HSP's find it difficult at the workplace as the workplace has become a very aggressive, cruel , insensitive world. HSP's are very loyal and good at work but they cannot compete with those non HSP's who knows how to climb on their professional life career. Non HSP's use HSP for their own success and HSP's do not get the credit for their hard work. This is my personal experience of having worked in Corporate Banking sector since last 20 years.

I was told by a medical doctor in 2013 about hsp after a breakdown. I've suffered on and off since 97 w "overactive " imagination, ocd "pure o , Gad, panic attacks depression all of it. The cure is truly in the outdoors. The water, air windchimes. Finding people who "get it". meditation, eating greens, fruits water. Walking barefoot, soaking sun up, music! Art, massage, love, letting go of all guilt. Anxiety + hsp can even cause derealization. so being outdoors is very grounding.

"I felt allergic to life", perfectly said.

Hi I'm 26 and have battled with depression for a long time and Just last night is the first time I have read about hsp and I identify so strongly. And on a walk I was taking I literally cried the whole way through this video.Crying because I am not alone.thank u.

To summarise the tips of the video: 1. Make time for yourself every day and do something you like that gives you joy / makes you happy * Ask yourself, “What do I need to thrive? What do I need to do to feel good every day?” 2. Reducing the things that make you feel stressed or unhappy 3. Change your thought process every day to focus on the positive, on gratitude, rather than the negative (I presume things like meditating and affirmations)

You describe my early life. I have also changed my diet, I exercise, get enough sleep, and generally take holistic approach to my life. I also embrace my faith with the Lord Jesus. I can do all things through Him. Thank you!

Your experience is so simular to mine. I am 33 years old and this week I resigned AGAIN from a really great job because I just couldn't handle it. I can't handle too much noise, tasks, people's emotions, stimulus etc. Pretty much everything you are talking about. I have always been so very sensitive, I am famous in my family for crying all the time as a child (even if my siblings got disciplined - I just have way too much empathy!).I have been incredibly successful in my short life and people generally like me or are drawn to me but I just can't handle being out in the world much. I also need to focus on beauty everyday just to get through. Thank you for sharing your story. May I have the motivation to take the steps you have. Much Peace

I actually cried hearing you describe all those things that I've been dealing with for so long so thank you for this.

Woow...I went through almost everything you mentioned. I'm 23 and and had batteled with depression all my life . however I overcome it recently after identifend that I'm HSP . Now I'm doing everything MY WAY and LOVING MYSELF more than ever . I'm thinking to write a book or channel about it to help others to overcome their depression. THANK YOU for your kind message

I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression when I was young. I had stomach aches almost daily at school. I was labeled as shy, mousy, weak, and being overly sensitive. It was even harder when my parents didn't accept who I was. Later, in my adulthood I learned that my mom was also a sensitive person. I find it strange that she didn't support me when I felt most vulnerable. I'm not as shy as I once was but I still come across as a nonassertive person. Finding a job that best suits my personality hasn't been easy. I studied a career in Early Childhood but it wasn't the right fit for me. You have to be assertive when you are teacher otherwise the little ones will walk all over you and the supervisors will see you as incompetent in your job. I'm currently looking for a different job or career that will be best suited for me, so if anyone has any ideas I'll gladly appreciate it.

I'm an hsp empath and an intuitive. I'm affected by everything and everyone around me. I feel drawn to people with a deep dark sadness about them. Some have called me a watcher or their Guardian angel.

Keep it coming, honey. I'm 64 and am just realizing that that's me! I was horrified ALL the time as a child. I changed by sheer force of will and reared three children and two steps without us all killing one another! But it's back now. And I'm so glad there's a name for it and I'm not alone. And that God can use it in through me. Wow!

If I stop doing crap for my family the whole world will fall apart! I commend you on taking control and charge of your life. I want to do that one day too. I guess its time to be selfish and take control of my life and myself too, whether the whole world falls apart for other people or not.

people mostly called me dramatic to appreciate things way more deeply than other people. like paintings, writings, songs, mostly art related. i just cant explain better to them how i was feeling towards things. and i just found out about hsp few days ago.... i hope more people would know about this traits...

im watching this 5 years later. i hope you feel waaaay more better than 5 years ago. life is tough indeed. but we all survived well... so happy to stumbled upon this video

This is a beautiful video. I'm an HSP aswell. I've learned a lot from cognitive behavioral therapy for my anxiety. I'm a different woman today than 4 years ago. I strive to become even stronger. So your tips are (a) fix your diet and excersice (b) do what makes you happy (c) avoid what makes you unhappy

Thank you so much for sharing this, I'm also an HSP who's struggled with anxiety and depression basically my entire life. Love hearing stories like these! So inspiring.

"I can't leave my family, I can't leave my kids..." I don't know how many times I've said that to myself. Thanks for your video. I'm not alone!

I really loved this video. Thank you for sharing. I’m 44 years old and can relate to it ALL! I was bullied in school the entire time. I strived to be as nice as possible but looking back I think it made my peers perceive me as weak so I was a target. It’s a learning process, I’m currently going through/hopefully coming out of a dark night of the soul. My life has been broken. I have cut ties with virtually all family members. I have been stripped of much needed medications because of the “opiate crisis”. I live with chronic pain and have had to reach DEEP inside to get through this. I was suicidal when I learned I was being taken off after over 7 years but I still have that little spark of hope that I’m here for a reason. I’m hanging on and taking natural herbs for anxiety and hoping to come out on the other side SOON! It was a long, dark Winter and Spring is finally here. I find the older I get, the more I loathe crowded stores, bright lights, bad smells (vehicle exhaust, gasoline, etc.) I’ve been pretty much just trying to regroup and shed toxic people. It is lonely but freeing. I’m so tired of being told “You’re too sensitive” and laughed and scoffed at by my family and friends. I know who I am now. I just hope better days are ahead. Nature is the ultimate healer. Love and light.🦋💐✨💫

Great talk. I am a psychologist and an HSP. I just want to reach out to people and help them out. I know its hard to be an hsp in this bad world. Lovely talk.

Maria - I too, experience what is described for many decades. I shared this with my adult son over the phone after sending him some info via youtube ( and this was about 8-10 years ago ) We cried as we recognized that we are NOT crazy !!! Also I learned that this is a gift and it is hereditory. - which means that my family plugged into the concept that they were crazy and that something was wrong with them. As a child I watch my mom experience empathic abilities and sensitiveness to receiving messages in dreams. I also spent a lot of time in a therapist chair in attempt to sort out this stuff. Now with mediation practices and the other suggestions of exercise and creative expression, I have found the peace that was always there. What a relief now as I make MY journey with this knowledge and share this info with others. I was spiritually called to move from Seattle to a small village in the mountains of northern NM. I chose to reside alone with my cat/s and socialize as I chose and teach others thro hitch hiking form this village to the nearest town of Taos, NM., which is a very spiritual orientated place with a LONG history of spirituality and is accentuated with the presence of the Pueblo tribes. Pretty cool huh? PS: Taos NM is a hub for artists and thus HSP persons. Know and unknown to themselves. PEACE!

I'm hsp. I wonder if I can ever function in this society. I spend so much time sleeping. Exhausted. Work is hell. I feel I'm in danger all the time, of verbal agressions or strong personalities in general. It has gone worse with the years. I'd like to live isolated, far from people. Alone I'm fine. As you say, the green, the air, I draw and paint. I'm happy without external interference. But I have to work ... and that gives me anxieties. Has anyone gotten help from a psychiatrist? Is it worth trying?

Great video. You couldn't have gone to a better place to relax. I spent half my life on the eastern shore. Thanks you for your words of encouragement. God bless.

Hsp means not weakness it's superpower Iam also hsp

Great job. Clear boundaries are key to keep your own peace even in an environment that's not peaceful. We can pick up others emotions and not being in tuned with ourselves will cause us to think that someone else feelings are our own. We could "feel" angry and depressed but it may actually be the people around us that we are connected with. Thanks for sharing :)

You are touching a very important aspects of HSP ( in very general terms). And you are so right that knowing doesn’t mean doing. In order to do we need to start somewhere and for everyone it wîll be a different place. For some this place would be more accessible than for the others. And .... hmm let’s not decide what happiness means for everyone as again there are no general rules. As of the idea to distance yourself to everything that brings you down - I would be for it with all my heart if only it would always be easy. E.g we have pandemic now and the implications of it seem simple: ´more things may be outside of our hands that we previously thought ». So how do we do what we need to do when many circumstances are against us? Again everyone needs to start with self care and somewhere and for everyone it may mean a different thing to start with. It is nice to see you so happy, yet hmmm some people may feel good not expecting from themselves to be constantly in a happy mood or striving to appear as happy to everyone around. We are all different even when being in the same HSP box. The challenge may be to distance ourselves first from those with a strong and persistent need to influence and change us instead of changing their own actions toward us ( and perhaps their attitude). Acceptance is always a friendlier place to start than preaching.Thank you for your beautiful and sunny video. All the best!

Greetings from the Philippines! Many times I felt kinda solitary like there's nobody like me & it's really a struggle to cope with the people around me. I see things on a different perspective. I can best describe myself as a person of wisdom. I mean back then even though I was still a child, I wonder why am I thinking differently... It's like I'm already an adult. But those thoughts doesn't comes from this physical brain but from the core of my spirit. I'm also a very creative type of person & I resonate mostly with the western arts. Humanly speaking there's a lot of questions... but spiritually speaking I know by heart that we *HSP's* have the same choice prior to human incarnation & we will for a while be separated so we can really impact this world for the better. We are all strong in spirit that's why we have chosen a sort of a weaker physical bodies prone to stress & sickness, anxiety & depression, etc... so we can clearly differentiate our strength from within. I mean why didn't we choose a bodybuilders body & be proud of it? or the faces of celebrities? or the lives of the rich & the famous? Because PRIDE is just an illusion & we don't resonate with it. You know guys I just wanna share this one question that brought me the sweetest *Peace of Mind* to myself. This ONE question that changed my life forever & for the better. I asked myself: If this world is real, is it worthy of eternity? the answer is obvious NO. That's why we leave everything here where it belongs. Let us not be affected or be overwhelmed by what this "civilized world" has to offer. Because we all know that at the end of the day everything is for sale & it's all about the money. It's the same old story. I'm calling all my fellow HSP's & let's help & support each other because we are only few... but we knew somehow, that we are the ones who makes all the difference in this world. We are all connected & resonate with each other. Let's appreciate & respect one another & let's focus to do what were suppose to do. Together we can overcome this world. We can do this guys! *I love you all.* :-)

Well said! As some with exactly the same issues (depression, anxiety and ADHD) I really appreciate a video which gives tips I can actually put into practice. Thank you so much for sharing!

Thank you so so much. To find out that I'm not alone in this and to know that there's isn't something wrong with me makes me feel so much better!

Thanks for sharing your story! I can really feel your energy and your passion on helping us. You really encourage me.

Thanks for telling your story. Wow, I definitely feel those things. So thankful to find your vlog.

THANK YOU!!!! I have NEVER heard someone say so many things that are completely true of me. Now, learning how to put all those "best for me" things into practice.

Hi Cortney, thanks for this video. i will try to watch this several times. love the positivity

Thank you so much, I have the same exact problems as you. You have no idea how watching this video is helping me feel much better

I find it ironic and almost quite sinister how the modern world sees aggression and taking advantage of others as a quality trait.

Hi Courtney, thanks for making this video. I needed to hear this today. You are beautiful.

I just found this video and it feels like a mirror. I wish people could understand how painful it is to be a sensitive person in this world especially with depression and anxiety.

Tremendous help ... thanks for sharing !!!

You are wonderful, and you are so young. Thank you for the work you have done on your life. I'm glad to see that so many others are beginning to understand...a lot. I'm 71, and I'm just coming to the understanding that you have. I've always known that I am highly sensitive, and of course it has created problems (and I hope that surviving has brought some wisdom). But now, I think things are changing. At an estimated 20% of the population, we represent a significant centre of influence. I think 1 in 5 looks like a pretty good number. We should support the highly sensitive people among us. We sure need the encouragement. Thanks so much for your video. I just subscribed.

I'm so glad i found you. You rock. everything you said resonated with me. Thank you for sharing your story.

Thank you soooooo much for this video. Things make sense now.

I needed to hear this so much, u have no idea! Thanks for taking the time to share. I'm encouraged!

Beautiful, beautiful message, I just realize that I am HSP and empath and have this depression and anxiety and I don't even want to have a second kid because I feel that I need to work first on myself but didn't know where to begin but now I feel hope knowing all of this and hearing others people that are living what I am living ... Love and light 💜

I felt the sentence 'I know the difference between who I was and who I am now.' Such a simple sentence for such a dramatic shift in this life and how we view it. I'm so glad you're finding what this life actually is, I love looking too!

I like your smile 😊 As a Highly sensitive person I have faced the same strucgles as you and can relate to it. Even at workplace. It seems to me that I cannot sustain a job.

Thanks I am trying to accept that I am very very sensitive and can cry easily in social situations that makes me feel uncomfortable. I was ashamed of this for a long time. I realized hiding who I am only makes me feel more anxious and worse. I learned that letting those emotions out and being who I am is THE ONLY way to get through this and thrive like I will. I know this is the road where I will see the beauty in me.

So authentic and real, admirable to openly share your vulnerabilities and challenges with your journey to identifying and learning and accepting that you’re a true HSP and turning that revelation into a source of strength that inspires me (and many others apparently !). Well done, thanks for sharing. God is happy when our true light shines and we live authentically and own who we are.

Thanks for sharing, you just described me to a T. At nearly 50 I finally came to realize their is nothing wrong with me. This video is affirming for me, as at the moment am recovering from a burn out, anxiety and depression. I am much better now, and still learning......I am so happy in the wilderness, I plan on selling my house and moving in the boonies next year, out their i am naturally happy.

Thank you Cortney, this was a really inspirational video. Made me feel less alone.

Woweeewowwow!!! I really highly resonate with this - Thanks so much - Deeply Appreciated!!!

Wow, sure does feel good to know im not the only one. Just found my kind of people. i found that down time to relax is very important for us in order to recover from all the things we see and feel from everything. thank you for sharing your story, means alot.

You gave me tears. I relate to you so much!!

OMG this video is about me! Thank you for this!

I understand completely. When I was younger my mom told me that it looked like I had the weight of the world on my shoulder. I feel people's pain intensely always looking out for the underdog. I am a HSP and also have a mental illness. I was diagnosed with depression at the age of 19. Now I am classified as schizophrenic. I stopped working almost two years ago and am starting to learn how to take care of myself, my triggers that send me downward, eating healthier, exercising, etc. I was always the glass half full person, and am learning how to become that person again. Absolutely love nature, but most the Creator of nature and all things beautiful. Stay strong in your journey! Thanks for the video! It is easy to feel like you are the only one.

Wow Cortney, that's a lovely place! Thanks for your heartfelt testimonial. I know you taped it a while back but still good to hear. All the best, MsG

Thank you.... I'm on a similar journey! Just understanding only now about HSP, as this wasn't talked about years ago. Your video really helped. Xx

A WONDERFUL video - thank you so much!

Thank you so much for sharing your story to the world. I was sooo deeply moved and inspired by it. And I really love your energy! It felt so natural and effortless to feel that same energy within myself. :)

One of the best videos for HSPs. Thank you!

Thankyou for sharing your story ❤

Great video. Sounds like my experience too. It's definitely a learning process. And yes, we CAN improve! ♡

One hsp with anxiety here too. My story is very similar to yours. Understanding myself better now after discovering my high sensitivity has helped a great deal and I keep on progressing ^^ so the point is: know yourself to heal!

I m also a hsp. It's so helpful for me. I also had gone through depression and had lost all my feeling. Now I m trying to control now. Thanks a lot for it. God bless u .

Thank you so much for this wonderful and lovely video ❤️❤️😍!!

I used to think something was wrong w me, but now I'm learning others share this trait & it's not a curse. Thank you for sharing!

First of all, you're adorable - LOVE your energy. Second of all, you sound like my twin as far as life experiences go. Thanks for this vid. :)

You are funny and just adorable! Thank you I enjoyed watching this video. Wow I can relate, it's actually scary how much I can relate to hsp. When I got to high school I told myself I will not make friends with anyone because I didn't see the point, nobody understood me and they would just hurt me in the end and the anxiety associated with it all, it would just be easier to be on my own. So I didn't make conversation with anyone for 6 months. One day on the bus ride home after school a girl came up to me and started talking to me and she seemed sincere so I started talking back to her. She is my very best friend who is also a hsp. If I didn't have her I don't know what would have happened to me. I have just discovered hsp and it's exciting but also a lot to process. Two weeks ago I started doing just small things that make me happy, like painting my nails and sticking on nail art, taking a walk in the park and sketching (but not knowing how much more it is important because of the hsp in taking me time). After the park I felt so at peace. I hope to get to a place where I feel more at peace than anxious more often than not. I feel positive that one day I will have a POA (plan of action) for all situations relating to how the hsp can be a negative to avoid/ minimise the effect of it and also how to harness the positive and use it to bring more meaning, energy and love into my life. Thank you once again :)

Brings tears to my eyes! I am going through a really hard time right now Everything you have said in the vedio totally fits with my life . But I still have hope I could get through it. Thanks

How do you make a living when you have all these issues. That's my problem.

I needed this. I need the community for HSP. I totally stumbled across your website tonight, then I found you on FB and now the videos. (I'm overwhelming myself haha) 2 years ago I found out what was wrong with me... it's that there is nothing "wrong" with me. You are completely correct, unless you are an HSP, you won't understand this. I've tried sharing the HSP knowledge and it just didnt have the same effect for others as it did for me. I look forward to diving into the beautiful life that I haven't seen in so many years. Thank you Cortney!

You described this so perfectly I should just have my husband watch this rather than explain myself.

Good to hear this all. Thank you, friend.

Hey @courtney chaite thanks for the video. I was looking forward to watching more of your videos but you only have 2. This looked like the start of a series. You should post up more of your wisdom it would be a great help to people!! ❤

Thank you my story is like yours, it‘s awesome to listen to people who are the same😊

thank you so much for sharing your story!

Awesome video. Thank you soooo much!

I so needed to hear this Thank you for sharing

Omg amazing... you just described me and how I always felt

Loved this video, loved your personality. You sound just like me and this really helped to make me not feel as alone, thank you. I want to become the best version of myself as well, and this video helped

We feel everything all the time. And that's okay. But it's a LOT of work. Thanks for sharing!

I just wish i would have stopped drinking coffee a long time ago lol. Thought process is so much different and worse with caffeine. 🙏🏼 i am thrilled for you!

Thank you so much, you re awesome! ❤❤❤

You are such a beautiful woman,i'm happy you finally find your way to happyness. I 'm also a highly sensitive person and because of that my body couldn' t keep on the sorrow and stress of my mind, this is why it fell ill in an auto-immunitary system disease and now i am kinda oblige to look for peace and relax

so damn good and clear. thank you!

Thank you so much for this video.

Thank you, you look so happy

Thank you so much! I’m HSP and very unwilling to ask for help or reach out for time alone a lot. It was so encouraging to here that getting your deserved time for yourself helped.

Awesome advice thanks!

I just found your video. You really should have done more of this!!! X

I relate to this soo much. TY

This is great! Thank you so much!

I really needed this. As a HSP who is also struggling with anxiety and depression, it gives me great comfort to know I'm not the only one in and who has been in this situation. I noted a comment earlier that mentioned how cheerful you seemed and this is the exact problem I have when relaying any difficulties to those close to me. It always seems to take them aback whenever I share any of my darker thoughts because all they're used to seeing is my upbeat and positive personality so yes, I completely agree with you when you say not to judge the internal by the external. I've just hit a major wall and have just decided to defer a term of school to focus on my recovery and improve my quality of life. Trying to take things one at a time instead of letting everything hang over and overwhelm me has been an important realization that I try to put into practice every day. I've just started to begin to take control of my life again and it's rather nerve-wracking but slowly I've begun to feel hopeful again. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. It is very much appreciated.

This video took me in the right direction to healing.

thank you

Thank you for this video.

Ok so I'm not crazy and there's nothing wrong with me. I definitely know now why I deal with anxiety and depression. Wow. You're awesome!

I tried planting and doodling, music your words find very helpful to me Thank youu and good luck ✨✌️🙃

hi Cortney! i also discovered that i am probably some kind of hsp, that i couldn't do the things that i wanted because i developed some form of ADHS (too much going on in my head, too many interests, not being able to make decisions and completely neglecting myself and procrastinating) and depression (i feel overwhelmed and exhausted). now i want to start the process of changing the circumstances in my life to become what i am. will check out your badass channel.

I relate, Cortney ! Thanks

Listening to your story about your life, I just thought I am looking at a mirror.. From school to hsp to being an empath and depression and anxiety. I would love to know how you got out of it. Thank you alot for making this video. Take care.