Exploring Hypersensitivity and its Spiritual Dimensions

Are you considered to be a hypersensitive individual where you quickly become overwhelmed, and you wish you did not have this extreme sensitivity? Don’t wish it away, because it has some gifts. Hypersensitivity is a heightened awareness of sensory stimuli and is a phenomenon that extends beyond the physical realm. It is often seen as an inherent trait, but some spiritual perspectives suggest hypersensitivity may have more profound, metaphysical causes.

Many individuals with this trait may be more attuned to subtle energies, intuitive insights, and the emotions of others. This heightened sensitivity indicates a deeper spiritual connection or heightened psychic abilities. Exploring hypersensitivity from a spiritual angle can offer valuable insights into one’s inner world and facilitate personal growth and self-awareness. Let’s discuss this more.

What Are the Traits of Hypersensitivity?

You may be hearing a lot about hypersensitivity or highly sensitive people, also known as HSP. Highly sensitive people are known to be incredibly empathetic to the point of putting their needs at the backburner and tend to be people-pleasers, as they are highly attuned to others. They are a type of empath, as they are also highly attuned to their environments and may become fearful of loud noises because their hearing is very sensitive.

They are highly sensitive in sensory processing, as bright lights, disturbing images, and strong-tasting food can overwhelm them. That is also why they are often introverts.

These individuals were born with a unique nervous system, composed differently from most of those who are not hypersensitive. Unfortunately, the majority of those who are hypersensitive have grown up thinking something is “wrong” with them or seeing themselves as different from others.

HSPs are also known to have vibrant inner lives and are highly creative, innovative, and self-aware. They tend to overanalyze and overthink but are hypercritical of themselves. They also take anything others say personally, as they are sensitive to criticism. The issue is, because their highly sensitive nature is seen, those who don’t have the best intentions can see them as prey, as HSPs as children often were targets of bullying, and even adults can be targets of bullying at work. That is because they also don’t stand up for themselves, as conflict scares them. Additionally, many HSPs have endured some childhood trauma and often struggle to work through it.

Additionally, HSPs freeze under pressure as too much stress and pressure can make them anxious. That is another reason HSPs fear decision-making, as there is always worry about making the “wrong” decision. They can fall into the trap of perfectionism, which only creates overwhelm, which can lead to burnout. Being an HSP is exhausting, but if they can shield themselves energetically, learn to ask for help when feeling overwhelmed, and lower their standards themselves, they will cope much better.

As stressful as an HSP is, they share a gift: the ability to connect with other realms. That is because studies have shown that the brains of HSPs are wired in a way where they have a strong sixth sense.

The Sixth Sense Is Potent Because of the Way the HSP Brain Is Wired

The HSP’s brain areas involving empathy and awareness of self and others become more easily and profoundly activated than those in non-hypersensitive persons. As a result, they are attuned to others and the environment due to feeling and integrating sensory information. A person with this wiring is highly sensitive, thinks deeply, loves deeply, and processes life around them deeply. That is what gives them a heightened sixth sense.

The sixth sense makes one psychic as they operate on a higher frequency, picking up about 85% more energy than those who do not have the hypersensitive trait. Therefore, hypersensitive people can pick up what is happening in other realms to develop a profound spiritual connection. Suppose you are an HSP who has been upset about your hypersensitivity because of how it causes you to feel that you do not fit in. In that case, you have an inner calling to develop a profound spiritual connection to hone your psychic gifts and connect with others like you.

As a Hypersensitive Person, You Are Spiritually Gifted, and You Want to Nurture That

When you’re an HSP, you operate on a high vibration, which lends itself to understanding other people’s energies, enhancing your capability for healing, mediumship, and psychic abilities. This is a gift that those who are not hypersensitive don’t have. Everyone can be psychic, as everyone is also intuitive on some level, but those who are not HSPs will not be nearly as gifted in it as someone who is.

Think about someone who is not particularly gifted in math and someone who is. Someone gifted in math can excel at it easily and pursue a career involving sciences and physics. In contrast, someone who is average in math may choose…