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109. Practical, sensible, healthy & hardy, not over sensitive- all why you've made it & will continue

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 07:35 PM

Feb 2015

to survive. What an asset this is, a good heritage and big boost in life. Some of my people were war vets too, Revolution to Korea. All kinds, but mostly pretty intelligent with very good health, a few very sensitive, one dramatic- makes for interesting. Am I grateful.

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How Does a Highly Sensitive Person Survive the Hell of the American Workplace? [View all] xchrom Feb 2015 OP

hell is the right word. it's why I've hated work my entire life magical thyme Feb 2015 #1

Early in my career I worked in a cubicle. meaculpa2011 Feb 2015 #11

Hahaha, I am a sometimes writer and worked as a copy writer in an open floor plan office so I relate btrflykng9 Feb 2015 #25

flossing their teeth?!? I hope you are making that part up!!!! magical thyme Feb 2015 #27

Oh that I were... Sadly, it really did happen, every day after lunch. btrflykng9 Feb 2015 #33

I took the test Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #2

and on top of it all, they usually pay sh*t wages....... a kennedy Feb 2015 #3

My mother and Marcel Proust were the most highly sensitive people ever. betsuni Feb 2015 #4

OMG pipi_k Feb 2015 #10

Birds are so distracting! I sit in a cubicle about 50 feet from a window and there btrflykng9 Feb 2015 #26

Add crowds and lines to that store, and I'd sooner starve than enter. arcane1 Feb 2015 #31

Oh Boy. Crowds in stores. Like writhing blind worms with everywhere to go. Standing in line but... BlueJazz Feb 2015 #107

Ugh! I hate fluorescent lights. I always tried to have the bulbs unscrewed or smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #42

imagine if a sensitive person like you were forced of necessity to work in an amazon warehouse ND-Dem Feb 2015 #60

I'm reading this on my Kindle wondering if I should smash giftedgirl77 Feb 2015 #76

God & nature have some way to look out for them since many thrive in very different appalachiablue Feb 2015 #90

Most people don't want to destroy their health for $11 an hour, no benefits, and no UE insurance ND-Dem Feb 2015 #93

A few points pipi_k Feb 2015 #110

well i just hope it didn't have fluorescent lights! I'd hate to think you had to go to work "near ND-Dem Feb 2015 #111

sigh... pipi_k Feb 2015 #117

There is truth in what you say. LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #112

yes, and many more point to this fact as though it were a sign of individual virtue and societal ND-Dem Feb 2015 #120

My wife is highly sensitive to lights, sound, smells; I call her "Roderick Usher" Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #41

Hope she takes that well, with humor. Roderick was a piece of work indeed. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #89

Laboratory One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #5

Interesting Sherman A1 Feb 2015 #6

Was it wrong of me to be annoyed that I had to count my answers myself? cyberswede Feb 2015 #7

Indeed! I spent twice the time looking for that button than it took to just count. arcane1 Feb 2015 #101

more psych woo from alternet...are you touchy feeling and really deep, oh how will you make it snooper2 Feb 2015 #8

. Orrex Feb 2015 #15

Maybe you just don't know what it's like . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #23

Without questiong the existence of the HSP personality type... Orrex Feb 2015 #35

I don't know if there will ever be a clinical definition of HSP. Brigid Feb 2015 #38

Honestly that test was really fucking silly RedCappedBandit Feb 2015 #32

"If you score 14 or more, you're probably HSP" Orrex Feb 2015 #36

HSP or... pipi_k Feb 2015 #9

I can't imagine what it's like to not have the problem. nruthie Feb 2015 #13

Same here pipi_k Feb 2015 #18

The more I have a quiet life, the less tolerant I am for noise. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #21

Have you ever noticed pipi_k Feb 2015 #113

the sound of snow...yes!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #115

Entrancing in seclusion... pipi_k Feb 2015 #119

Same here. smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #43

when I was a kid, I would disappear from family get togethers magical thyme Feb 2015 #14

Oh yeah! pipi_k Feb 2015 #19

yelling screeching and screaming adults are just as bad magical thyme Feb 2015 #20

Hah...true! pipi_k Feb 2015 #118

Energies bother me more than noise adigal Feb 2015 #52

Holy shit, this descripbes me to a T mindwalker_i Feb 2015 #12

I don't know how anyone survives the modern work place. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2015 #16

"And the hours people are working right now are ridiculous." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #34

yes, compared to eating shit, eating frozen pee is much more appetizing ND-Dem Feb 2015 #61

There, there. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #63

Luckily, there's always someone to tout the benefit and positive *healthfulness* of frozen pee. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #65

Whatever, man. You're obviously determined to fight to feel special so go feel special. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #66

nope, just another frozen pee eater trying to avoid the shit ND-Dem Feb 2015 #67

You're hiding behind meaningless statements. "Frozen pee" means nothing. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #69

does your husband make $11hr; is he searched before lunch (taking part of his non-paid lunch break) ND-Dem Feb 2015 #78

The thread isn't about Amazon. I didn't say there is no such thing as bad working conditions Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #79

and i gave an example of people who have gueling jobs making subsistence livings. i'd bet that ND-Dem Feb 2015 #80

How does that square with either the OP or the sub-thread I replied to? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #81

please reread your own responses to post 16, starting with your post 34. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #82

Okay. And? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #84

you're asking the amazon workers to be grateful they only have to eat frozen pee. One wonders ND-Dem Feb 2015 #88

Again, I, the OP and my orignial interlocutor are not addressing workers for Amazon. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #92

Been there...surface and underground....every type of weather. ileus Feb 2015 #121

Lover Boy says he appreciates the fact the work is "uncomplicated." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #122

"Oh no, there was light an' noise an' stuff! And I was there for a little over eight hours!" Codeine Feb 2015 #70

I work nights, in a job I can often do solo Skittles Feb 2015 #17

And I thought it was just me. Brigid Feb 2015 #22

How? With headphones/earbuds kentauros Feb 2015 #24

I am dx'd Aspergers and some of those things hifiguy Feb 2015 #28

Cubicle farms/open plan offices are bad for everyone alarimer Feb 2015 #29

Sounds like me. arcane1 Feb 2015 #30

Absent actual legitimate sensory integration disorders, they suck it up. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #37

I just finished reading "Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking" Prism Feb 2015 #39

I just finished reading that book as well. smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #44

I really liked the author's sense of balance Prism Feb 2015 #57

Excellent book esp. distinctions between intros & extros. Wish it was around decades ago. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #47

So very much talking! Prism Feb 2015 #58

I have to read this...I had all sorts of twitches growing up adigal Feb 2015 #53

Here's a quick article on Kagan Prism Feb 2015 #56

I felt so vindicated after reading that book. likesmountains 52 Feb 2015 #77

Thanks I'll look for it. stage left Feb 2015 #86

It also has some solid coping strategies Prism Feb 2015 #94

That sounds really great! stage left Feb 2015 #103

Xanax Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #40

Meditation and exercise work better for me nt adigal Feb 2015 #54

They also work well for me Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #75

Working for a living is a highly overrated pastime with few redeeming features. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #45

I'm not HSP and open cubicles infuriate me Taitertots Feb 2015 #46

You get used to it bhikkhu Feb 2015 #48

Sounds like HSP's are quite similar to introverts. killbotfactory Feb 2015 #49

Overly intelligent people are often overly sensitive (nt) Samantha Feb 2015 #50

I'm a HSP and a teacher and I love the kids but the new bureaucracy, criticism, adigal Feb 2015 #51

I sought out jobs where I could work independently, with minimal interaction Ex Lurker Feb 2015 #55

I'm so glad to be retired. My husband and I test almost exactly the same for HSP, but his niche .... Hekate Feb 2015 #59

My IPod is my friend. I plug in and the cube farm disappears... ms liberty Feb 2015 #62

I knew when I started the test that I would be classified as an HSP. AngryOldDem Feb 2015 #64

The test is designed to reach that conclusion. It's about validation and special snowflake-ism, Codeine Feb 2015 #71

Physically, I am a sensory mess. Emotionally, I am zen... Phentex Feb 2015 #68

Short version: "How do the awesomest awesome people put up with all the morons?" alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #72

What do they mean "today's work environment"? FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #73

What's missing from the old pictures? Phones, keyboards, printers, all manner of other noisy shit. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2015 #95

Also missing - fans, a/c, elevators, fire equipment, cafeterias, refrigeration, automobiles, appalachiablue Feb 2015 #96

Point taken but I think the thread is focusing on noise and distractions in open workspaces. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2015 #99

This section focuses on noise issues true, but up thread folks mentioned other things they appalachiablue Feb 2015 #105

What about typewriters FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #97

Those would be noisy but I don't see any in the pictures you posted. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2015 #98

Well, they were all around FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #100

I always found pipi_k Feb 2015 #123

We have to kind of insulate and numb ourselves to everything going on around us Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #74

I bet I have this, because I hate meetings. egduj Feb 2015 #83

I didn't know this was a thing. stage left Feb 2015 #85

I was raised by people who either: BubbaFett Feb 2015 #87

Practical, sensible, healthy & hardy, not over sensitive- all why you've made it & will continue appalachiablue Feb 2015 #109

One Word RobinA Feb 2015 #91

I, by and large, got along ok with my co-workers but I never could manage to suck up to the bosses. Peregrine Took Feb 2015 #102

It may come as a surprise to some here, SheilaT Feb 2015 #104

Every person has issues but I agree about few quiet, crowd free & stress free job settings. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #108

I love watching the few crybaby in this thread over not being special. Rex Feb 2015 #106

What's not to love? LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #114

Today's timely Doonesbury: Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2015 #116