Being highly sensitive has its blessings and its drawbacks, sometimes both, simultaneously. Much of my work has been about how to use EFT to heal the wounds of the sensitive nature so that we are empowered to use our gifts in the service of ourselves, our families, our communities and the world itself.

Here are some ways to gather information for tapping with a sensitive person. A highly sensitive person might want to learn more about their trait, and perhaps even tap for the feelings that being “so sensitive” have brought up in them. But help them to keep in mind that everything for them will be more vivid, more intense, a deeper experience of pain or a richer experience of joy.

One place to begin is by defining what it means to be highly sensitive.

*Tap on the Definitions

Does this describe you, or anyone you know?

You feel emotions deeply, and you can’t hide what you feel.

You are always aware of what people around you are feeling.

Your feelings are easily hurt by criticism or even a look, and you keep thinking about what happened, and what you might have done wrong, and what you should have done instead.

You feel deeply for other peoples’ suffering. It is difficult to watch the news, or to see sad movies.

Sometimes you can slip easily into feeling anxious or depressed, and once caught in the feeling it is hard for you to move out of it.

You are not comfortable in large crowds, hectic environments, or around loud music. You get easily overwhelmed when there is a lot going on.

You are a perfectionist, and you want to be helpful – so much so that you put other peoples’ needs ahead of your own.

You do your best to avoid conflicts.

You might feel like an alien in your own family. They are practical, industrious, social, while you are quiet, imaginative, thoughtful and creative.

You have a mission to bring peace to the world. You want to save the world from itself. You can see how good things could be, if only…