Emotional Badass Why Highly Sensitive People Feel Alienated: Understanding the 80/20 Split. Mental Health Tools for Every HSP
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Mar 10, 2024 
Dr. Elaine Aron, expert in Highly Sensitive People, discusses why HSPs feel alienated in society considering the 80/20 split. They explore coping strategies, the need for acceptance, and tools for navigating sensitivities. Learn to embrace and thrive as a highly sensitive person in a world that can be overwhelming.
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The 80/20 Alienation Flip
- Nikki Eisenhauer reframes the 15–20% HSP statistic by flipping it: 80–85% are non-HSP "normies."
- That explains why sensitive people receive so much feedback that feels alienating and invalidating.
Choose Self-Acceptance First
- Stop waiting for others' acceptance and cultivate self-respect and self-acceptance first.
- Stand as an ambassador of your sensitivity instead of apologizing for it to gain respect.
Born And Made Sensitive
- Nikki argues sensitivity is both innate and influenced by trauma, not an either/or.
- She uses clinical experience seeing sensitive traits in low-trauma children to support the dual origin view.