Navigating Life as a Highly Sensitive Person: From Burnout to Low-Stim Life

Ever felt like the world is just too much — too loud, too fast, too people-y? Same.

I didn’t have the words for it until I stumbled on the term HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) in my 30s, shortly after returning home utterly burnt out from 8 years of convent life.

Turns out, what I thought was just me being weird was actually a real thing — and understanding it changed everything. This post is a peek behind the curtain of what that journey’s looked like for me and what my low-stim life looks like today.