Nobody is entirely sure what ’causes’ people to be highly sensitive, but it is assumed (and there is some evidence corroborating this) that it is hereditary, either as a personality trait or as an enhanced nervous system.
I tend to go with the latter, as it is easier to explain to people that way. (“My nervous system is very delicate. It gets clogged up easily. I frequently need to clean it out to prevent that from happening, or else my entire being will shutdown.”)
My cleansing ritual is threefold. I go for long walks, I up the amount of fruit and vegetables in my diet and I sit in my studio reading, drawing and fiddling with words.
The first part nurtures the brain as it allows for a lot of thinking (I am known to have heated debates with myself during my walks), the second part obviously nurtures the body and the third part nurtures the soul.
It doesn’t get much simpler than that, wouldn’t you agree?
And yet, it almost seems impossible to schedule time for part 1, find my way back to part 2 and put my worries aside for some much needed part 3.
These days, things are either rapidly changing, or not budging at all. Time to add an extra part to my ritual: early nights, for long hours filled with cleansing dreams. I figure this gives my brain a chance to unload some of its burden, my body a chance to heal and my soul a chance to connect to the flow without the need to materialize that connection.
Wait, did I just disagree with myself? I think I did – it DOES get simpler.