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Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) according to this test?
No 14%  14%  [ 20 ]
Yes 86%  86%  [ 123 ]
Total votes : 143

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05 Dec 2009, 9:12 pm

22, woohoo?

It was good that they had a few positive examples there as well as negative, ie about music.



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05 Dec 2009, 9:18 pm

I had a lot of trouble with a lot of that test.. So many of the questions were about being sensitive to stuff (duh) but usually with me, I'll be bothered by things that don't bother other people, but not bothered by things that do bother other people. I am a highly sensitive person, but a lot of the questions just didn't seem that applicable, or like they captured the particular ways that I'm sensitive very well. Like a lot of things that would totally freak other people out don't phase me at all (especially blood and stuff like that) but other things that other people don't think twice about drive me completely nuts.



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05 Dec 2009, 9:21 pm

I got a 26, though I didn't really need a test to tell me I am highly sensitive.


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05 Dec 2009, 9:45 pm

You have indicated that 16 of the items are true of you.

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I think this may be due to my over-excitability though.



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05 Dec 2009, 10:03 pm

Maggiedoll wrote:
I had a lot of trouble with a lot of that test..


Well, you still get an honorable mention for trying!

I got 17.


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05 Dec 2009, 10:11 pm

I got 19.



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05 Dec 2009, 10:22 pm

"You have indicated that 20 of the items are true of you."

Okay. So...


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05 Dec 2009, 10:36 pm

Sea_of_Saiyan wrote:
You have indicated that 16 of the items are true of you.

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I think this may be due to my over-excitability though.
Yeah, some traits might be related of course.


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05 Dec 2009, 11:22 pm

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You have indicated that 23 of the items are true of you.


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05 Dec 2009, 11:34 pm

Hey Y'all;

It's congruent with what's already known, got 25.

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I make a point to avoid violent movies and TV shows.

I can not watch TV at all any more, the noise and commotion both auditory and visually are overstimulating. Way overstimulating.


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06 Dec 2009, 12:27 am

I scored 21 on the HSP test. What does this actually mean and how does a high score relate to Aspergers?


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06 Dec 2009, 1:18 am

RichardP wrote:
I scored 21 on the HSP test. What does this actually mean

Probably could look at it as a indicatior of a trend.
Lower than half score is a proportionally lower trend of sensitivity, higher than half a proportionally stronger trend toward sensitivity.

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and how does a high score relate to Aspergers?

Maybe look at it as being a weaker or stronger contributor to shutdowns and meltdowns from over-stimulation.


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06 Dec 2009, 8:21 am

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You have indicated that 16 of the items are true of you.


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06 Dec 2009, 9:30 am

You have indicated that 19 of the items are true of you.

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If you answered more than fourteen of the questions as true of yourself, you are probably highly sensitive. But no psychological test is so accurate that an individual should base his or her life on it. We psychologists try to develop good questions, then decide on the cut off based on the average response.

If fewer questions are true of you, but extremely true, that might also justify calling you highly sensitive.



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06 Dec 2009, 10:04 am

10



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06 Dec 2009, 10:10 am

I scored 22. Can't say that I was surprised.