Sublime

You are inquisitive, prospective, and exploratory. And to understand you, we need to know the personal constructs through which you interpret objects, events, other people, and yourself.

When combined with Kagan’s findings on high reactivity, this line of studies offers a very empowering lens through which to view your personality. Once you understand introversion and extroversion as preferences for certain levels of stimulation, you can begin consciously trying to situate yourself in environments favorable to your own personality—

Openness to new experience and flexibility of belief

I show up to others as individualistic, self-absorbed, anxious, and irritable.

awareness, you’re relatively happy and secure. You have a strong ego. On the chart, this equals a strong sense of self. This means you’re not afraid to be who you are. In other words, you’re comfortable in our own skin. Your focus is on having instead of needing.

Learning to live through states of high arousal (no matter what their source) allows us to maintain equilibrium and sanity.

an ability to generate internal energy and emotional resources, such as a belief in his or her self-sufficiency.

Reframing how you experienced your past can lead to solid self-esteem, and self-esteem is especially important for HSPs, for it decreases our overarousal in new (and therefore highly stimulating) situations.