The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide: Essential Skills for Living Well in an Overstimulating World (Step-By-Step Guides)

By Alfred Sheinwold

Book Overview

If you're a highly sensitive person (HSP), you're in good company. HSP's make up some 20 percent of the population, individuals like you who both enjoy and wrestle with a finely tuned nervous system. You often sense things that others ignore such as strong smells, bright lights, and the crush of crowds. Even the presence of strangers in your immediate vicinity can cause you considerable distraction. You already know that this condition can be a gift, but, until you learn to master your sensitive nervous system, you might be operating in a constant state of overstimulation.

As an HSP, the most important thing you can learn is how to manage your increased sensitivity to both physical and emotional stimulation. This accessible, practical guide contains strategies to help you master this critical skill. Build your coping skills by exploring the books engaging exercises. Then, keep the book by your side, a constant companion as you make your way through your vibrant and highly stimulating world.

-Find out what it means to be a highly sensitive person
-Take the self-examination quiz and find out whether you are highly sensitive
-Learn coping techniques indispensable to IHP's
-Discover how to manage distractions like noise and time pressure at home and at work
-Reduce sensory-provoked tension with meditation and deep relaxation techniques
-Navigate the challenges of interacting with others in social and intimate relationships

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 091079118X
• ISBN13: 9780910791182
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Devyn Pr
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Useful Information for Highly Sensitive People

I read Elaine Aron's book, "The Highly Sensitive Person" which was quite helpful, but I still didn't know how to cope with my sensitivity in this harsh world. I work in a pressure cooker environment with so much loud noise, deadlines and aggressive people, I'm wiped out at the end of the day. I found the chapter on `Creating a Peaceful Work Environment" a godsend. I immediately started employing the suggestions in the book...

This book really helped me

I thought there was something wrong with me due to my sensitivity, but after reading "The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide," I realize that I just have a trait that makes me react more than most people to stimuli. I particularly found helpful the list of positive qualities that we HSPs have. It's made me feel stronger and more confident. I learned how to assert myself and meet my needs from a compassionate place and...

I Wish I Had Read This Book 20 Years Ago!!

I think it would have saved me a lot of the unnecessary suffering and beating up on myself that being an HSP in a non-HSP society has brought me. I think Ted Zeff's done a great service writing this book. It may not be for science minded left-brainers, but its not intended for them - the rest of the western world is designed for them. Its an intuitive yet very practical and insightful guidebook that describes how to make life...

Valuable and Practical Coping Skills for HSPs!

Building on Dr. Elaine Aron's research on Highly Sensitive People, Ted Zeff's book takes a practical "next step" for the HSP: Now that you *know* about the trait, how do you *manage* it, in an overstimulating world? I started reading this book on a flight from Texas to a convention in California, and discovered tips I could immediately apply to my situation at that moment. The author starts with a general overview of the...

Help for the Overstimulated

If you're highly sensitive, this is the book for you. Dr. Zeff shows you how to cope with overstimulation, and stay healthy, relaxed and centered. There's plenty of very practical advice as well as clear explanations of what's been going on with your nervous system and what you can do about it to make life a much more pleasant experience. This is a terrific book!