Recent additions: Sep 2004: New pages on HSP Spirituality, and HSP Lifestyles added. HSP Gathering Info: Have you ever been to a Gathering of HSPs? Attending the Gathering can be an extremely rewarding experience-- something I highly recommend to any HSP who's trying to understand and make the most of their trait. Click here to see my 2003 California Gathering Journal, in words and pictures. The 2005 East Coast HSP Gathering will take place April 21-25, 2005 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, see Jacquelyn Strickland's web site for more! |
HOME Relationships Therapy Personal Growth HSP Resources On Being Gifted The Gifted Adult Characteristics Special Issues Blessing or Curse? Commentary Gifted Resources Inward Journey Outward Journey Shyness & Introversion Finding Self Introvert Resources On Personality Types C.G.Jung Myers-Briggs The Enneagram ANSIR Socionics Others On Psychology, etc. Counseling & Therapy Abnormal Psych? Choosing a Therapist On Life, in General Thoughts Words Images Dreams & Wishes Commentaries Putting it All Together Dedications & Thanks A Gallery of Links |
HOME Relationships Therapy Personal Growth HSP Resources On Being Gifted The Gifted Adult Characteristics Special Issues Blessing or Curse? Commentary Gifted Resources Inward Journey Outward Journey Shyness & Introversion Finding Self Introvert Resources On Personality Types C.G.Jung Myers-Briggs The Enneagram ANSIR Socionics Others On Psychology, etc. Counseling & Therapy Abnormal Psych? Choosing a Therapist On Life, in General Thoughts Words Images Dreams & Wishes Commentaries Putting it All Together Dedications & Thanks A Gallery of Links |
Inner Reflections: Musings on being an Introvert, a Highly Sensitive Person, and a Gifted Adult |
This site is best viewed with: 800x600 resolution (at least) a broadband connection (helpful) time on your hands an open mind |
So what is this web site about, anyway? This site is an experiment that combines one person's reflections on a 15-year personal "Journey to the Self" with a scattering of interests, fascinations, thoughts, research projects, hobbies, obsessions and musings. It's basically a "personal" web site, but it's my hope that it might also prove educational and informative to some of my fellow "self seekers." The "Journey" part is represented by my ongoing interest in, and study of, the concepts of "Adult Giftedness," "Introversion," "Personality Typing" and being a "Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)." In an effort to keep this from becoming "yet another boring and dry psychology and self-help site," I have frequently relied on personal anecdotes about the ways in which these affect-- and interact with-- the basic daily process of living, through a mixture of words and images. Why all the pictures? This is a rather information-intensive site. Given that the typical visitor is likely to be an HSP, or an Introvert, or both-- I am aware that it is easy to get overwhelmed by too much information. What's more, HSPs' and Introverts' learning style often follows a "read-process-reflect-read some more" pattern. The peaceful images are intended as a possible place to "rest your eyes" while thinking, or contemplating a concept or a passage of text. |
When I started building this web site, I found myself pondering the question "Do we really need yet another guy's personal website to clutter up the Internet?" I then came to the realization that I have learned as much-- if not more-- about myself and life from reading about other people's personal journeys, as I had from any textbook or "academic" site on the web. Someone once described me as a "reluctant teacher." Although-- at the time-- I felt myself to be neither reluctant, nor a teacher, I confess that this person perhaps had more insight than I gave them credit for. These pages are both new and old. Fluid and static. Words and images. Logical and intuitive. They represent a snapshot of this moment, as well as the history that got me here. This is my ongoing journey. In a strange sort of way, the history of this site also mimics my life: A jumble of disjointed fragments coming together to form a more integrated whole. You see, much of what is here comes from the eight "freebie" web pages I have had-- until very recently-- scattered about, some of them dating back as far as 1995. This is my effort to put it all together, at last. Enjoy your exploration. If you take away just one insight, one piece of learning, one ounce of inner comfort, one tiny sense of new purpose-- then making this will have been worthwhile. |
(a.k.a. a personal web site that one day hopes to grow up to become "informational and educational.") UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Only the underlined links at left are currently active. Red links = where you are. |
Recent additions: Sep 2004: New pages on HSP Spirituality, and HSP Lifestyles added. HSP Gathering Info: Have you ever been to a Gathering of HSPs? Attending the Gathering can be an extremely rewarding experience-- something I highly recommend to any HSP who's trying to understand and make the most of their trait. Click here to see my 2003 California Gathering Journal, in words and pictures. The 2005 East Coast HSP Gathering will take place April 21-25, 2005 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, see Jacquelyn Strickland's web site for more! |
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