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Over the years, I've realized that kindness and empathy aren't my only personality traits. Recently, I've discovered a quirky and cheerful side to me that probably was repressed due to my high levels of empathy.
I am an empath and cannot help but feel a lot for myself and others even today. However, I realize that expressing all shades of myself has been critical in truly seeing myself as I am.
Abstract art has massively supported me in discovering my quirky and cheerful sides.
I've been using neon colors for the past few months. These bright colors have revealed my sassy and funky sides.
'Where were you hiding all along?'
I've asked myself this question silently each time I've worked with neon colors. It's almost like I was waiting to express myself fully. For example, the neon green color in this artwork represents my personality shade that enjoys funky dances and dance moves.
To many people, expressing oneself fully might seem unusual. I say this because one has to be unaffected by what the world perceives of the person who decides to express themselves fully. I do have to attest that learning to express oneself helps highly sensitive people (HSP) in tough times. Often, we are in situations that are unfamiliar to others. In those moments, the practise of expressing our repressed sides help us overcome challenges.
Isle Sands, an HSP therapist says that as HSPs, we can encounter rare situations. In such times, others might not know what it is like to be in our shoes. She emphasizes sticking with our values and supporting our stance rather than being okay to behave like others. Choosing ourselves helps us, HSPs, to be in situations that might be considered wrong paths for us.
[Sand, Ilse. Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World: How to Create a Happy Life]
Then again, who is anyone else to decide our paths?
I say, let the colors, brushes, and our sensitivity do that for us.
-3, 2, 1, Cheers,
Pranita
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