1) A lot of interesting research over the past few years has shown that the trigger warning at the start of this post likely causes more stress than the subject it was warning about. I'd be curious to know your thoughts on that.
2) I'm fascinated by the concept of traits and disorders being superpowers. As the saying goes (I've heard this said twice in the past week): The brighter a light shines, the darker the shadow it casts.
3) I'm sure you know it, but if not, check out the new book, "The Good Life" by the folks at the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Fascinating stuff.
Hi Chris - thank you for sharing your reflections.
In the context of this missive, I led with a headline about HSPs and I tied to suicide. Not a topic everyone has the energy to think about on Monday morning and I wanted to give an indication of the level of vulnerable share I was about to reveal.
I think language matters a lot. I try to choose the words (and habits) that serve a brighter light and diffuse the shadow.
This post really resonated... currently working on all the ways to get my 'inner Meerkat' to stand down from on-watch duties - as you say super useful for analysing the world and identifying upcoming issues to be solved but not so good for wellbeing.
From reading your other posts we have quite a bit in common in terms of emotional/physical journey! When you came to work at Sense Worldwide with Brian Millar I always perceived you to be the young woman who was so smart and invincible! I really appreciate you sharing a bit about your journey :-)
Great post. A few thoughts:
1) A lot of interesting research over the past few years has shown that the trigger warning at the start of this post likely causes more stress than the subject it was warning about. I'd be curious to know your thoughts on that.
2) I'm fascinated by the concept of traits and disorders being superpowers. As the saying goes (I've heard this said twice in the past week): The brighter a light shines, the darker the shadow it casts.
3) I'm sure you know it, but if not, check out the new book, "The Good Life" by the folks at the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Fascinating stuff.
Hi Chris - thank you for sharing your reflections.
In the context of this missive, I led with a headline about HSPs and I tied to suicide. Not a topic everyone has the energy to think about on Monday morning and I wanted to give an indication of the level of vulnerable share I was about to reveal.
I think language matters a lot. I try to choose the words (and habits) that serve a brighter light and diffuse the shadow.
Thank you for book suggestion, on it!
Hi Heather,
This post really resonated... currently working on all the ways to get my 'inner Meerkat' to stand down from on-watch duties - as you say super useful for analysing the world and identifying upcoming issues to be solved but not so good for wellbeing.
From reading your other posts we have quite a bit in common in terms of emotional/physical journey! When you came to work at Sense Worldwide with Brian Millar I always perceived you to be the young woman who was so smart and invincible! I really appreciate you sharing a bit about your journey :-)