I recently watched a YouTube video about high sensitivity and found out that a lot of these symptoms apply to me. And I always thought I was weird for being like that but actually a fifth of the world population feels this way, while still 30% of all people who have a high sensitivity are actually extroverts. Plus, if you're very sensitive you're easily mistaken for an introvert which is just wrong. So maybe, I thought, I'd share some of the symptoms I collected with you because it is actually high-key likely you are like me and you never thought that this is first of all something that is heritable nor that you're actually not alone in this.

So, let's get started.

1. You're probably a daydreamer.
Just like you might do, I paint a hundred different scenarios in my head that will probably never happen but I just feel like I need to be prepared for the case you know.

2. You're falling in love really, really fast.
That really hit me because I thought that was just an odd habit of me - becoming so attached so easily - but no, they're actually people out there who feel the same way, isn't that amazing?!

3. You're a good listener and you can easily put yourself in other people's shoes.
This is a reason why I'm never really angry at somebody because I can sense what they're currently feeling and see their problems (while many of the people I know just see things as black and white, good and evil).

4. You're very sensitive to loud sounds (especially when you're sleeping) and/or bright light
That's something that doesn't apply to me that much as I'm only sometimes bothered by slight sounds in the distance but yeah, like I said, some symptoms apply to me and some do not.

5. You hate smalltalk and just want to skip to the deeper conversations
I really do.

6. You can easily detect if someone's lying to you and know when to say something about it or when you should not.

7. You don't like being somewhere where everyone's hectic or where many people are.
I get in such a bad mood when I'm stressed out which mostly happens when others are stressed out. But I don't mind crowds especially at concerts for example.

8. You have a very good intuition.

9. When someone else isn't feeling well, you can't be happy either.

10. You can barely watch disturbing images in movies (e.g. horror movies) or basically any negative pictures in the news and if you do, you're feeling really down.
This actually explains a lot to me.

11. You enjoy being alone to regain energy.


12. You avoid chaos and plan things out before you do them.
Guilty, guilty, guilty. Everyone thinks I'm weird because of that but it just helps me to get a grip of everything I have to do.

13. You cry very easily, even while watching movies or reading books.
So I practically never cry when I read or watch something but I do get pretty close to tears as soon as someone criticizes me or raises his voice at me while others are just way more chill about it.

14. You have a hard time making decisions.
I can relate so much to this.

So far for now. If you might have noticed that many of these symptoms apply to you, too, you can just google "high sensitivity" and find some more out about it, if you want to (for this post I mainly used this and this site).

Of course I'm not a psychologist and I'm not a hundred percent sure that I'm really a person with high sensitivity but I just thought it might interest you if you have never heard of it before like I did.

All in all, high sensitivity is not something bad you have to fight against and it will never stop you from finding a life of your own.

xxx Sarah