Highly Sensitive Person（ハイリー・センシティブ・パーソン）
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2026年08月02日
"My brain never know how to stop thinking."
小さい頃から「考えすぎだよ」「もう少し楽に行きなよ」って言われてきました。
でも、自分にとって、ずっとしっくりこない言葉であり、みんながいう「考えすぎ」ってどこから考えすぎなの？って思ってました。
大人になり、海外での生活から日本で新しい生活をスタートさせ、「考えすぎ」がより一層明確になってきた時、”HSP(Highly Sensitive Person)”という言葉に出会いました。
HSP（Highly Sensitive Person）とは、生まれつき感受性が強く、音や光などの刺激に人一倍敏感で、深く物事を考える気質を持つ人のことです。
これを知った時、どこか安心した反面、この特性とどううまく付き合っていけばいいのだろうと思いました。
考えすぎてしまったり、他人の些細な言葉に左右されてしまう性格は直すことはできません。
ただ、別の面を見れば、相手の気持ちに寄り添い、共感をしてあげられるいい人になってあげられたり、「ありがとう」という一言も、誰よりも嬉しく感じれます。
感受性豊かであることは、うまく活かせば、個性であり、素晴らしいものであるということ。
このPodcastを聴いてくれている方達にも、そんな安心感を与えてあげられるようになれれば幸いです。
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"My Brain Never Knows How to Stop Thinking."
Ever since I was a child, people have always told me, "You overthink too much," or "You should take it easy."
But those words never really felt right to me. I always wondered, what does "overthinking" even mean? Where is the line between thinking and thinking too much?
As I grew older and started a new chapter of my life back in Japan after living abroad, that tendency to overthink became even more noticeable. Around that time, I came across the term HSP (Highly Sensitive Person).
An HSP is someone who is naturally highly sensitive—someone who is more deeply affected by things like sounds, light, emotions, and everyday experiences, and who tends to process things very deeply.
Learning about HSP gave me a sense of relief. For the first time, I felt like I finally understood myself. But at the same time, it made me wonder how I could learn to live with this part of who I am.
I don't think I'll ever stop overthinking or being deeply affected by other people's words. That's simply how I'm wired.
But there's another side to it.
Because I feel things deeply, I'm able to empathize with others, understand their emotions, and be there for them. Even a simple "thank you" can mean more to me than it might to someone else.
Being highly sensitive isn't just a weakness. When you learn to embrace it, it can become one of your greatest strengths and a beautiful part of who you are.
I hope that through this podcast, I can help others feel a little less alone, a little more understood, and remind them that being sensitive isn't something they need to hide—it's something they can learn to appreciate.
小さい頃から「考えすぎだよ」「もう少し楽に行きなよ」って言われてきました。
でも、自分にとって、ずっとしっくりこない言葉であり、みんながいう「考えすぎ」ってどこから考えすぎなの？って思ってました。
大人になり、海外での生活から日本で新しい生活をスタートさせ、「考えすぎ」がより一層明確になってきた時、”HSP(Highly Sensitive Person)”という言葉に出会いました。
HSP（Highly Sensitive Person）とは、生まれつき感受性が強く、音や光などの刺激に人一倍敏感で、深く物事を考える気質を持つ人のことです。
これを知った時、どこか安心した反面、この特性とどううまく付き合っていけばいいのだろうと思いました。
考えすぎてしまったり、他人の些細な言葉に左右されてしまう性格は直すことはできません。
ただ、別の面を見れば、相手の気持ちに寄り添い、共感をしてあげられるいい人になってあげられたり、「ありがとう」という一言も、誰よりも嬉しく感じれます。
感受性豊かであることは、うまく活かせば、個性であり、素晴らしいものであるということ。
このPodcastを聴いてくれている方達にも、そんな安心感を与えてあげられるようになれれば幸いです。
-
"My Brain Never Knows How to Stop Thinking."
Ever since I was a child, people have always told me, "You overthink too much," or "You should take it easy."
But those words never really felt right to me. I always wondered, what does "overthinking" even mean? Where is the line between thinking and thinking too much?
As I grew older and started a new chapter of my life back in Japan after living abroad, that tendency to overthink became even more noticeable. Around that time, I came across the term HSP (Highly Sensitive Person).
An HSP is someone who is naturally highly sensitive—someone who is more deeply affected by things like sounds, light, emotions, and everyday experiences, and who tends to process things very deeply.
Learning about HSP gave me a sense of relief. For the first time, I felt like I finally understood myself. But at the same time, it made me wonder how I could learn to live with this part of who I am.
I don't think I'll ever stop overthinking or being deeply affected by other people's words. That's simply how I'm wired.
But there's another side to it.
Because I feel things deeply, I'm able to empathize with others, understand their emotions, and be there for them. Even a simple "thank you" can mean more to me than it might to someone else.
Being highly sensitive isn't just a weakness. When you learn to embrace it, it can become one of your greatest strengths and a beautiful part of who you are.
I hope that through this podcast, I can help others feel a little less alone, a little more understood, and remind them that being sensitive isn't something they need to hide—it's something they can learn to appreciate.
