Yes! Highly Sensitive People Can Survive the Stress of Selling Their Home and Moving

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Last summer, I moved. And that meant a downsize: I donated, sold, or recycled easily two-thirds of my home. The swarm of feelings left me emotionally and physically depleted — especially because I’m an HSP (highly sensitive person).

In my case, I was leaving a space that held my family until a divorce ended the marriage. Surrounded by both happy and unhappy memories, I oscillated from grief to relief. Only the beige walls witnessed what I went through. And, as I locked the front door to walk away, I could hear the last set of memories say goodbye for the final time.

For all of us, sensitive or not, moving is listed as being one of the top life stressors. The unsettledness, the endless details and the unknown  are unnerving  — even if the move is a positive step.
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But eventually, we all have to move from one place to another, whether it’s an apartment, a dorm room or — as in my case — the daunting process of selling a home.

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