tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post5477365494559022270..comments2019-11-04T16:14:25.110+00:00Comments on My life in things: One thing that happenedGreatSheElephanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post-64761829179909481022015-01-02T17:09:02.998+00:002015-01-02T17:09:02.998+00:00The HSP book blew me away when I read it in 2007. ...The HSP book blew me away when I read it in 2007. For the first time I could say 'I'm just like this' instead of 'I'm weird and different and possibly broken'. It helped me a lot. Nowadays I tend to explain it as 'overly absorbent' rather than 'highly sensitive' which does sound a bit wanky. I too find the overlap with autism fascinating. Of all the people I know, HSPs (introvert or extrovert) are always without fail the ones I love the most.One Fine Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332431189064825125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post-70477668345195206572014-03-16T12:13:47.396+00:002014-03-16T12:13:47.396+00:0030 of the 40 minutes were spent wondering why the ...30 of the 40 minutes were spent wondering why the **** changing the battery hadn't stopped the beeping. It was then that I remembered that I have 2 smoke alarms and it was the other one causing the problem...GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post-29104243159849282862014-03-13T09:49:39.510+00:002014-03-13T09:49:39.510+00:00Not long ago, the smoke alarm started beeping infu...Not long ago, the smoke alarm started beeping infuriatingly - on the assumption that it needed new batteries, I got it down, only to find that it wasn't possible to change them. In the end, I put it in a sinkful of water. It was intolerable. I didn't think of brandy, but I did consider throwing things.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post-88732269854705021632014-03-11T22:30:31.126+00:002014-03-11T22:30:31.126+00:00The other thing is that because alcohol is a depre...The other thing is that because alcohol is a depressant (in the stimulus as well as the mood sense) I can't really do social events without booze because it calms me down. A couple of weeks ago when the smoke alarm went off at 7am and it took me 40 minutes to find out how to switch it off, I ended up needing brandy for breakfast. Which meant I had a hangover by lunchtime :(GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post-46748983645602099052014-03-11T22:27:19.169+00:002014-03-11T22:27:19.169+00:00Yes, it's comforting. I'm not a complete h...Yes, it's comforting. I'm not a complete hermit I must say, as some readers know. Oddly enough I quite like things like conference speaking. But I do have to limit what I do. If I'm with people for work during the day, I must have quiet time in the evening and I generally don't feel up to doing much at the weekend. it's counterproductive because I still get lonely but I really want someone to be quiet with.<br /><br />It's also getting worse as I get older. I've stopped being able to listen to music at home which is disappointing.GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017468967778286298.post-73041727554734734222014-03-11T19:23:52.468+00:002014-03-11T19:23:52.468+00:00I ticked about half of them - it was difficult to ...I ticked about half of them - it was difficult to evaluate in some instances. When I was younger, I'd have ticked a lot more. I certainly don't suffer as you do and I'm so sorry that you have such difficulties. I've thought a lot about my extreme shyness, introspection and insensitivity to other people when I was a child and considered the possibility of a degree of autism, but I don't think that was or is the case. Where I completely differ from you is that I love to be involved in several things at once and believe that stimulation is good for me - the reason for that is that my natural inclination is to be quite reclusive and I know that's not good, it drags me down. I get very anxious if I don't have regular time to myself, though. I think that the recognition that other people feel the same as you must be very helpful.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com