is going through - and my personal experience - "highly sensitive" appears to be a code word for bi-polar, schizophrenic, or just plain batty...

Thank you so much for continuing to pass on incorrect information and insults wbout something you appear to know nothing about, or are determined to misinterpret.

Anyone who is interested enough in the trials and tribulations of being HSP can read the other thread (all of it) to get some insight into what it *actually* is. What it is NOT is a person with various mental illnesses that the ignorant and uncaring can just tack the "highly sensitive" label onto, nor are they just obnoxious people looking for an excuse to be treated specially. They are people whom others walk among and work among daily without ever knowing it. They are of above average intelligence.

Since the previous thread was full of willfully uninformed bashers who wanted to believe what they'd already made up their minds to believe, I don't expect this thread will be any different - nor is it intended to be, methinks. So this is my only say on the matter. Bash away.

[Moonchilde]

On 3/21/2015 GoodStuff said:

This entire thread appears to be populated by ""highly sensitive people"". Think I'd rather go play somewhere else........

What a great idea.