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Highly Sensitive People (PAS): how to know if you are one of them
Coaching
The «coach» Eduardo Llamazares brings us closer to the characteristics of this type of people
As reported by the Spanish Association of High Sensitivity Professionals, approximately between 15-20% of the human population and more than 100 different species studied have greater sensory processing activity. In other words, they perceive and process sensory information differently. This is called “Sensory Processing Sensitivity” (SPS), and for the general public this characteristic is referred to as high sensitivity or Highly Sensitive People (PAS). These types of individuals are more perceptive, they show greater sensory activity and greater depth when elaborating thoughts, as well as a high creative mind and they fixate on small details that may go unnoticed by people with a level of lower sensitivity.
Physiotherapy doctor Eduardo Llamazares, author of “Mind, let me live!” Is part of some groups of people who, like him, have a high sensitivity. But what exactly is being PAS? “There is no diagnostic test because it is not a disease or a pathology. Through a test that designed the American psychologist Elaine Aron it is known if you have this personality trait. For example, at PAS people caffeine or tea affects us more; we are also more sensitive to noise; to scenes of violence; We tend to be very friendly but we also need a certain isolation to disconnect from all the stimuli our brain receives and we empathize a lot with other people, we have a highly developed ability to help others », he confesses.
The flip side of Highly Sensitive People
However, there are other sensations much more developed in the Administrative staff than in other people. “Be more sensitive It does not make you a better person, but it is not synonymous with weakness. Yes, there is a tendency to suffer and defend oneself from everything, to be on the alert. When there is no self-knowledge of this sensibility is when that victimhood of the own personality and that is when the isolation and misunderstanding arrives. It is also associated with self-demand and perfectionism “, explains Llamazares.
Is there a relationship between depression and Highly Sensitive People?
The “coach” relates them slightly. «An investigation of the Dr. Michael Pluess says that if high sensibility is not managed in the stages of life, in children and adolescents, it is associated in adulthood with depression and anxiety. It is essential that from childhood this is detected sensitivity. There are very sensitive children who if taught to manage this trait will avoid many future problems related to personality and health.