I understand this experience intimately, not just as a therapist but as someone who has lived it. For years I believed there was something fundamentally wrong with me. I didn’t realise that as a highly sensitive person, living in the world was sometimes too much for my nervous system. My stress levels were often through the roof and and my body started saying no through physical symptoms and chronic illness. I kept thinking that if I could just work harder, be more organised or have better routines, I'd be able to function like everyone else. But this only made things worse.

What finally changed everything was when I discovered that the issue wasn't me needing to try harder. It was that I needed to understand and work with my highly sensitive nervous system, not against it. When I learned to actually listen to my body’s wisdom, regulate my nervous system and address the patterns and limiting beliefs I'd been carrying, my symptoms resolved. My energy stabilised and my body re-calibrated itself back to health. I found a way to live that actually felt sustainable. And enjoyable!

This is what I want for all highly sensitive people.