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wrote on 10 February 2016
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Hello Jochem, Thanks in advance for all the effort, time and energy you put into supporting people with HSP and/or ad(h)d in this way. I myself have always known that I am "different" and think differently, much more deeply than most people. Learning to live with this is a daily battle with myself. As an HSP child, I grew up in a family where there was always a negative and aggressive atmosphere. Due to my low self-esteem, I was never able to develop or discover abilities in myself that I must have had during my childhood. No positive feedback from my parents or genuine interest shown in hobbies I was good at or a school education for which I would have been motivated. I was intelligent enough, achieved very good grades and was a well-behaved, quiet and very dutiful student. My one-year-older sister took economics in high school and my mother automatically assumed that I followed that same boring direction. For her, it was the easiest practically speaking, and although she knew that I was unhappy during my childhood, she never stopped or thought that a different choice of studies in a different school would have suited her daughter's character better. Since my own family mainly only thinks very rationally and scientifically, I have been very interested for a few years now in the -till now- knowledge about how our brain and nervous system works! Of course, I am not capable of understanding everything I read about here. But I really hope that within x-number of years there will be scientific data and studies that can prove that these... Read more
Hello Jochem,
Thank you in advance for all the effort, time and energy you put into helping people with HSP and/or
ad(h)d in this way. I myself have always known that I
"different" and think differently, much deeper in fact than most people. Learning to live with this is a daily battle with myself. As an HSP child, I grew up in a family where there was always a negative and aggressive atmosphere. Due to my low self-esteem, I was never able to develop or discover abilities in myself that I must have had during my childhood. No positive feedback from my parents or genuine interest shown in hobbies I was good at or a school education for which I would have been motivated. I was intelligent enough, achieved very good grades and was a well-behaved, quiet and very dutiful student. My one-year-older sister took economics in high school and my mother automatically assumed that I followed that same boring direction. For her, it was the easiest practically and although she knew I was unhappy during my childhood, she never stopped or thought about the fact that a different choice of studies in a different school would have suited her daughter's character better.
Since my own family mainly only thinks very rationally and scientifically, I have been very interested for a few years now in the -till now- knowledge about the functioning of our brain and nervous system! Of course, I am not capable of understanding everything I read about here. But I really hope that within x-number of years there will be scientific data and studies proving that this "character trait" can cause someone a lot of suffering if a parent, teacher or educator handles a child who is HS in a completely wrong way. We give far too little thought to the position of power these people hold over a child. Primary school teachers in particular should definitely take this into account that HS exists in order to intervene in time before these children's self-confidence is too badly affected.
The media should also react more positively to this so that older people too are still open to it. In the meantime, I wish you many more positive reactions with everything you are doing. It gives us a lot of support and satisfaction to be able to read and learn how to deal with ourselves in the best way!
Greetings, Hilde.... Collapse
Thank you in advance for all the effort, time and energy you put into helping people with HSP and/or
ad(h)d in this way. I myself have always known that I
"different" and think differently, much deeper in fact than most people. Learning to live with this is a daily battle with myself. As an HSP child, I grew up in a family where there was always a negative and aggressive atmosphere. Due to my low self-esteem, I was never able to develop or discover abilities in myself that I must have had during my childhood. No positive feedback from my parents or genuine interest shown in hobbies I was good at or a school education for which I would have been motivated. I was intelligent enough, achieved very good grades and was a well-behaved, quiet and very dutiful student. My one-year-older sister took economics in high school and my mother automatically assumed that I followed that same boring direction. For her, it was the easiest practically and although she knew I was unhappy during my childhood, she never stopped or thought about the fact that a different choice of studies in a different school would have suited her daughter's character better.
Since my own family mainly only thinks very rationally and scientifically, I have been very interested for a few years now in the -till now- knowledge about the functioning of our brain and nervous system! Of course, I am not capable of understanding everything I read about here. But I really hope that within x-number of years there will be scientific data and studies proving that this "character trait" can cause someone a lot of suffering if a parent, teacher or educator handles a child who is HS in a completely wrong way. We give far too little thought to the position of power these people hold over a child. Primary school teachers in particular should definitely take this into account that HS exists in order to intervene in time before these children's self-confidence is too badly affected.
The media should also react more positively to this so that older people too are still open to it. In the meantime, I wish you many more positive reactions with everything you are doing. It gives us a lot of support and satisfaction to be able to read and learn how to deal with ourselves in the best way!
Greetings, Hilde.... Collapse