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Default Apr 08, 2019 at 12:24 PM
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Hello everyone,

I've been diagnosed with BPD but I relate more to Complex PTSD. My current therapist (before knowing what my past diagnosis was) asked if I had heard of Highly Sensitive Persons. I had heard of it but I knew very little, so I perused a website she gave to me and I relate 100%. Here it is:

The Highly Sensitive Person

I am wondering if anyone can relate to it?

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Yes, I have heard of the HSP. I possess a lot of HSP traits.

I was once misdiagnosed with BPD. It terribly failed to describe my experience. Dr. Elaine Aron's website lead me to an ASD assessment and the right diagnosis.

Have you ever been assessed for ASD?

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Yes, I can definitely relate

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Default Apr 08, 2019 at 02:33 PM
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Yes! That’s me. My therapist recommended a book called The Highly Sensitive Person and it was like reading about my own life.
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Yes, I have heard of the HSP. I possess a lot of HSP traits.

I was once misdiagnosed with BPD. It terribly failed to describe my experience. Dr. Elaine Aron's website lead me to an ASD assessment and the right diagnosis.

Have you ever been assessed for ASD?
Hi the little didgee,

Interestingly enough, she brought up ASD!! Did you have any inkling that may have been your struggle prior to your therapist bringing it up?

Do you relate to CPTSD? I find that is far more accurate for myself. Avoidant PD and Dependent PD as well.

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Yes! That’s me. My therapist recommended a book called The Highly Sensitive Person and it was like reading about my own life.
I am through the first chapter and relate a lot to it. Did you hear about it prior to your therapists recommendation? How has reading the book helped you? I like the idea of reframing our lives through the HSP lens; makes a lot of sense.

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Default Apr 09, 2019 at 11:37 AM
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Apparently I qualify as HSS. A lot of those are similar to BPD traits though.

Likewise, HSP pretty much sounds like high functioning ASD. Trouble with sensory processing is a very common trait.

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I am through the first chapter and relate a lot to it. Did you hear about it prior to your therapists recommendation? How has reading the book helped you? I like the idea of reframing our lives through the HSP lens; makes a lot of sense.


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I didn’t know about it until my therapist recommended it but I related to the whole book. I still think my bpd and bipolar diagnoses are right but this just adds to the way I behave.
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Default Apr 13, 2019 at 12:48 AM
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Absolutely relate as an HSP and I am also an INFP on Myers Briggs. They kind of fit together. For me.

Also, my anxiety and bipolar disorders definitely contribute to it. And C-PTSD.

I do not have BPD but come here to support. It is a harsh world most days.

Makes me want a big slumber party with comfy PJ’s, teddy bears Highly Sensitive Person - Anyone ever heard of it?, soft blankets and tea with honey Highly Sensitive Person - Anyone ever heard of it?.
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Default Apr 18, 2019 at 06:27 AM
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This looks like a good book.

My understanding of Borderline (BPD) is the conventional theory is you have to be a highly sensitive person to actually become borderline. Al though not all highly sensitive people become BPD. However when you combine being a highly sensitive person with a invalidating (usually abusive) parent/guardian during developing years this is how BPD is created. You cannot become BPD without having both.

I am 43 years old and I seem to only get more sensitive as I get older. But I also wonder if the longer I am sober I become more sensitive as well. Just yesterday I got 4 years sobriety. I drank all my adult life to numb my feelings so now with sobriety my theory is that I just keep growing more sensitive!!

Seems like lately I cry on a daily basis which is pretty abnormal for a grown man!! Thank god I can mostly keep this to when I am alone. I am not ashamed of it and I also feel it is healthy, but at the same time I wonder that it will keep getting worse to the point I will start crying in the middle of the grocery store! LOL

Finally I am super sensitive by touch and taste. This does seem to cycle with intensity....
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Default May 16, 2019 at 06:18 AM
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Here's an HSP "test" you can take: Are You Highly Sensitive? – The Highly Sensitive Person
My Therapist recommended it to me. My result was "yes" to HSP. My T then recommended that I check this video out:
Buy or Rent Sensitive-The Untold Story
It's set up like a documentary. Unfortunately, the video isn't free to watch, but maybe you can find it at a library or borrow it from someone. It's $4.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy.
They say that only 20% of the population are HSP's. Interesting, if nothing else...

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I definitely am a HSP. It contributes to some of my conditions.
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This is exactly what came to mind when I was watching a youtube video on BPD, and how we are "biologically predisposed to developing the disorder sometimes no matter what." That's the jist, with or without a childhood of abuse.
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I identify totally. And I have met Elaine Aaron whom wrote the set of books on HSP people.
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I have an emotional issue, but don’t relate to much of HSP symptoms. The more noise and activity, the more I like it. But I do get annoyed when being forced to listen to bad music like in an elevator. I think I am sensitive to other’s emotions, like an empath. I was diagnosed borderline traits, but I think it is more likely c-ptsd.

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