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What a week it has been, it has only been seven days since the Creativity booster session last Saturday, but a huge journey for me.

Over the last few years I have been very restless, after having various friends over to the shed, I quietly realised that the art that I do cannot be done by everyone. Since reading Taking Flight and then painting my portrait I came to realise that my poppy picture wasn't just a fluke, but I can actually paint! With all the encouragement from the group, as well as Jani asking to have two of my paintings, I now wear the badge Artist!

Today has also been momentous, as I went to my first HSP meeting! I prefer the name Empath, but Highly Sensitive Person is what they are also called. Oh the joy of being in a room with people who are able to sense other people's emotions and have a very similar experiences to me. Sometimes it is absolutely unbearable to be in a room with an angry person or someone who is upset. If this rings a bell with you then visit this website which will explain all much better than I can. I was told there is another aspect to this, called Highly Sensitive Sensation Seeker, these are people who are looking for new experiences and can be very impulsive! The penny finally dropped, as it described me! This aspect of my personality often sees me trying to snatch every opportunity because I want to experience it all!

Wool shops, book shops are full of exciting opportunities, that I just get so excited by it all.

The worst aspect of this trait is that I really enjoy connecting with people, I find them immensely interesting, so when I meet someone for the first time and they have an interest in common I just jump in, lets meet up for coffee or lets do this or that....
the difficulty with this is that I can scare people, as they think I am desperate for friendships, when actually I just want to get to know them better. It is sometimes a very strong impulse and I struggle to kerb my enthusiasm, before I scare everyone off.

so I have discovered this week that not only am I an ARTIST but I am an Empath and a HSSS!

Yippee to labels!