HSP and Children

HSP and the growing up child.

A lot of people that are high sensitive, had in their childhood and adolescence a lot of troubles.
High sensitivity is making these kids most of the time highly insecure, since they feel a lot of
the energy, which were not felt by other people (parents, friends etc.).
Most often, these powerful felt emotions were ignored or denied by the people around him. Unintended, parents, teachers and friends have “judged” the child (or at least the child felt it that way).
While this young person is trying to give al these emotions a place, the people around
were telling him to “overcome this sensitivity” or to “push it off” … Like it’s some sort of disease.

For a lot of hsp, this is exactly the position that makes them stressed (and so, overexcitement
is the result).
It’s possible that these children have difficulties to release their stress level, which can
tend them into a negative spiral of insecureness, uncertainty and overexcitement.
This is a typical moment where children choose to pull themselves back.
After a while, the kid can find out that these periods of rest do him a good favor!
(Of course you have to take care that your children are not only isolating themselves,
but these kids do need time for their own!)

In a lot of cases the feelings of one’s own worth and self-confidence have quite some damage.
These children must learn to be aware of the fact that the shadow sides of hsp are Not
an inevitable destiny. When one is aware of this, they can learn to focus themselves to
integrate high sensitivity in their lives.
When one start with this process, people will feel differences in their own body, in social contacts
and learning to filter and interpret the emotions they feel.
Energetic massage can be very helpfull for these children since they are very sensitive for the higher energies we're working with.
The massage will give the children rest and peace of mind, they feel safe which opens the path to be theirself.

For parents with a hsp child

To recognize high sensitivity is most of the times a problem on its own. There are quite some distinguishing marks, but as a parent being aware of the pattern between all these complaints
is another story.
Most of these children have at an early age the idea and feeling that they are “different”.
Unfortunately this is for most of these children the same as that they are “less” then others.
A hsp child is not more or less then any other child. But it does have a special gift (possibility) to experience the world more intense!

For these children it’s of big importance that their thoughts and emotions are taken serious. When these children are getting the idea of being made ridicule or that people try to approach them in a childish way, they tend to turn into themselves. It’s most difficult to set it right and restore their trust.

A few other tips:

• Safety and security are crucial to hsp children, this is one of the reasons why they are very loyal and faithful to the people who are serious to him/her.
• When these children are telling you that the atmosphere in the environment is not feeling well, take it serious. (Even if you don’t feel it yourself).
• Give the child the space to pull itself back into it’s own world. It needs these moments of recovery to be able to have new social contacts, express themselve, or to concentrate on school.

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