HSP & Overwhelming Emotions: Your Sensitivity Is Your Strength and How to Find Your Boundaries.
Why do I feel so overwhelmed by my own emotions? 🌿
I know exactly what it feels like. Those moments when you feel trapped in your own emotions, as if they’re completely drowning you. Sometimes there’s no clear reason, yet there’s that restlessness, that internal storm that just won’t pass. You feel like there’s no escape. And you ask yourself: “Why do I feel this so intensely? Why can’t I just place my own feelings in a calm, peaceful way?”
If you, like me, are highly sensitive (HSP), then you feel things in a way that others don’t always understand. You take in everything deeply. The energy of those around you, the atmosphere in a room. Even the unspoken emotions that hang in the air. But then, in a quiet room, you’re still the epicenter of it all. You have this powerful sensitivity, which can sometimes feel like a storm you can’t control.
I’ve asked myself many times, “Why do I always feel so intensely?” The answers were not always easy to find. The emotions were deep, yes, but also confusing. How is it that I sometimes completely lose myself in my own feelings?
HSP & Overwhelming Emotions: How Your Sensitivity Is Your Strength
🌬️ The Storm Inside My World
Those storms I feel, those waves of emotions that rush through my body, often aren’t recent events. They’re not always from the present moment. More often, they’re a mix of past memories, unprocessed thoughts, and undone things that combine to form a tsunami of feeling. And that’s when you no longer feel in control. Your emotions seem to take on a life of their own.
Why does it feel so difficult to deal with? Because your sensitivity makes you something special. You experience everything deeper than most people. You have this gift, but sometimes it feels like a flood you can’t stop. It can feel like you have no space to breathe, as if you can almost feel it physically. These intense feelings come at you, even when there’s no external reason.
💭 Deep Feelings, An Ocean of Inner World
What I often noticed was that my emotions didn’t only come from the moment itself. They were layers of everything I had felt over the years, things I had pushed away, things I hadn’t even wanted to feel. Anything could come up if I was triggered. And that’s what overwhelmed me. Sometimes, there was no new experience that sparked these feelings. Yet, it felt as if my emotions were overwhelming me like a powerful wave.
Why does my inner world sound so loud while the outside world seems soft? Or is it actually hard, and do I need to scream through the noise with feelings that should be soft?
HSP & Overwhelming Emotions: How Your Sensitivity Is Your Strength
🌱 What I Learned About My Feelings
That’s when I began to really understand that my emotions, however overwhelming they may be, carried a message for me. They weren’t something to fight against, but something to dance with. The storms aren’t necessarily bad; they can be the wind that moves me forward. But you have to learn how to deal with them. How to protect yourself, yet still not lose the power of your own feelings.
Instead of cornering myself and thinking that I was “too much,” I learned to embrace my emotions. Yes, they were intense, but I finally understood that they were a part of me. Not a storm that caused me to lose myself in my emotions, but a current leading me deep within myself.
🌸 How I No Longer See My Emotions as Enemies
I’m not perfect, and I know this is a process, but I’ve learned that it’s okay to feel deeply. It doesn’t mean I’m weak, it doesn’t mean I’m “too sensitive.” It means I’m more present with myself and everything that’s happening in my inner world.
I sometimes compare it to tending a garden. Sometimes weeds grow, but that doesn’t mean the flowers won’t bloom. My emotions are those flowers, those deep feelings that, when I make space for them, help me come closer to myself. They’re no longer a burden, but a guide.
HSP
As an HSP, you don’t just feel the vibes, you are the vibe.
Self-Care: How I Learn to Regulate My Inner World
In the time when I felt like my feelings were sometimes overwhelming me, I also found ways to calm myself. Instead of letting myself be swept away by all the emotions, I learned to create small moments of stillness. Short breathing pauses. A walk in nature, or just sitting with attention to my own breath. It may sound simple, but those moments of peace are pure gold. They help me reconnect with my own energy.
I’ve also learned to set healthy boundaries, not just with others, but with myself. There’s nothing wrong with saying, “Not now. I need rest.” That’s essential for an HSP because we shouldn’t lose ourselves in the feelings of others or the pressure from the outside world.
HSP & The Power of Feeling
🌿 The Power in My Sensitivity
Your sensitivity is a gift, even if it sometimes feels overwhelming. You have the power to understand your own world, even when that world feels chaotic in the moment. Your deep feelings can help you come closer to the essence of who you really are. They help you grow, heal, and ultimately, bloom.
I know you have that power within you. It’s not weakness, not a burden. Even though you may feel right now that your sensitivity is getting in the way, it’s the deep wisdom of your soul expressing itself through your emotions. We don’t need to be afraid of what we feel, because that feeling is our inner strength that will always guide us to the right place
