For anyone out there raising a Highly Sensitive Child, reading this post by Jenna Forrest
may give you some insight into what childhood is like for your little
one (if you haven't read perhaps the most helpful tool in any HSC's
parenting arsenal, The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron, please, do it now, It has helped me and my little HSC tremendously).
Jenna writes, "I
was dramatically sensitive, ultra-shy, pretty picky and painstakingly
conscientious... My pastime of choice was studying the mysterious
intricacies of the world from the safety of the shrub outside my front
door... Being
most anywhere else put me in a panic. I tried hard to disguise my most
blatant shortcoming — eruptive emotion — but failed time and time
again... My sentiment just didn’t want to be buried. It always would
find the fissure in my willful mental dam..."
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