A review by thereadingparamedic
The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People: How to Transform Feeling Overwhelmed and Frazzled to Empowered and Fulfilled by Mel Collins
4.0
Mel got in touch with me on Twitter after I’d been tweeting about being stressed & feeling anxious. She offered to send me a copy of her book & prior to this I’d genuinely never been aware that high sensitivity is a recognised trait, not just that I’m “overly emotional”.
I recognised myself in lots of its pages & even went through it with a highlighter! I’m going through a really difficult time right now & I genuinely cried whilst reading, it made me feel less alone.
I didn’t find the spiritual chapters were useful to me, and Mel explains at the beginning of the book that this is ok. A spiritual focus is not for everyone. However, I have accepted the part of me that needs space - that it’s ok for me to have time to myself to deal with my emotions & process what I’m going through. The sea is my true healer but I don’t live close enough to it, so nature becomes my second choice for healing. I’ve also followed some of the “tapping” techniques & find the hand one especially helps me to release some emotions (& I’ll admit I was sceptical, I really didn’t think it would work!).
Overall, I found this book extremely useful, if only in recognising that it’s ok to be the sensitive person that I am. I went through thinking “I only thought it was me who felt like that, I thought I was weird”! Clearly, I’m not! I highly recommend it for HSPs - even reading the book will help you release some emotions!
I recognised myself in lots of its pages & even went through it with a highlighter! I’m going through a really difficult time right now & I genuinely cried whilst reading, it made me feel less alone.
I didn’t find the spiritual chapters were useful to me, and Mel explains at the beginning of the book that this is ok. A spiritual focus is not for everyone. However, I have accepted the part of me that needs space - that it’s ok for me to have time to myself to deal with my emotions & process what I’m going through. The sea is my true healer but I don’t live close enough to it, so nature becomes my second choice for healing. I’ve also followed some of the “tapping” techniques & find the hand one especially helps me to release some emotions (& I’ll admit I was sceptical, I really didn’t think it would work!).
Overall, I found this book extremely useful, if only in recognising that it’s ok to be the sensitive person that I am. I went through thinking “I only thought it was me who felt like that, I thought I was weird”! Clearly, I’m not! I highly recommend it for HSPs - even reading the book will help you release some emotions!