Over the years, I have been growing, evolving and maturing as a human being. I discovered nuances about myself that I had not realized before.
I have been a highly sensitive person all my life. I can recall as a child crying intensely when certain songs came onto the radio and I heard them. I am not sure why, they just hit something deep within my child soul that just made me wail.
As I have gotten older, I have struggled with depression and anxiety. Mainly, depression was the roadblock in my life I had to overcome and deal with. Being highly sensitive tied into this because my depression episodes exacerbated it so much. I used to feel shame for being overly sensitive and showing it. I wished I could turn it off and just become numb to the world.
Once my depression got under control, I began to realize that actually, my high sensitivity is not something to be ashamed of. It is a cool thing. It helps me exist in this world and learn how to take better care of myself.
My heightened senses give me clues, subtle clues about my environment that most others would not tune into. I can feel if energy in a place or in someone feels off or not right. It leads me to exit a situation that may not be good or beneficial to me after all.
That is one of other numerous examples I have observed over the years in which my high sensitivity is something cool that I have discovered or re-discovered about myself.
Therefore, now that I have learned how to utilize it to my advantage, I decided to keep it and never try to repress it or hide it. Work with it instead. This is my story of one of the coolest things I have ever found and decided to keep.
Maria Mocha
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