The Creative Mind Audio
By Douglas Eby
Living Better With Sensory Overload as a Highly Sensitive Person
"Sensory overload is when our senses take in more information than our brain can keep up with processing." Sensitivity therapist and author Julie Bjelland adds that as highly sensitive people, "We take in more data than the majority."
Hear full podcast, see videos, and read about what causes overload and suggestions for managing it, in How to Live Better With Sensory Overload as a Highly Sensitive Person highlysensitive.org/12947/
Thriving With a Highly Sensitive Nervous System
“Highly Sensitive People have particular brain differences that make us more susceptible to high stress, overwhelm and even anxiety."
Sensitivity expert and author Julie Bjelland, LMFT adds, “Thankfully there is a way to train your HSP brain so you can live your fullest life.”
See more in article How Can Brain Training Help Highly Sensitive People Thrive? https://highlysensitive.org/12159/
Fears, Unconscious Fears, And Being More Creative
“If it doesn’t scare the crap out of you, then you’re not doing the right thing.” Sandra Bullock. / “I was a very anxious kid in many ways. I had a lot of fears." Hugh Jackman
“Anxiety or high stress is actually pretty common for highly sensitive people. Much of it has to do with an overloaded sensitive nervous system.” Psychotherapist Julie Bjelland
"Unconscious fears are powerful. They don’t stop controlling our lives, unless we address them." Psychotherapist Mihaela Ivan Holtz
The audio is text from related article (synthetic voice) "Fears, Unconscious Fears, And Being More Creative" thecreativemind.net/4035/
Psychologist Cheryl Arutt on Mental Health and Creative People
Clinical psychologist Cheryl Arutt specializes in creative artist issues and trauma recovery. This is an excerpt from our longer interview on topics including high sensitivity, regulating disruptive feelings, destructiveness vs creativity, pain and creativity, being unconventional vs rebellion against the self, the fight-or-flight response, and other issues which can impact creative artists and, of course, other people as well. See related article for much more: Psychologist Cheryl Arutt on Mental Health and Creative People thecreativemind.net/203/
Change From Feeling Unworthy - Therapist Marisa Peer on Self Esteem
Marisa Peer talks about what kinds of experiences and thinking impact our self esteem. our sense of being worthy and lovable. She talks about some people including Diana (a nurse), Marilyn Monroe and others. See videos and more in article Self Esteem and Self Confidence and Creative People thecreativemind.net/1941/
Highly sensitive people and anxiety
Sensitivity expert Julie Bjelland on why we are more vulnerable to anxiety as highly sensitive people: "Imagine there is a motor inside you. Most people whose motor is too fast experience feelings of anxiety." See much more in article (with link to her free Masterclass on anxiety) - "How to Relieve Stress and Anxiety When You’re a Highly Sensitive Person" highlysensitive.org/34/
