Research on HSPs and Chronic Illness
Are you a highly sensitive person or empath with one or more chronic illnesses or autoimmune disorders?
Having a more sensitive nervous system combined with physical challenges can be draining, overwhelming and disheartening. Did you know around 50% of sensitive people report having one or more chronic illnesses, compared to only 10-15% of the general population?
My colleague Bevin Niemann is also an HSP and empath who’s navigated fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and thyroiditis for the past decade. As she embarked on her healing journey, she could not locate any studies that specifically looked at the impact of chronic illness on highly sensitive people – so she decided to create her own.
This confidential, anonymous survey takes around 15 minutes to complete and at the end, you have the option to sign up to receive a PDF of the group results, once compiled. Thank you for sharing your experiences to help other sensitive people to thrive.
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