Kid toys are playing noisy music in the background and suddenly there is a loud crash as your toddler drops a bucket of things to the ground and screams with frustration. All the while your older child is hounding you for some attention with “mommy, mommy, mommy!” and your spouse is trying to have a conversation with you... Not to mention you are working diligently to get dinner on the table and timers keep beeping at you.
You feel bombarded and overwhelmed, and possibly at your bursting point when you may shout in distress for everyone to BE QUIET! Once things quiet down, it still takes time for your body to calm back to normal. You still feel that overwhelm and turmoil rolling through your body and it’s hard to think straight. You need some peace and quiet, and some alone time until the chaos settles down inside you and you can feel like yourself again.
Does this sound familiar to you? If so, then you may be a highly sensitive person (or HSP).
It can be helpful to recognize if you are a highly sensitive person, especially as a parent. So what does it mean and how may it be impacting your parenting and your household?