The Anxiety of Change For The Highly Sensitive Person

[@ChoosingToEvolve]

Having a sanctuary is SO essential for me.🧘‍♀

[@anniepaquette]

Absolutely ESSENTIAL!

[@robinslullabyreseller3488]

Yes, yes, yes 👍

[@anniepaquette]

🙏Thanks for taking the time to let me know this resonated with you. 🌸 I just finished creating my sanctuary in the house I moved to. It changes everything. I feel settled and ready for what's next (finishing my book).

[@vj12343]

Your videos are very relatable and useful ❤ I find a lot of calm watching them, thank you!

[@anniepaquette]

Mmmm. Thank you for letting me know. It's really good to hear.🌸🙏🌸

[@PsBaraa]

Absolutely yes. I have been going through drastic changes lately and can not explain how much your words comforted me. As an HSP I never paid enough attention to my nervous system. Still, now I am learning how to listen to my body and understand how it reacts to what is happening one thing at a time, as well as my emotions, perception, and coping with change and difficulties.

[@anniepaquette]

So glad my words help. I hear you. I never knew I had to pay attention to me nervous system either. But we do. It's essential. As I now have time on my own, and a home for a few months, I am inspired to make this a self care, self knowing, self embracing journey -- along with working on my book and channel too. I completely understand you, it is all about learning about ourselves, listening to our bodies' language, what effects our emotions have, and discovering how to regulate all this. Happy you're here.🤗

[@catherinehale5640]

‘Feel the energy of the chaos behind me’. … That is so me! Glad I’m not the only one 😅 Thank you for your input, it is so appreciated ❤

[@anniepaquette]

Ha! Then I'm not the only one either! Thanks so much for sharing. Glad we're connecting.🤗 I do this because I have felt alone and am now realizing there is a big tribe of us out there -- all too often thinking that we're the only ones...and carrying some shame about it. I want to change that.

[@LeslieJohnsArtist]

Your videos are so helpful. I’ve known I’m a HSP for many years. Even so it gets lonely because there aren’t that many other people around me in my life.

[@anniepaquette]

Thank you so much for telling me Leslie. It warms my heart. I know it's lonely, it's one of the reasons I choose to speak about it. Because there are a lot of us -- 20% of the population is the estimate. That's a mighty big tribe. We just need to find each other. Sending you love💗 and flowers 🌸🌸🌸

[@LateLateBloomer]

I also love the unknown and adventure, your video is giving me ideas as to how to set them up to avoid the parts that that deplete me. Thank you.

[@anniepaquette]

Knowing more about myself is really helping me.

[@janespencer8875]

I think there is a big overlap for women between being an HSP and having ADHD - those contradictory desires for spontaneity and anxieties about the unknown.

[@anniepaquette]

Hi Jane! How interesting. Just yesterday I was having a discussion about the overlap of HSP and ADHD with two women! Fascinating! So yes, I agree. Big overlap. Adult autistic and HSP also have a huge overlap. Maybe it's all very similar. Thanks for writing this here.

[@mjhauserauthor4812]

I have a hard time adjusting to change too unless I know exactly what is going to happen and especially if it’s a positive change. I feel my life transitioning but not sure how or where.

[@anniepaquette]

There's definitely something in us that makes it more challenging. Knowing something of what's to come is settling. Thanks for sharing MJ🤗

[@denisel780]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video. It speaks to how I have been feeling for quite a while now. The last few years of my life have been so much like you are describing. For me it has been way too much change and a lot of it has been out of my control. For 25 years, I lived in my "sanctuary." I was surrounded by woods and so much quiet. I loved it there. Unfortunately we had to move away from our "home" 3 years ago. Where we live now is pretty, but it is not quiet, or private or sanctuary like at all. It has been so hard and I've been really depressed. I appreciate you sharing your story. Thankfully, 2 months ago we were able to buy a beautiful wooded lot, not too far from where we live. When we go there I feel like me again and it is so healing. This sanctuary feeling is no joke. I think a part of us dies when we don't have it to retreat to. So glad I found your channel❤

[@anniepaquette]

I can understand so well how leaving a sanctuary would affect you deeply. When I live away from nature, I get sick, my skin changes color, my body deteriorates and so does my mind. Did you ever read the story of Heidi, the little girl who lived in the Swiss mountains with her grandfather? She got sick when she had to go live in the city. I feel I am like her. Wanting to be in nature is not a whim, it is a question of survival. I'm so glad you found a piece of land. I'm glad you're here Denise.💛🤗💛

[@denisel780]

@@anniepaquette Thank you so much for your kind response. ❤ Nature is SO healing. I am sorry you have experienced such severe symptoms too. I will check out Heidi, thank you. Yes, exactly. It really is! Thank you. I love it there. Me too. ❤😊

[@anniepaquette]

@@denisel780 There was also an old tv series of Heidi, translated into English. Or was it a movie...? I have images of it. A few years ago I cam across the book and read it again (I think...my mind is so frazzled I'm not even sure if I did or if my mom did!) Anyway. It's heart-warming story.

[@denisel780]

@@anniepaquette Thanks!!! The movie is on amazon prime!! I am going to watch it. I really appreciate this Annie :)

[@anniepaquette]

@@denisel780 Really? I'll watch it too. Thanks!

[@annbrown4056]

I love to have my special place that is peaceful and quiet. I hate a mess and cannot leave it undone. I am very tidy and have been all my life. But my family live in constant chaos and it stresses me out. I believe that the chaos around me has attributed to me suffering from primary Reynauds because stress seems to trigger an attack. I fully understand what you are saying.

[@anniepaquette]

I hear you. So glad you're here Ann. 💗🤗💗

[@HettiedeKorteDiplomaat]

I need a place where I feel safe and that is mine. I can't sleep in an airplane or a waiting room. I'm super alert and super stressed. I'm organizing my apartment right now. I want to throw everything out I don't need. When my house is clean I can relax.

[@anniepaquette]

Our environment can have a profound impact on us, particularly when we are highly sensitive. Good job tackling this task for your own peace. 🪷 💚🪷