THIS Is How YOU Can Survive Daily Life as a Highly-Sensitive Person! (It Works!)

Making your way through the jungle of everyday life. As many as 15 to 20 percent of the population are highly sensitive. They experience the world as a much louder, more garish, and more challenging place than the average person. What’s more, they can perceive the smallest change in mood in others and every tiny alteration in a conversation.

Loud arguments and disputes are grueling for them, but even just too much information at once can be difficult for them to handle. Highly sensitive people are like receivers for every form of energy in their environment, whether consciously or not. This makes events where they must encounter many people crowded together and also simple everyday routines where they have no chance to regroup seem like high-performance athletics equivalent to a marathon.

It takes a few tricks to make it through everyday life as a highly-sensitive person undamaged and preserve mental health. In this article we’ll share the top 10 survival tips and tricks to succeed at this difficult balancing act

1. Always carry high-quality earphones

One practical tip that’s easy to institute and doesn’t cost much money is getting in-ear headphones and using them a little differently than intended. Instead of pumping more noise into our aural canals, use these instead to soften unfavorable environmental noises. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from listening to music of your choice, creating a little artificial downtown to recoup.

2. Keep at least one room in the house for yourself

Highly-sensitive people might prefer to live alone, but not always. If there are partners, roommates, or children in the house, keep a room for yourself as a place to regroup. This quiet zone must be respected as such by all members of the household. Highly-sensitive people urgently need regular phases of relaxation in absolute quiet and their own homes should provide a place to retreat, not another crisis zone.

3. Reduce caffeine

This is one tip the coffee-lovers amongst you aren’t going to like hearing, but it’s worth giving it a chance. Caffeine gets us going and that’s a good thing, that’s its reason for being, its job description, its mission. Yet highly-sensitive people already have enough going on without having their pulses raised and their heart rates pushed to unhealthy levels. Those who succeed in reducing caffeine will lend their bodies a head-start on finding peace and quiet. And if there are two things a highly-sensitive person can’t get enough of in this world, it’s just that.

4. Use everyone else’s down-time as work time

If you have to share a workplace with others, you’d do well to become an early bird or a night owl. These “down times” during a classic workday, very early mornings and late evenings, are perfect for all those who need more quiet and relaxation. It’s very difficult for highly-sensitive people to tune out environmental noise and the activities of others in the middle of a typical workday. If you can, use your hours flexibly.

5. Get enough and good quality sleep

We’d all do well to take this tip to heart. Whether you’re highly sensitive or not, sleep is the best medicine for body, mind, and soul. It’s when our entire organism powers down and uses the night quiet for regeneration that reaches all cells. But don’t just watch your hours sleeping. The quality of your restful hours makes a huge difference, as far as health effects go. Your bedroom should be absolutely dark.

Electronic devices have no place there. At best, you won’t even have a smartphone or a high-tech alarm on your bedside table. Sheets of cotton or wool are definitely preferable, and also a cooler room temperature ensures better sleep.

6. Get out into nature and enjoy the good things

Things that fill us with joy have a calming effect on our senses. A colorful bouquet of flowers, a lovingly set table, worktools that are not simply functional but also look good – these make a worthwhile contribution to our well-being. Those who can should spend as much time as possible outdoors. Nature and its fantastic benefits for all of our senses make for a completely free wellness program from which every one of us could profit.

7. Prefer low lights

Strong light is like pure torture for highly-sensitive people. Headlights, spotlights, and strobing lights cause them stress to the highest degree. This includes the displays of smartphones, ipads, laptops, and other devices. Turn these blue-light devices off at least two hours before going to sleep.

That’s because a brightly-lit display suggests daylight to our brains and keeps us awake long after the sandman tries to come around. So, whenever possible, prefer low lighting. It’ll calm our nervous systems and balance out our CO₂ levels.

8. Plan enough time for every activity

One of the teachings of Zen says: Reserve enough time for each individual activity. We should all take this advice to heart, but highly sensitive people even more so. If you have a plan, you can avoid being completely overwhelmed by the upcoming events of a workday. It also makes it easier to keep track of things, which in turn reduces stress and contributes to a moderate pulse rate.

Multitasking is the death of any activity. What was once highly praised and lauded is now thankfully "out" and old news. If you try to do too much at once, the bottom line is that you get less done and in poorer quality.

9. Eat healthy as much as possible

The right fuel ensures smooth system operation: If it applies to cars and machines, it can’t be wrong for our bodies. Highly-sensitive people in particular should pay attention to a balanced intake of nutrients, plenty of water, and lighter meals every day.

The less energy our body has to expend on digestion and metabolism, the more energy it can free up to shield us from the demanding outside world in the best possible way. Food for the brain and for the soul also keeps our body in good spirits and in top shape.

10. Schedule enough time to be alone

It does no harm to take occasional time-outs from society now and then. But highly sensitive characters need these "me" times all the more urgently. Those who can somehow arrange it, take their consciously chosen time-out every day, which may be spent according to mood, desire and whim, as long as it’s yours alone. These tendencies are in no way to be confused with egoism. For highly sensitive people, they are de facto essential for survival.

Our conclusion

Functioning as a highly-sensitive person is all a matter of getting your priorities right. Without a doubt, it’s exhausting and grueling to have to exist as a highly sensitive person in this noisy world. Some advantages come with the fine antennae, but the disadvantages sometimes seem to outweigh them.

However, those who take good care of themselves and ensure that the demanding daily routine does not become an overwhelming problem have good chances. Highly sensitive people have to keep an eye on their own needs. If you set the right priorities here and keep a watchful eye to make sure that those needs don't come up short, you can also get along well as a highly sensitive person in this predominantly insensitive world.